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    Santa Barbara Biltmore, Santa Barbara, CA

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    Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs, and other material consists of 57,893 black-and-white negatives, color transparencies, black-and-white prints, and color prints; 39 presentation albums; and 17 boxes of office records, 1930-1974. Created primarily by Maynard Parker, the archive documents the residential and non-residential work of architects, interior designers, landscape architects, artists, builders, real estate developers, and clients associated with these fields, foremost among them the magazine House Beautiful. Also included in the collection are photographs taken by other individuals, such as architect Cliff May and Parker's assistant, Charles Yerkes.

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    I. Magnin Department Store, Santa Barbara Biltmore Hotel (Santa Barbara Biltmore Hotel, 1260 Channel Drive, Montecito, California)

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    Date built: 1927-29 Architect: Johnson, Reginald D., 1882-1952 Description: Interior views of department store located inside the Santa Barbara Biltmore Hotel. Also shows exterior views of hotel and gardens. Publication(s): Additions (10 Bungalows) To Be Built on Biltmore Grounds," Architect and Engineer, Vol. 95, p. 108, Oct. 1928; "Biltmore Hotel, Santa Barbara," Western Architect, Vol. 32, pls. 122-24, Aug. 1930; "A Fine Example of California's Best Effort in Her New Architecture, the Biltmore of Santa Barbara," California Southland, Vol. 10, p. 14, Feb. 1928; "Santa Barbara Biltmore," Architectural Forum, Vol. 51, p. 635, Dec. 1929; "Santa Barbara Biltmore," in H. Philip Staats, Californian Architecture in Santa Barbara (New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1929), pp. 49-53; "Santa Barbara Biltmore Hotel," Architectural Digest, Vol. 6, No. 4, p. 20; "Santa Barbara Biltmore Hotel," The Architect, Vol. 10, p. 77, April 1928; "Some Reflections on the Santa Barbara Biltmore Hotel," by Harris Allen, Pacific Coast Architect, Vol. 33, p. 11, March 1928.

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    City of Santa Barbara. Biltmore Hotel

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    The Eugene Swarzwald Pictorial California and the Pacific Collection consists of 9,674 black and white photographs, negatives, a photograph album, magazine mock-ups, letters, and ephemera, dated 1909-ca. 1968. Eugene Swarzwald and the Swarzwald family collected the material for use in the magazine "Pictorial California and the Pacific." Images depict California and the West with some coverage of the rest of the United States and international destinations. The collection contains photographs depicting general city views of communities in California, scenic views of wilderness areas, images of parks, schools and universities, museums, and points of historic interest (including California mining towns and missions). The collection is strong in subjects related to leisure and social and recreational activities. Many of the photographs are by the Keystone Photo Service. Other photographers include Chuck Abbott, Adelbert Bartlett, Lionel T. Berryhill, Lil and Al Bloom, Hal Boucher, Campbell-Ricco-Mazzuchi Photography, Caroll Photo Service, Garth Chandler, Walter J. Collinge, Fairchild Aerial Surveys, George O. Fales, Frasher's, J. P. Graham, Dean Hesketh Company, Charles M. Hiller, Pat and G. E. Kirkpatrick, Don Knight, Albert J. Kopec, Ward Linton, Lothers and Young, Hubert A. Lowman, David M. Mills, Don Milton, Gabriel Moulin Studios, Karl Obert, Earle O'Day, Pacific Air Industries Aerial Photography, Dave Packwood, Padilla Studios, Maynard L. Parker, Jack W. Patterson, Julius Shulman, Spence Air Photos, H. W. Steward, Thiem, Harry Vroman, Whithurse Aerial Photos, and Steven H. Willard.

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    City of Santa Barbara. Biltmore Hotel

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    The Eugene Swarzwald Pictorial California and the Pacific Collection consists of 9,674 black and white photographs, negatives, a photograph album, magazine mock-ups, letters, and ephemera, dated 1909-ca. 1968. Eugene Swarzwald and the Swarzwald family collected the material for use in the magazine "Pictorial California and the Pacific." Images depict California and the West with some coverage of the rest of the United States and international destinations. The collection contains photographs depicting general city views of communities in California, scenic views of wilderness areas, images of parks, schools and universities, museums, and points of historic interest (including California mining towns and missions). The collection is strong in subjects related to leisure and social and recreational activities. Many of the photographs are by the Keystone Photo Service. Other photographers include Chuck Abbott, Adelbert Bartlett, Lionel T. Berryhill, Lil and Al Bloom, Hal Boucher, Campbell-Ricco-Mazzuchi Photography, Caroll Photo Service, Garth Chandler, Walter J. Collinge, Fairchild Aerial Surveys, George O. Fales, Frasher's, J. P. Graham, Dean Hesketh Company, Charles M. Hiller, Pat and G. E. Kirkpatrick, Don Knight, Albert J. Kopec, Ward Linton, Lothers and Young, Hubert A. Lowman, David M. Mills, Don Milton, Gabriel Moulin Studios, Karl Obert, Earle O'Day, Pacific Air Industries Aerial Photography, Dave Packwood, Padilla Studios, Maynard L. Parker, Jack W. Patterson, Julius Shulman, Spence Air Photos, H. W. Steward, Thiem, Harry Vroman, Whithurse Aerial Photos, and Steven H. Willard.

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    Biltmore Hotel, Santa Barbara

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    Location: 1260 Channel Dr., Montecito, California Job #: 353 Architect/Designer: Johnson, Reginald D. Photographer/Artist: Faulding's, Santa Barbara ; Green & Tillich, Hollywood ; Keystone Photo Service Format: Photographic prints Description: Progress shots and completed shots of exteriors, interiors, corridors, walkways, driveways and cottages. One oversize photo of renderings.

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    Biltmore Hotel, Santa Barbara

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    Location: 1260 Channel Dr., Montecito, California Job #: 353 Architect/Designer: Johnson, Reginald D. Format: Ephemera Description: Santa Barbara Biltmore Souvenir booklet (Section Two, May 5, 1928, of Keeler's Pacific Coast Hotel Weekly, San Francisco) and an article by Art Seidenbaum entitled "Pink Cards and Quiet Opulence," Los Angeles Times B, Calendar, Feb. 15, 1976, p. 32.

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