Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
Miscellaneous images of several room displays from the exhibition including the kitchen, an example of an inexpensive living room, and two bathrooms. Also includes several images of a Bartron Barbecue model grill and rotisserie.
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Images of the George Nakashima dining room, bedroom-dressing room suite, living room, music room, den, dining room with enamel, and hi-fi room. Taken for, or featuring lighting designed by, Rudolph Wendel, Inc.
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Images of a large living room with a seating area, work area with desk, a piano, hi–fi equipment, and television. Adjoining the room is a patio with barbecue.
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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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Candid images taken at a party at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona (now the Fairplex). Includes one image of Robert Stanton and images of House Beautiful staff and designers involved in the Arts of Daily Living Exhibition. Also includes images of a diver in an aquarium and details of the Exhibition kitchen.
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Large kitchen with conveniences such as a sit–down sink, rolling counters and dining tables, a smoking oven, and a long counter that can be used as a buffet. Also includes a large concrete mural by Emile Norman.
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