Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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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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Views of "Bellissima" wallpaper at Van Luit plant.
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Views of "Beverly Hills rattan" style furniture at plant/factory.
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Views of the grounds around the automobile plant.
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Construction of Long Beach Steam Plant No. 1, showing later construction of the plant, interior shots, control rooms, and transformers. Construction of support facilities, cooling water intakes and conduits. Expansion of Steam Plant for additional units.
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Street views of Van Luit plant; also includes one shot of wallpaper.
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