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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Image of an embroidered panel of a tree.
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A view of one of the rooms in the Shorb house on the San Marino Ranch. There are large, decorative rugs and tapestries, a chandelier with six light fixtures, and a fireplace. The furniture is made of heavy, dark wood, and includes two chairs on the left, a large cabinet in the center, a chair at either end of the table in front of the fireplace, and a desk in the back corner. There is a large, white fur rug in the foreground. Three portraits are hanging, one above the fireplace and one on either side of the tapestry in the center.
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Image of a table and chair arranged next to a fireplace.
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Images of windows, folding screen, and lantern made of semi–opaque plastic panels embedded with leaf, fern, and wheat motifs. Also a wheat emblem for the front door.
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Image of fireplace and mantel with Christmas decorations.
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