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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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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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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 a bedroom suite including a seating area, dressing area, breakfast counter with a refrigerator and electric burner, and a patio.
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Views of a den described in House Beautiful as "a room to be alone in". Includes architectural details such as stone walls, wood paneling, a fireplace and fountain.
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Images of the living room, living-dining room, and bathroom for a man. Taken for, or highlighting skylights manufactured by, the Wasco Flashing Co.
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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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