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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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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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Visual Materials
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.
photCL MLP
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Images of landscaping and garden displays including one to two examples by several companies and garden clubs including R.W. Smith Co., Henry Soto Corp., Panorama City Garden Club, Cheviot Hills and Monte Mar Vista Garden Club, Erin Armstrong, Arthur Freed, and the American Begonia Society.
photCL MLP 1850
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Detail images of garden displays. Includes examples of garden walls, and water features.
photCL MLP 1899
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Images of garden displays including a waterfall and a a garden resembling the courtyard of a middle eastern palace.
photCL MLP 1851
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Images of various garden displays including examples of brick paving and walls, plants, and furniture.
photCL MLP 1908
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Images of a garden including examples of the use of rocks in landscaping and garden structures. Possibly photographed at Prentice Nursery. Possibly photographed in at least two sessions. House Beautiful feature about this garden calls it the "Clarence Prentice place."
photCL MLP 2015