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Maynard Parker Home Movie: Photographing 1957-1962

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Description
This film depicts Maynard Parker at work on various assignments for House Beautiful and other clients, including Ford Times. Footage includes Parker and others staging shoots in preparation for photographing. The film is spliced together from trips taken over six years of work. The places shown in this film include: Maynard Parker residence in Echo Park, Los Angeles; Carmel (James Residence #1436); Alcatraz, San Francisco; Palm Springs (Thomas Davis residence #1393; El Dorado Country Club #1923); Scottsdale, Arizona (Charles Montooth residence #1501); Taliesin West with Anne Parker, Carolyn Murray and various unidentified people; Hearst Castle; Alamo, Texas; Aldon Dow residence, Michigan (#1384); Model home designed by Ladd and Kelsey in Laguna Niguel, California (#0620); Mazatlan. People include: Maynard Parker photographing and setting up equipment, including one scene in which he is on a forklift; Annie Parker; Carolyn Murray; Robert and Jean Stanton; Douglas Baylis; Joe Howland; Edward Huntsman-Trout; T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings.
Type
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Date
1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962
Call number
photCL MLP 4166
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