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V. C. MORRIS GIFT SHOP (S.310 - 1948)
     

 

Date: 1948

Description: V.C. Morris Gift Shop, Interior.  Real Photo postcard.  Photo by Maynard Parker “San Francisco Store Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for V. C. Morris. Silver, Glass, China, Linens, Accessories, Gifts. 140 Maiden Lane Off Union Square.”  Built in 1948. Published in “Frank Lloyd Wright and the Living City” De Long 1998 Page 99;  “The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright” Levine 1996 Page 369.

Size: 5.4 x 3.5

0746.06.0405

 

Date: 1948

Description: V.C. Morris Gift Shop, Exterior.  Real Photo postcard.  Photo by Maynard Parker “San Francisco Store Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for V. C. Morris. Silver, Glass, China, Linens, Accessories, Gifts. 140 Maiden Lane Off Union Square.”  Built in 1948.  Published in ”An American Architect” Kaufmann/Wright 1955, Page 20;  “Frank Lloyd Wright and the Living City” De Long 1998 Page 55, 99.

Size: 3.5 x 5.4

0746.07.0207

 

Date: 1962

Title: Wright at 89. Circa 1956. Press photograph for "Architecture: Man in Possession of His Earth".

Description: Includes three images. 1) V. C. Morris Gift Shop (S.310 - 1948). Caption on face below image; "Interior of Morris store, San Francisco (Maynard L. Parker)." Originally photographed in 1948. 2) Mr. And Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright in a horse draw carriage., circa 1956. Caption on face below image; "Mr. And Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright (John Engstead). 3) Rendering of the Pilgrim Congregational Church (Project 1958). Caption on face below image; "Architect’s rendering of Pilgrim Congregational Church – Redding, California." Caption pasted on verso; "Memoir from a Master Builder. Frank Lloyd Wright’s last book, "Architecture: Man in Possession of His Earth," explains architecture in terms of building materials (Doubleday, $5.95). Prefaced by a biography of the late architect by his daughter, Iovanna Lloyd Wright, the volume is illustrated throughout with sketches, renderings, and photographs. Picture Release Date: November 2, 1962. Book Release Date: November 9, 1962. From: Louise Thomas. Doubleday & Co., 575 Madison Ave., N.Y. 22, N.Y. MU8-5300.)

Size: Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.

1496.03.1210

 

 

 

 

 

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