YEAR DESCRIPTION ST# 1885 1885 Wright at 18. Frank Lloyd Wright Portrait (circa 1885). Photographer E.R. Curtiss, Wisconsin Historical Society. High-res digital 4 x 5 image. 0001.01.0706 1887 1887 Wright at 20. Portrait of Wright shortly after he arrived in Chicago. Published in "An Autobiography, Frank Lloyd Wright", Wright, 1977, page 64f. Dated at age 20. Also published in "Frank Lloyd Wright A Biography, Secrest, 1992, page 80. Dated at age 20. 4.25 x 6 Print, High res digital image. 0004.01.0509 1889 1889 Wright at 22. Frank Lloyd Wright Portrait (circa 1889). International Newsreel Photo - Received 9/20/29. Typed caption on back: "Friends incorporate F.L. Wright, Architect. Chicago Ill... Frank Lloyd Wright, internationally famous architect who is now an institution under the charter of Frank Lloyd Wright, Inc., following the establishment of the corporation by his friends. Wright may now give his talent free play unhampered by domestic or financial matters. He is said to have invented a method that will revolutionize skyscrapers." Time line: Wright arrived in Chicago in 1887. Set up his own practice in 1893. Original silver gelatin photo. 6 x 8. 0009.01.0401 1895 1895 Wright at 28. Portrait of Wright in 1895. Frank Lloyd Wright: Wright was about 28 at the time this picture was taken, circa 1895. Just two years earlier he had left the employment of Louis Sullivan and begun his independent practice of architecture. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright, His Life and His Architecture", Twombly, 1979, page 23 but dated 1889. Courtesy National Library of Australia. 3.25 x 5.6 Print, High res digital image. 0018.01.0509 1895 Wright at 28. 1895. "A self-photograph. No ‘picture-taker’ could satisfy him. So he rigged up his camera with a long rubber tube, and at the right moment, squeezed the bulb! It was the year 1895." John Lloyd Wright, published in "My Father Who is on Earth", 1946, page 18. 4.75 x 5.8 Print, High res digital image. 0018.02.0609 1900 1900 Wright at 33. Circa 1900. Wright wearing a hat, looking to the left. 5 x 6.2 Print, High res digital image. 0041.01.0609 1900-1910 Miriam Noel Wright. Circa 1900-1910 (30-40 years old). Miriam wearing a hat, facing slightly to the right. Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institute, Phil Fedderson collection. (Note: AIA Monthly Bulletin, Michigan Society of Architects - December 1959) (Phil H. Fedderson: A native of Clinton and a graduate of Iowa State University in Ames, Phil Feddersen gained his work experience with Alden Dow of Midland, Michigan before opening his own architectural firm in Clinton 1959. Like Dow, Feddersen has been strongly influenced by the later work of Frank Lloyd Wright.) Many of Feddersen’s designs exhibit the "organic" design philosophy of Wright. Published in “Many Masks” Gill, 1987, page 235. 5 x 7 Print. High res digital image. 0041.02.0609 1903 1903 Wright at 36. Circa 1903. Portrait of Wright slightly facing to the right, resting his head on his hand. May have been photographed at the same one dated 1905 (Wright at 38), but his hair does not have the touch of gray. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright" Thomas, 1997, page 6 and dated 1903. 4 x 5 Print, High res digital image. 0054.02.0609 1905 1905 Wright at 38. Circa 1905. Wright slightly facing to the right. This portrait has been dated circa 1926, which would place Wright at 59. A more accurate date would be circa 1905. A very similar portrait is published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings", Volume 1, Pfeiffer, page 2. 5 x 7 Print, High res digital image. 0058.03.0609 1905 Martha “Mamah” Bouton Borthwick Cheney (June 19, 1869 - August 15, 1914). Mamah Borthwick was born in Boone, Iowa. She received a BA at the University of Michigan, and later worked as a librarian in Port Huron, Michigan. In 1899, she married Edwin Cheney, an electrical engineer from Oak Park, Illinois, USA. They had two children: John (1902) and Martha (1905). Edwin commissioned Wright to design them a home in 1903. In 1909, Mamah and Frank left their respective spouses and traveled to Europe, settling in Italy for about a year. Upon their return, they settled at Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin. On August 15, 1914, one of Wright's recently hired domestic workers murdered Mamah, both her children, three of Wright's associates, and a son of one of the associates. He set fire to one wing of Taliesin, and murdered the seven people with an ax as they tried to escape the fire. At the time, Wright was overseeing work on Midway Gardens in Chicago. Catherine Wright refused to give Wright a divorce until November 13, 1922. Note on Verso, dated 11/15/22 (two days after divorce was granted) “Old love of famous architect who is divorced. Photo is of Mamah Borthwick Cheney who fled with Frank Lloyd Wright to a ‘Love Hegira’ in Japan, and who died in the flames of the 'Love Bungalow' of herself and Wright, at Spring Green, Wis. Note: Chicago Herald & Examiner of November 15th carried story of Frank Lloyd Wright divorce.” Very few images exist. Meryle Secrest notes in a portrait caption “Frank Lloyd Wright A Biography” 1992, page 196, “The only known photograph of Mamah Borthwick Cheney, published in the Chicago Tribune at the time of her murder, in 1914.” Original silver gelatin 8.5 x 6.5 photograph. 0058.02.0307 1906 1906 Wright at 39. Circa 1906. Portrait of Wright slightly facing to the right. Hair has just a touch of gray. May have been photographed at the same one dated 1905 (Wright at 38). Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings" Volume 1, Pfeiffer, page 2; “Many Masks” Gill, 1987, page 180. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Foundation. 7 x 8.2 Print, High res digital image. 0064.02.0609 1907 1907-1908 Catherine Tobin Wright. Circa 1907-1908. Catherine and her youngest child Robert Llewellyn Wright (1903-1985) age 4-5. Catherine Tobin Wright in a dress designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. See similar photograph without Robert in "The decorative designs of Frank Lloyd Wright", Hanks, page 25. (Note: Robert Llewellyn Wright was born on November 15, 1903 in Oak Park, IL, and passed away on February 22, 1986 in West Bethesda, MD. He married Elizabeth Bryant Kehler on July 29, 1933. He was buried in Unity Chapel Cemetery, Spring Green, WI.) Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institute, Mrs. Robert L. Wright collection. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright A Biography", Secrest, 1992, page 191, dated 1907. 5 x 6.5 Print. High res digital image. 0080.07.0609 1908 1908 Photo of Minnehaha Falls. F.L. Wright Photo, St. Paul. Copyright 1908. 1908.00.1201 1909 1909 Portrait of Mrs. E. H. (Mamah Borthwick) Cheney. Chicago Tribune Photograph. Published in the Chicago Tribune on August 6, 1911 at the time of her divorce and in 1914 at the time of her death. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright A Biography" Secrest,1992, page 196; "Frank Lloyd Wright, An Interpretive Biography", Twombly, 1973, page 92. (Note: Mamah Borthwick married Edwin Cheney when she was thirty. Could this possibly be her wedding photograph? 1899?) 4.25 x 6 Print, High res digital image. 0085.05.0509 1910 1910 Mamah Borthwick Cheney. Circa 1910-1914. She appears to be just a little older in this photograph than in the other two available photographs. Note: she was 45 at the time of her death (1914). She would have been 41 years old in 1910. Published in “Many Masks” Gill, 1987, page 207. 4.75 x 6.5 Print, High res digital image. 0094.05.0609 1910's Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Photo Package. Package of 10 Genuine Photographs, Lake Geneva, Wis. One photo of Hotel Geneva (1.75 x 2.75"). Grogan Photo Systems, Inc. 0104.03.0602 1910's Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Photo Package. Package of 10 Genuine Photographs, Lake Geneva, Wis. One photo of Hotel Geneva (1.75 x 2.75"). Grogan Photo Systems, Inc. 0104.04.0307 1910's Hillside Home School Copy Negative and Contact sheet (circa 1910)
1910.00.0604 1911 1911 (Side Note) Hoquiam Library, Hoquiam, Washington. After living in the State of Washington for over 30 years, I was surprised to find such a fine example of a prairie style building right here in my back yard. I was even more surprised when I discovered it was built in 1911. Originally funded by the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, (funding secured in 1910), it's on the National Register of Historic Places and is known as a rare example of the Prairie Style of Architecture found in the Pacific Northwest. The original building was designed by the architectural firm of Claude & Starck, Madison, Wisconsin. Louis Claude was a former associate and lifelong friend of architects Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright. Claude & Starck's work reflects this influence. This firm was selected by Miss Macpherson, the first Librarian. She had previously worked in the Evansville, Wisc. Library which was also designed by them. After additional research I was surprised to five additional libraries from the same design. The library was formally dedicated on August 25, 1911. In 1991, the building was enlarged and remodeled by Tonkin/Koch Architects of Seattle. They did an excellent job of duplicating and blending the with original design. The original frieze mold was still available through a University of Minnesota Library which houses the Louis W. Claude Papers. I commend the City of Hoquiam and Tonkin/Koch Architects for preserving such a wonderful piece of art. Set of 12 high-res digital images (February 23, 2007), including two brochures. 2007.03.0207 1913 1913 Francis W. Little House Living Room 1913. “200B. Francis W. Little House, ‘Northome’ R.F.D. 3, Wayzata, Minn. 1913 - Living Room.” Photographic copy of Plate 200b, “In The Nature of Material” Hitchcock, 1942. Verso label: “The Living Room from the Francis Little House, Wayzata, Minn. 1912-1914. Designed by FLW. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Emily C. Chadbourne Bequest. Photo by Hollis, courtesy Henry-Russell Hitchcock.” 8 x 10 silver gelatin photo. 0120.03.0207 1914 1914 Wright at 47. Circa 1914. Portrait of Wright facing slightly to the left. This was taken about the time he was completing Midway Gardens. Published in "An Autobiography, Frank Lloyd Wright", page 192a. 4.6 x 7 Print, High res digital image. 0124.09.0709 1914 Midway Garden Sprite. Chicago Architectural Photographing Company, Chicago. Original gelatin silver photograph printed by photographer Clarence Fuermann (1883-1983). Printed in the early 1960s from the original negative (1913-14). Clarence Fuermann of Henry Fuermann and Sons. The original image was published in “The Life-Work of the American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright” 1925, page 76, center. 8 x 10. 1407.01.0406 1914 Midway Garden Entrance (1914). Chicago Architectural Photographing Company, photographer Clarence Fuermann (1883-1983), Chicago, (Note: "Domino's Collection" page 152; "In The Nature of Materials", page xvi, no. 194). Purchased from "The Architectural Forum". Note on back indicates it was used by Arthur Drexler - MOMA. This image published in “Frank Lloyd Wright: Writings and Buildings” 1960, Edgar Kaufmann and Ben Raeburn, page 120. “Frank Lloyd Wright and Midway Gardens” 1998, Paul Kruty, page g. "Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural Heritage, Domino’s Collection" David A. Hanks, page 89. 8 x 10. 1407.02.0706 1914 Exotic Dancers, Midway Gardens 1914. Photographed by Collins (emboss on verso of board). Possibly a publicity photograph or souvenir a that could be purchased as a keepsake, 4.75 x 3.6, mounted to decorative board 6.76 x 5.8. Photograph 4.75 x 3.6. 0124.03.0407 1915 1915 Larkin Building. Darwin D. Martin's desk designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the Larkin Administration Building (1905) atrium, Buffalo, New York, August 3, 1915 (Martin was CEO of Larkin). It shows Martin's desk on his return from a family vacation to Yosemite. The "Welcome Home" flowers are in a Rookwood(?) vase. In the early 1980s the Kelmscott Gallery acquired this photograph from the estate of Darwin. D. Martin. It beautifully illustrates Wright's concept of a common workspace for executives and employees. The desk by Van Dorn Iron Works Company had "drawers of various sizes and designed to provide space for specific forms and papers". The chair is designed with painted steel and an oak seat. The photograph is so clear that “Tuesday August 3" is visible on a number of desk calendars. According to the Graycliff Conservatory, Inc., Scott Elliott (Kelmscott Gallery) donated an impressive collection of historic photographs of the Darwin D. Martin family, including a photo album and journal of the Martin family's cross country trip to California including Yosemite National Park in 1915. The Larkin Company was a mail-order house that sold soap and other household products. The building was demolished between February and July 1950. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright’s Larkin Building, Myth and Fact" Quinan, 1989, page 50. Original silver gelatin 1915 photograph. Photographer unknown. 7.5 x 7.75. 0128.02.0107 1916 1916 Robie House. View from the Dining Room and South Aisle, toward the Living Room, 1916. Photograph printed circa mid 1960s on Agfa paper. Verso: “The Office of Public Relations, The University of Chicago”. Original silver gelatin photograph. 10 x 8. Published in “Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House”, Hoffmann 1984, page 74, “The Robie House of Frank Lloyd Wright”, Connors 1984, page 31. 0132.04.0707 1917 C1917 Dining Room, Taliesin II, circa 1917-19. This photograph was first published in "The Nature of Materials: 1887 - 1941, The Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright" Hitchcock, 1942, plate 177. Hitchcock mistakenly dates this photograph at 1911 (pg xvi). One of the many items in the photograph is an Imperial Hotel Coffee Service. Very similar to a photograph published in "Architectural Record", October 1915, page 395, which was the very first published interior of Taliesin II. Also published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1907-1913 Volume 3" ill 275 and dated 1911. Photographed by Henry Fuermann. 10 x 8 Print, High res digital image. (For further information see our Wright study.) 0138.04.1209 1918 1918 “Independence Day Dance. The Midway Garden. Music By Kelton’s Music Makers. Wed., July 3" In July of 1916 the name was changed to “Edelweiss Gardens” but in this poster it is still called “Midway Garden”. It was referred to by “Midway Garden” (singular). 2.75 x 4.5. 0139.03.0407 1919 1919 Wright at 52. Portrait of Wright facing slightly to the left. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1914-1923 Volume 4", Pfeiffer, Futagawa, 1990, page 2. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 8 x 10 Print, High res digital image. 0141.02.0709
1920 1920s Hotel Geneva, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. (circa 1920) 2.75 x 4.5. I notice that the American flags have been removed and there is a small sign just above the "Hotel Geneva" that says "Dancing".
1920.00.0105 1920s Mrs. John Lloyd Wright. Photograph of a portrait by Chicago artist Frank A. Werner, Born April 15, 1877 Akron, OH, Died July 6, 1953 Chicago, IL. This photograph of the portrait was taken by Frederick O. Bemm, Art Institute Chicago Staff Photographer. Verso: Mrs. John Lloyd Wright. Not dated. I have not been able to verify if this truly is “Mrs. Wright” or which of his wives it was. I would estimate it had to be Jeanette or Hazel. John Lloyd Wright: Born 12/12/1892, Oak Park, Illinois, died 12/20/1972, Del Mar, San Diego, California. On returning to Chicago in late 1913, John was placed in charge of his father's office, now located in Orchestra Hall on Michigan Avenue, where he handled business matters when Frank Lloyd Wright was at Taliesin, the home he had built for himself and Mamah Cheney at Spring Green, Wisconsin. In 1914 John Lloyd Wright married Jeanette Winters, a young woman he had met in Los Angeles, they were divorced in 1920. The young couple moved into a tiny wooden building at 938 Lincoln Parkway. They dubbed their home "Bird Center," decorating it with jig sawed and painted birds. In 1920, John moved back to Oak Park, to the apartment which his father had outfitted over the old studio in order to provide some income for John's mother, who still lived in the old family home. He remained there after marrying again, this time to Hazel Josephine Lundin (1896 - 1972) on 10/27/1921, and it was there that his first child, Elizabeth Lloyd Wright Ingraham born on 7/26/1923. Late in 1923, he and his family moved to Long Beach, a lakeside residential enclave of Michigan City, Indiana. There he renewed his architectural practice, starting with the construction of his own house and studio, Studio Court, built in 1924. His second child was John Lloyd Wright (2/23/1925 - 1/30/1974). In 1942 he married for the third time to Frances Welch. Original 6.5 x 9.25 vintage silver gelatin photograph, circa 1920s. Set includes six photographs of Werner’s work and two brochures. 0142.03.0307 1920 Wright at 53. Portrait of Wright in 1920. Courtesy of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, William J Meuer Photoart House. Published in "Truth Against The World", Meehan, 1987, page 48. Dated circa 1920-1930. 4.75 x 6 Print, High res digital image. 0142.06.0509 1923 1923 Wright at 56. Frank Lloyd Wright Portrait. November 27, 1923. Photographer Arnold Genthe, AMICO Public Collection, Washington DC. High-res 3 x 4 digital image. 0156.02.0706 1923 Wright at 56. November 1923. Portrait of Wright, looking at the camera, but turned to the right. Published in "The Life Work of the American Architect:, Frank Lloyd Wright". The "Foto" (German) is dated November 1923. Also published in "An Autobiography, Frank Lloyd Wright" 1977, and indicates that this photograph was taken about the time he met Olgivanna (page 192e). 6.5 x 9.25 print, High res digital image. 0156.04.0609 1923 Portrait of Miriam Noel Wright, second wife of Frank Lloyd Wright. 1923. Standing behind a car. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright A Biography" Secrest, 1992, page 279; "Frank Lloyd Wright, An Interpretive Biography", Twombly, 1973, page 144. Courtesy Wisconsin Historical Society. 3.5 x 6 Print. High res digital image. 0156.03.0509 1924 Wright at 57. Circa 1924. Set of eight images found to date, photographed at the same time at Taliesin. Some publications indicate that these are possible self-portraits. The Library of Congress notes that one of the images was a photograph by Rudd. 1924 Wright at 57. Circa 1924. Wright in his living room at Taliesin. Drafting pencil in his right hand. Possibly a self-portrait, photographed at the same time as 157.03. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Dated circa 1924. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright A Biography" Secrest, 1992, page 261; "Frank Lloyd Wright, An Interpretive Biography", Twombly, 1973, page 149; "Truth Against The World", Meehan, 1987, page 2. "Taliesin 1911-1914", Menocal, 1992, page ii. 6 x 5.25 print, High res digital image. 0157.02.0509 1924 Wright at 57. Circa 1924. Wright in his living room at Taliesin. Seated at a table, a floral Japanese screen in the background. Pencil in his right hand, possibly a cigarette in his left. Part of a set of eight images to date photographed at the same time. 4 x 4.6 print, High res digital image. 0157.08.0509 1924 Wright at 57. Circa 1924. Portrait of Wright working at his drafting table at Taliesin. Part of a set of eight images to date photographed at the same time. 5 x 4.9 Print, High res digital image. 0157.04.0609 1924 Wright at 57. Circa 1924. Close-up portrait of Wright working at his drafting table at Taliesin. Part of a set of eight images to date photographed at the same time. 3.5 x 4.1 Print, High res digital image. 0157.05.0609 1924 Wright at 57. Circa 1924. Portrait of Wright facing slightly to the right, photographed at Taliesin. Part of a set of eight images to date photographed at the same time. Courtesy Library of Congress. Library of Congress notes that photograph by Rudd. 4 x 5.5 Print, High res digital image. 0157.06.0609 1924 Wright at 57. Circa 1924. Portrait of Wright seated on a drafting table, holding a cane at Taliesin in front of a model of the Press Building Project (1912, San Francisco). Possibly a self-portrait, photographed at the same time as 157.02. Wright is holding the same cane as in 171.02. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Dated 1924. Published in "Truth Against The World", Meehan, 1987, page 86. 4.2 x 6 print, High res digital image. 0157.03.0509 1924 Wright at 57. Circa 1924. Portrait of Wright seated next to a drafting table, holding a cane at Taliesin in front of a model of the Press Building Project (1912, San Francisco). 4 x 3 print, High res digital image. 0157.07.0609 1924 Wright at 57. Circa 1924. Portrait of Wright in the Living Room leaning against the fireplace at Taliesin. Cane is leaning against the fireplace on the right side, partly hidden behind the Japanese sculpture. This was photographed before the fire that struck Taliesin the second time in April 1925. 6.5 x 4.5 print. High res digital image. 0157.09.0110 1925 1925 Wright at 58. Portrait of Wright holding his baby daughter Iovanna at Taliesin. No other copy of this print is known to exist. This photograph was loaned to Ken Burns for his 2004 Wright documentary. Inscribed on verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright and baby daughter Iovanna at Taliesin". Kelmscott Gallery, Chicago, acquired this photograph from Wright's granddaughter Nora Natof in 1980. Wright is holding the same cane as in 157.03. Original vintage 2.5 x 4.25 silver gelatin photograph. 0171.02.1206 1925 Miriam Noel Wright. Photographed on November 28, 1925. International Newsreel photograph. Caption on verso reads "(Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright). 28 Nov 1925 - With the filing of a suit for divorce by Mrs. Miriam Noel Wright, famous sculptress against Frank Wright, world renowned architect, comes to the light the first knowledge of their legal marriage four years ago. Eleven years ago, Mrs. Noel threw conventions to the wind by taking up her abode with the eccentric architect in his $80,000 "love bungalow" at Spring Green, Wis., taking the place of Wright's murdered affinity, Mamah Borthwick Cheney, whose life was snuffed out by a demented colored caretaker. Mrs. Wright scoffs at the great herald chivalry of her architect husband, and charges cruelty against him, specially mentioning one occasion when he broke two of her ribs. She also speaks of a Mrs. Olga Milanoff, young dark haired Russian, who claims entered the famous "love nest" as a servant, but remained as a sweetheart. Wright is recognized as one of the foremost architects in the world." 3.5 x 4.75 Print. High res digital image. 0171.03.0609 Circa 1925 Miriam Noel Wright, Circa 1925 (Approximately 56 years old). Miriam sitting on a trunk with the initials F.LL.W. Facing slightly to the right. Caption on Verso: "Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright, whose husband deserted her for the love of Olga Milanoff, is shown when she was evicted from her hotel for failure to pay bill." Published in "Uncensored" October 1955, page 42. Maude Miriam Noel: May 9, 1869 - January 3, 1930. Immediately after the tragic death of Mamah Cheney on August 15, 1914, Miriam Noel sent condolences to Wright. Within weeks Wright became involved with Miriam and she moved into Taliesin. Although Wright had not yet received a divorce from Kitty, they live together and travel to Tokyo, Japan in 1916. In 1922, Wright's first wife, Kitty, granted him a divorce. He was required to wait one year and on November 19, 1923, Miriam and Frank were married in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Their relationship was quite tumultuous. Wright explains in his Autobiography that he married her to rescue their relationship. "Marriage resulted in ruin for both. Instead of improving with marriage, as I had hoped, our relationship became worse." (An Autobiography, p 260). They quarreled a great deal, she was addicted to morphine, and in less than a year they were separated. In 1924, after the separation, but while still married, Wright met Olgivanna at the Petrograd Ballet in Chicago. On November 27, 1925 Miriam filed for a divorce, alleging desertion and cruelty. After a three year legal battle, they were divorced on August 26, 1927. Olga and Frank were married on August 25, 1928 at midnight in Rancho Santa Fe near La Jolla. The ceremony was held one year to the day after Wright’s divorce from Miriam. Miriam Noel Wright passed away on January 3, 1930 at the age of 61. 4.6 x 7.5 Print. High res digital image. 0171.04.1009 1926 1926 Wright at 59. Frank Lloyd Wright Portrait. Photographed by DeLonge Studio, March 1, 1926. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. 5 x 6 Print. High-res digital image. 0249.09.0706 1926 Wright at 59. Portrait of Wright by DeLonge Studio, March 1, 1926. Photographed at the same time as 249.09. He is wearing a long black coat, with a second draped over his left arm which is holding a hat. A pair of glassed are in his right hand. Published in "Truth Against The World", Meehan, 1987, page 32. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. 4.75 x 6 Print. High res digital image. 0249.17.0509 C1926 Dining Room (left) and Living Room, Taliesin III, Circa 1926. In April 1925, fire struck Taliesin for the second time and destroyed the living quarters. Wright rebuilt again, expanding and enlarging the Dining and Living Room. (Notice the ball and baby rattle under the chair in the foreground, for their daughter Iovanna.) Taken at the same time as S#198.03. Photographed by Henry Fuermann, W-49. 10 x 8 Print, High res digital image. (For further information see our Wright study.) 0172.02.1209 C1926 Dining Room (left) and Living Room, Taliesin III, Circa 1926. In April 1925, fire struck Taliesin for the second time and destroyed the living quarters. Wright rebuilt again, expanding and enlarging the Dining and Living Room. Taken at the same time as S#198.02. Photographed by Henry Fuermann, W-42. 10 x 8 Print, High res digital image. (For further information see our Wright study.) 0172.03.1209 1926 Miriam Noel Wright sitting in a chair, tuned to the right, facing forward. (Circa September-October 1926) Caption reads "Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright at the Southmoor hotel after her unsuccessful invasion of husband’s estate at Spring Green, Wis. She says she is confident her husband and Olga Milanoff are living there, but are dodging officers." (See time line.) 8 x 10 Print. High res digital image. 0172.04.0110 1927 1927 Miriam Noel Wright (February 1, 1927 - San Francisco). International Newsreel photograph. Caption on verso reads "Slug (Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright). Love's Eternal Triangle-Missing Mate Found in San Francisco. Present wife but not the mate of Frank Lloyd Wright, noted architect, Miriam Noel Wright has been found here, the first trace of her since her disappearance from Chicago last December. She is firm in her determination not to permit Wright to obtain a divorce. See San Francisco Examiner Feb. 1st for Story. All Bureaus (list A) Ex.....2/2/27." Courtesy International Newsreel. (San Francisco Examiner, Feb. 1, 1927: Maud Miriam Noel Wright, the wife of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, has been living in the Claremont Apartments on Sutter Street in San Francisco since December 1926. She is recuperating in California while her suit for separate maintenance is pending and while her husband's lawyers vainly urge her to divorce him.) 4.5 x 6 Print. High res digital image. 0198.01.0609 1929 1929 Richard Lloyd Jones Residence "Westhope,", Tulsa, OK. Original vintage photograph taken by Frank Lloyd Wright associate, John Lloyd Wright, Wright’s son, of the Richard Lloyd Jones residence under construction in 1929. Title on verso reads "Billiard room conservatory, owner's room above" and initialed "JLW". Purchased from the Estate of Alfonso Iannelli. Original vintage silver gelatin photograph. 3.5 x 5. 0228.08.0507 1930 1930 Wright at 63. Portrait of Wright in 1930. Courtesy Library of Congress. Published in "Truth Against The World", Meehan, 1987, page 122. Image used in 1932 Poster. 8 x 10 Print, High res digital image. 0249.16.0509 1932 Circa 1932
- Larkin Building. Built 1903, Demolished 1950. I have noticed a number of changes to the Larkin building in this later photo:
- 1) Globes are missing
- 2) Plaques have been added at the street entrance
- 3) Windows added top/side of building
- 4) Fountain pool filled in
- 5) Street has been widened
- 6) Lights added to each side of fountain
- 7) Chimney added to center column on right side at top
- 8) Parking added on right side of building
- Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright’s Larkin Building, Myth and Fact" Quinan, 1989, page 120.
0502.01.1001 1934-35 1934-35 Wright at 67. Frank Lloyd Wright Portrait. Original 5 x 7 Sepia tone. Given to Lucian Schlingen Sr. by Frank Lloyd Wright 1934-35. Purchased from Son. (Note on back: Return to Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin) 0397.02.0606 1935 Wright at 68. Portrait of Wright in 1935 by Don Keller, Phoenix Ariz, 4-5-35. Courtesy Library of Congress. 8 x 10 print. High res digital image. 0397.06.0509 1935 Broadacre City, 1935. Model Homes. Photographed by Dan Keller, Seidman Photo Service, New York. Caption on verso, handwritten by Frank Lloyd Wright reads "Collateral Detail Mofel: A Two Car House, Two Minimum Houses and a Medium House." Verification, Kelmscott Galleries; Leslie Hindman Auctioneers 1990, page 41 item 143; Additional analysis "Frank Lloyd Wright and the Living City" De Long 1998, page 29. As with the 1938 and 1948 Architectural Forum issues which Wright designed, wrote and coordinated, details such as captions and photo selection were handled by Wright. Published in Architectural Record, April 1935 page 247; Junior Red Cross Journal, Feb 1936, page 137. Original 8 x 10 vintage silver gelatin photograph. 0393.02.0107 1935 Broadacre City, 1935. Model Bridge. Photographed by Dan Keller, Seidman Photo Service, New York. Caption on verso, handwritten by Frank Lloyd Wright reads "Bridge Over Great Arterial Right of Way, Which Consists of Many Lanes of Speed Traffic Above, Monorail Speed Trains In the Middle, and Truck and Traffic on Lower Side Lanes. Within the Highway Structures are Storage Facilities for Raw Material." Verification, Kelmscott Galleries; Leslie Hindman Auctioneers 1990, page 41 item 143; Additional analysis "Frank Lloyd Wright and the Living City" De Long 1998, page 29. As with the 1938 and 1948 Architectural Forum issues which Wright designed, wrote and coordinated, details such as captions and photo selection were handled by Wright. Published in Architectural Record, April 1935 page 246. Original 8 x 10 vintage silver gelatin photograph. 0393.03.0107 1936 1936 Wright at 69. High res digital 4x5 digital image, 1936. (241KB) 4 x 5. 0404.10.0307 1936 Wright at 69. 1936. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright. Frank Lloyd Wright and his wife Olgivanna, seated together reading in the living room at Taliesin. Photographed by Melvin E. Diemer. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings", Volume 4, Pfeiffer, 1994, page 121; "Frank Lloyd Wright, His Life and His Architecture", Twombly, 1979, page 289 but dated early 1940s. 4.4 x 6 print. High res digital image. 0404.20.0509 1936 Wright at 69. 1936. Portrait of Wright in Taliesin studio with four apprentices (L to R) Gene Masselink, Ben Dombar, Edgar Tafel and John Howe. (Taken in the mid 1930's.) Published in "At Taliesin". Newspaper Columns by Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship 1934-1937, Henning, page 9, dated mid 30's. 7 x 5 Print, High res digital image. 0404.21.0709 1936 “Arizona Biltmore Hotel Phoenix.” Approaching Arizona Biltmore, 1936, (Published by Frashers, Inc., Pomona. Calif.) Frashers Fotos. 3.4 x 2.4. 0404.11.0507 1936 “Arizona Biltmore Hotel Phoenix.” Arizona Biltmore from Canal Bridge, 1936, (Published by Frashers, Inc., Pomona. Calif.) Frashers Fotos. 3.4 x 2.4. 0404.12.0507 Circa 30-40's Arizona Biltmore, (Horses). 8x10 print, 22x22 Matted and framed. Framed print adorned guest rooms. 1940.01.0205 Arizona Biltmore, (Pool, Cabanas and Old Ballroom). 8x10 print, 22x22 Matted and framed. Framed print adorned guest rooms. 1940.02.0205 1936 S.C. Johnson Building Model. 1936. Designed in 1936, the building was completed on April 22, 1939. The Research Tower was designed in 1944 and construction began in 1947. Caption on back: "Now in Wisconsin. For years Frank Lloyd Wright designed unique buildings in many parts of the world. He planned this factory of the Johnson & Co., Racine. It combines straight and curved lines, built without ornamentation, yet with a trim beauty of its own." Additional images of model in "Frank Lloyd Wright and he Johnson Wax Building" Lipman, page 36. "At the end of August Wright guided three of his apprentices Blaine and Hulda Drake, and Eugene Masselink, in the construction of a large, detailed model of the Administration Building that could be separated into two halves, allowing one to peer into a miniature Great Workroom." Construction of the model lead Wright to make changes to the design. Page 37. Paul’s Photos. 3702 N. Lakewood Avenue, Chicago 13, Illinois. "GF-901". Original silver gelatin photo. 10 x 5.8. 0404.22.0109 1937 1937 Wright at 70, 1937. Wright with group of apprentices at Taliesin. Front row left to right: Benjamin Dombar, Kevin Lynch, Frank Lloyd Wright, James Thomson, Wesley Peters and Robert Mosher. Back row, left to right: Carey Carraway, Jahn Lautner, John Howe, Eugene Masselink, Blaine Drake, Ellis Jacobs, E. Brookins, Herbert Fritz, Burton Goodrich and Edgar Tafel. According to Tafel, it was photographed by Kenn Hendrich, Hendrich-Blessing, taken during the preparation for the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum. Published in "Letters to Apprentices", Wright, 1982, page 32; "Architectural Forum", January 1938, page 3. 5 x 3.4 print. High res digital image. 0429.07.0609 1937 Wright at 70, 1937. Wright with apprentices at Taliesin. Behind Wright on the left is John Lautner. To his right is Robert Mosher, Edgar Tafel and Wesley Peters. According to Tafel, it was photographed by Kenn Hendrich, Hendrich-Blessing, taken during the preparation for the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum. Similar photograph published in "Years With Frank Lloyd Wright, Apprentice to Genius", Tafel, 1979, on the cover of the soft cover version and page 162-163. 7x 5 print. High res digital image. 0429.08.0609 1937 Taliesin, Spring Green, 1937. Verso: "South corner of dining-room at Taliesin, Looking from the South across the top of the hill garden." "ROTO May 1, 1938." "April 2, 1954 P 36." Written in pencil: "Hendrich Blessing Studio, Courtesy The Architectural Forum." Photographed by Hendrich-Blessing Studios, taken in preparation for the January 1938 issue of "Architectural Forum", published on page 17. Original 8 x 10 vintage silver gelatin photograph. 8 x 10. 0429.09.1209 1937 Fallingwater, Kaufmann House, Bear Run, Pennsylvania. Bill Hedrich, Hedrich-Blessing Exterior view shows balconies cantilevered over the stream. Photographed and printed in 1937 by Bill Hedrich of the photographic firm of Hedrich-Blessing, Chicago. Published in: "In the Nature of Material" Hitchcock 1942, plate 320; "The Future of Architecture" Wright 1953, page 14; "A Testament" Wright 1957, page 165; "Frank Lloyd Wright, His Life, His Work, His Words" Wright 1966, page 128; "An Autobiography" Wright 1977, page 320 plate 6; "Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings, Volume 3" Pfeiffer 1993, page 281; "Frank Lloyd Wright and the Living City" De Long 1998, page 67, 213. Original 9 x 7 vintage silver gelatin photograph. 9 x 7. 0429.01.1106 1937 Fallingwater, Kaufmann House, Bear Run, Pennsylvania. Photographed in 1937 by Bill Hedrich of the photographic firm of Hedrich-Blessing, Chicago, printed May 12, 1944. Verso: “(This picture is for release to papers of Sunday, May 28 and thereafter, with John Selby’s New York AP special story on Modern Architecture). House Built Over a Waterfall. This House created by Architect Frank Lloyd Wright for Edgar Kaufmann, Pittsburgh Department Store owner, at Bear Run, PA., is one of 47 structures chosen by authorities at the Museum of Modern Art’s new show in New York to illustrate the best modern trends of the last 12 years. It is built over a waterfall, anchored to the mountain with stone quarried from the site, and cantilevered out into space so that its balconies give the impression of flying off over the mountainside.” Original 9 x 7 vintage silver gelatin photograph. 9 x 7. 0429.06.0707 1939 1939 S.C. Johnson Headquarters. “Great Workroom”. Ken Burns considered the Johnson Wax Headquarters “the greatest room in the United States today”. Herbert Johnson addresses the employees in the Great Workroom during the 1939 profit-sharing meeting. To his left is the company choir and to his right is the company band. Original silver gelatin photo. Published in “Frank Lloyd Wright and the Johnson Wax Building” Lipman 1986, page 118-119. Photographer unknown. 14 x 11. 0501.10.0107 1939 S.C. Johnson Headquarters. “Private Penthouse Office”. The desk engages the built-in cabinet. Photographer unknown. Original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photo. “Photographic Department Neg. #3871 S. C. Johnson & Son Inc. Racine, Wisconsin.” Published in “Frank Lloyd Wright and the Johnson Wax Building” Lipman 1986, page 115. 0501.11.0107 1939 S.C. Johnson Headquarters. “Detail of The Great Workroom”. Note double-wing tub desks. Original silver gelatin photo. Photographer unknown #90018-F. S. C. Johnson & Son Inc. Racine, Wisconsin. Similar image published in “Frank Lloyd Wright and the Johnson Wax Building” Lipman, 1986 page 107. 0501.14.0907 Circa 39-40's Sturges House #272, The Sturges house was built 1939. Judging by the landscaping, this would have been taken in 1939 or the early 40's, 4 Proofs, 3 original negatives. 1940.00.0401
1940 1940 Taliesin West. Garden Room interior, looking into the Cove. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Published in “Picturing Wright” Guerrero 1994, Page 44; “Frank Lloyd Wright Selected Houses 3" Pfeiffer 1989, Page 44; "Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly" Winter 2005, Page 18. Original 10 x 8 silver gelatin photograph. 0531.11.0207 1940 Taliesin West. Garden Room interior. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Similar view in “Picturing Wright” Guerrero 1994, Page 45; “Frank Lloyd Wright Selected Houses 3" Pfeiffer 1989, Page 41. Original 5 x 4 silver gelatin photograph. 0531.13.0207 1940 Taliesin West. Looking toward the Kitchen from the Workroom. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Original 7 x 5 silver gelatin photograph. 0531.12.0207 1940 Apprentice picnic 1940, Taliesin, Spring Green. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. “The daily picnics were expertly organized. Once the food arrived at the site, everyone got into the spirit of things. It was a relaxing informal break that was always welcome.” Female on the left possibly Kay (Schneider) Rattenbury and on the right with his back to the camera is possibly Wes Peters. Published in “Picturing Wright” Guerrero 1994, Page 88. Original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photograph. 0531.14.0207 1940 Taliesin circa 1940. Possibly the entrance to Wright’s residence and forecourt from the studio (Frank Lloyd Wright Select Houses 2, Pfeiffer/Futagawa, page 38 after remodel). In 1938 Wright designed a home for Charles L. Manson, Wausau, Wisc. (S.249), one of Wright’s uniquely designed Usonian homes. On many occasions, Wright’s clients were invited to visit him, and this photograph was taken on one of those visits. In August of 1940 Manson personally was invited to attend “The Playhouse Program The Playhouse Program” August 11, 18, 25, 1940 (S2040.01). Original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photograph. 0531.18.0607 1940s Hotel Geneva - 1940s (Published by L. L. Cook Co., Milwaukee) “Beautiful Hotel Geneva, Lake Geneva, Wis. #B-1290". Real Photo Post Card, Postmark 8/27/47. Would have been produced the same time as B-1287. 5.5 x 3.5. 0531.03.0806 1940 Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Lakeland, Florida, (1940), Sandborn, Dan (Two sizes - 3.25x4.5 & 5x7) First of Wright buildings at the College. Built in 1938. Published in "An Autobiography, Frank Lloyd Wright" 1945, Faber & Faber London, Plate 71; Architectural Concrete, 1942 Page 16. 1946.01.1104 1950.01.0604 1940 Wright at 73. 1940. Portrait by Yousuf Karsh in New York. His left hand is holding a cigarette, his right is in his pocket. "Although seventy-three years of age, he literally breezed into my hotel suite, radiating vitality and charm, and dressed like a fashion plate." Published in "Faces of Destiny, Portraits by Karsh:, Karsh, 1946, pages 158-159. 5.5 x 6.5 print. High res digital image. 0531.22.0509 1940 Wright in his 70s. Olgivanna in her 40s. Circa 1940s (1935-1945). Frank Lloyd Wright and his wife Olgivanna seated together at Taliesin, she is looking up at him. 5 x 6.25 print. High res digital image. 0531.23.0509 1940s (Wright in his 70s.) See Real Photo Postcard. “Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin. 11195-F" Early 1940s at Taliesin. Back: All rights reserved - The L. L. Cook Co., Milwaukee. 3.4 x 5.4. 0531.21.1007 1940 Canyon Hotel Lounge, Yellowstone National Park (c) 37776. Copyright by Haynes Inc., Yellowstone Park, Wyoming. Photographed by Frank J. Haynes. 4.75 x 3.75. Circa 1940. Original vintage photograph. (Relates to Blair Residence) For more information on the Blair Residence see our Wright Study. 0531.25.0909 1942 1942 “Anne Baxter - 20th Century Fox Player”. February 1942. Published by 20th Century Fox Film Corp. Anne Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana, on May 7, 1923. She was the daughter of a salesman and his wife, Catherine, who herself was the daughter of Frank Lloyd Wright. Anne was a young girl of 11 when her parents moved to New York City. Verso: “Play time... and it's also time for exercise too for charming 17 year old Anne Baxter, who is being groomed for stardom by 20th Century-Fox following her featured performance in ‘Swamp Water’ for that studio.” Original 8 x 10 vintage silver gelatin photograph. 0593.04.0307 1943 1943 Hotel Geneva 1943. "Lake Geneva, Wis. From Hotel Geneva. B-1287". Postmarked Aug. 12, 1943. Real Photo Post Card. 5.5 x 3.5. 0595.02.0305 1944 1944 Anne Baxter. July 1944. Published by 20th Century Fox Film Corp. Anne Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana, on May 7, 1923. She was the daughter of a salesman and his wife, Catherine, who herself was the daughter of Frank Lloyd Wright. Anne was a young girl of 11 when her parents moved to New York City. Verso: “Playing Heroine Roles and getting top billing in her movies is all well and good, but pretty Anne Baxter says that for just once in her career she wants to play a siren or ‘other women’ type of part...” Original 7.5 x 9.5 vintage silver gelatin photograph. 0603.03.0307 1945 1945 Imperial Hotel, 1945. Photographed after the end of the war, while the Americans occupied the Imperial Hotel. The Imperial Hotel resumed normal business on April 1, 1952. 6 x 4.5. 0647.03.0307 1945 Imperial Hotel, Circa 1945. Pool, Entry and Lobby. Photographed after the end of the war, while the Americans occupied the Imperial Hotel. The Imperial Hotel resumed normal business on April 1, 1952. Possibly produced as a postcard, but it is not printed on the back. It is the same size other RPPCs produced during that time period. It could have possibly been part of a Souvenir Pack. Gift from Randolph C. Henning. To order "At Taliesin". 5.3 x 3.3. 0647.11.0109 1945 Wright at 78. Portrait of Wright in 1945, crossing his arms. Photographed by Blackstone Studios at Taliesin on July 20, 1945. Courtesy Blackstone Studios, 4.5 x 5.75 print. High res digital image. 0647.12.0509 1946 1946 Wright at 79. 1946. Portrait of Wright glancing to the left, wearing a three-piece suit. His left hand is under his chin. We have seen a copy of this print inscribed "Taliesin, August 18, 1946. 4.75 x 6. High Res digital image. 0685.06.0609 1946 Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Lakeland, Florida (circa late 40's). 5x8. First of Wright buildings at the College. Built in 1938.
1946.03.1104 1946 Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Lakeland, Florida (circa late 40's). 8x10. First of Wright buildings at the College. Built in 1938.
1946.04.1104 1946 Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Lakeland, Florida (circa late 40's). 8x10. Photo by Fugitt, A.F. First of Wright buildings at the College. Built in 1938.
1946.05.1104 1946 Florida Southern College, Inside Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Lakeland, Florida (circa late 40's). 3.25x4.5. First of Wright buildings at the College. Built in 1938.
1946.06.1104 1946 Florida Southern College, Inside Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Lakeland, Florida (circa late 40's). 3.25x4.5. First of Wright buildings at the College. Built in 1938.
1946.07.1104 1946 Florida Southern College, Esplanades, Lakeland, Florida (circa late 40's). Built in 1946. The Esplanades link all of Wright's buildings on the campus. 4.5x6.5.
1946.08.1104 1946 Florida Southern College, Esplanades, Lakeland, Florida (circa late 40's). Built in 1946. The Esplanades link all of Wright's buildings on the campus. 4.5x6.5 & 4x5.
1946.09.1104 1946.10.1104 1946 Florida Southern College, Administration Building, Lakeland, Florida, Photo by Harold Sanborn, 8x10, (circa late 40's) Built in 1946. 1946.11.1104 1946 Florida Southern College, Administration Building, Lakeland, Florida, 4.5x6.5, (circa late 40's) Built in 1946. 1946.12.1104 1946 Florida Southern College, Library, Lakeland, Florida, 6x9, (circa late 40's) Built in 1941.
1946.13.1104 1946 Florida Southern College, Library, Lakeland, Florida, 8x10, (circa late 40's) Built in 1941.
1946.14.1104 1946 Florida Southern College, Library, Lakeland, Florida, 8x10, (circa late 40's) Built in 1941.
1946.15.1104 1946 Imperial Hotel. Package of eight photographs one of which is the Imperial Hotel, including envelope. Verify date through other photographs, Ernie Pyle Theater. Photographed after the end of the war, while the Americans occupies the Imperial Hotel. The Imperial Hotel resumed normal business on April 1, 1952. 4.75 x 3.2. 0685.03.0107 1946 Imperial Hotel. Package of eight hand tinted photographs one of which is the Imperial Hotel, including envelope, (Published by Fukuda Hobundo, Yokohama, Japan) Verify date through other photographs, Ernie Pyle Theater used by Allied Personnel. Photographed after the end of the war, while the Americans occupies the Imperial Hotel. The Imperial Hotel resumed normal business on April 1, 1952. 4.25 x 2.9. 0685.04.1007 1946 “Souvenir Views of Tokyo. Selected Photographs, Coloured By Hand.” Package of eight hand tinted photographs one of which is the Imperial Hotel, including envelope, 1946. Verify date through other photographs, Ernie Pyle Theater used by Allied Personnel. Photographed after the end of the war, while the Americans occupies the Imperial Hotel. The Imperial Hotel resumed normal business on April 1, 1952. 4.25 x 2.9. 0685.05.1007 1947 1947 Picnic at Borglum Rock with apprentices, Summer 1947. Borglum Rock was a lovely wooded terrace some miles away from Taliesin on a sheer escarpment overlooking a breathtaking ravine. "During one summer of late the 1930's while Gutzon Borglum was working on the Mount Rushmore heads, he visited Taliesin and attended one of the picnics. They later names the spot Borglum Rock". Mr. And Mrs. Wright seated. Apprentices include: Foreground (l-r) Alan Lape Davison, Davy (far left); Ernst Wallfisch (in hat); Donald Brown (third); Ann Purcell (far right, violinist and part of the piano quartet from the Dallas Symphony that summer, which also included Ernst & Lorry Walfish, piano and viola respectively, and Signa Sandstrom, cello). It was a tradition of the Wrights when they were at Taliesin Spring Green, to have a picnic Sunday afternoons. Apprentices cooked the food, packed it, the dishes and silverware, and hauled everything to a scenic spot at Taliesin or close by. "Working with Mr. Wright" Besinger (1937- 55) 1997, Pp 179 (Bob Brevick and Mansinh Rana also appear in a photo in Besinger). Photographer possibly Wes Peters. Original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photograph. I would like to thank John Geiger for his help in identifying those in this photo. 0720.03.0107 1947 Picnic at Borglum Rock with apprentices, Summer 1947. Apprentices include (l-r): Tore Bjornstadt (second from left with blond hair); Paolo Solari (third from left, facing camera); Next might be John Geiger, (but he does not remember the shirt); Next is probably Ivovanna Wright (John vaguely remembers her in a halter that day); Mansinh Rana (with bent head. He was a friend of Indira Gandhi and became the state architect for India); Ernst Wallfisch (in hat, behind and to the left of Mansinh Rana); Next is Bob Brevic (looking to the left). Photographer possibly Wes Peters. Original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photograph. I would like to thank John Geiger for his help in identifying those in this photo. 0720.04.0107 1947 Wright at 80. 1947. Portrait of Wright by Arnold Newman. Wright is seated at a table with architectural plans, drawing pencil and glasses in his right hand. A drawing of the Huntington Hartford Sports Club Project, Hollywood, CA (1947) is on the wall behind him. 7.5 x 6 print. High res digital image. 0720.07.0509 1948 1948-49 Frank Lloyd Wright at Desk, Taliesin West, Scottsdale, 1948-49. 11 x 14 0746.03.0606 1948-49 Frank Lloyd Wright with five apprentices, Taliesin West, Scottsdale, 1948-49. 11 x 14 0746.04.0606 1948 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. 5.4 x 3.5. 0746.06.0405 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. 3.5 x 5.4. 0746.07.0207 1949 1949 Wright at 82. 1949. Portrait of Wright facing camera by Valentino Sarra. Published in "Saturday Review" September 3, 1949, page 21 (flipped). Also published on the cover of "A Testament", Wright, 1957. (Note: Valentino Sarra also photographed the cover of "Time", January 17, 1938.) 8.1 x 10. Original B&W photograph. 0798.09.1109 1949 Frank Lloyd Wright at 82. Photographed in New York City, Nov. 2, 1949. Stamp on back also indicated that this photo was published Jun 3, 1951 and Dec 6, 1953. Original 5 x 7 silver gelatin photo. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright - A Visual Encyclopedia" 1999 Thomson, page 10 and 341. 0760.01.0706 1949 Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright (at 51). Helen Morrison Photographer. Hedrich-Blessing owned the rights to the negative, but were not the photographers. Verso: “Reprinted by Hedrich-Blessing. (Not a Hedrich-Blessing Photograph). Negative Number 44206". Published in “About Wright” Tafel 1993, page 297; "An Autobiography" Wright 1977, page 320 (see page 619, Photographers' Credits). Original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photo. 0798.06.0906 1949 Frank Lloyd Wright in a White Suit, photographed in the late 40s. Silver gelatin publicity photograph made for an exhibition at the Kelmscott Gallery, Chicago, held in early 1980s. This is from an original, silver gelatin photograph, circa 1940s with Wright's signature on the image lower left hand corner of the print. Photographer unknown. 8 x 10. 0798.07.1206
1950 1950 Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida. Wright at graduation ceremony. Wright third from left.
1950.16.1104 1950 Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida Wright receives honorary doctor of laws degree in March 1950 (#2). 5x4. 0831.11.0806 1950 Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida. Wright on campus.
1950.17.1104 1950's Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida. Wright on campus visit with Cane. Original silver gelatin 5x7. 1950.11.0506 1950's Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida. (1950's) Wright visits construction site. Standing in front of scaffold. Original silver gelatin photograph. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, Summer 2001, page 15. Also see page 12. 5x7. 0831.12.0806 1950's Photo Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida. Wright walking campus. Original silver gelatin 5x7. See Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, Summer 2001, page 22. 1950.12.0506 1950 Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida Wright walking campus (#2). 7x5. See Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, Summer 2001, page 22. 0831.09.0806 1950 Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida Wright walking campus (#3). 7x5. See Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, Summer 2001, page 22. 0831.10.0806 1950 Frank Lloyd Wright at Florida Southern College - 1950. Published in 1955 Yearbook 1950.08.1004 1950's Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Lakeland, Florida, 3x4, Five photos (circa 1950's) First of Wright buildings at the College. Built in 1938. 1950.02.0604 1950's Florida Southern College, Library, Lakeland, Florida, 3x4, (circa 1950's) Built in 1941. 1950.03.0604 1950's Florida Southern College, Administration Building, Lakeland, Florida, 3x4, (circa 1950's) Built in 1946. 1950.04.0604 1950's Florida Southern College, Administration Building, Lakeland, Florida, 3x4, (circa 1950's) Built in 1946. 1950.05.0604 1950's Florida Southern College, Library, Lakeland, Florida, 5x7 (circa 1950's) Built in 1941. Published in 1955 Yearbook. 1950.06.0804 1950's Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Lakeland, Florida, Two 8x10s (circa late 40's early 1950's) First of Wright buildings at the College. Built in 1938. 1946.02.1104 1950.07.0804 1950's Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida. Annie Pfeiffer Chapel interior 8x10. (circa 1950's) First of Wright buildings at the College. Built in 1938. 1950.09.1204 1950 New Theatre, West Hartford, Connecticut. "Frank Lloyd Wright, Left, world’s most celebrated architect, is pictured discussing his controversial New Theater model with lovely Faye Emerson on whose TV-show, the architect was interviews. At the (center) is noted Playwright Tennessee Williams, who participated in the discussion. The site for the theatre is West Hartford, Connecticut, where the project is now being held up by the City Council. Mel Strauss, PL-9-6094. (Hand written: 9/22/1950.)" Assumed to be photographed by Mel Strauss, September 22, 1950. The interview aired on October 19, 1950. 7 x 6 B&W Print, High res digital image. (See additional information on the New Theater.) 0831.20.0110 1950 S.C. Johnson Research Tower, 1950. Round Mezzanines are visible through the glass tubing. The Research Tower was designed in 1944, construction began in 1947 and the opening ceremony was held on November 17, 1950. Published in "A Testament" Wright,1957, page 172-173. "Frank Lloyd Wright, His Life, His Work, His Words" Wright, 1966, page 133. “Frank Lloyd Wright and the Johnson Wax Building” Lipman, 1986, page 158 (dates image at 1950). Original silver gelatin photo. 8 x 10. 0831.19.1109 C 1950 Wright at 83. Circa1950. (Brandoch approximate age 8). Wright and grandson, Brandoch Peters. His parents were architect William Wesley Peters and Svetlana Hinzenburg, Wright’s adopted daughter from Olgivanna’s previous marriage. In 1946 when Brandoch was four years old, his mother Svetlana and brother Daniel, were killed in an automobile accident at Taliesin in 1946. The Wrights helped raise Brandoch and raised him as their own. He grew up at Taliesin at his grandfather's side. The verso is stamped "Edgar L. Obma, A.P.S.A. Master of Photography. Dodgeville, Wisconsin." (Note: Obma Studio opened in Dodgeville on March 1, 1941 after Edgar and his wife Elizabeth purchased the former Letcher Studio. They were married for 38 years. He passed away on January 31, 1976, she on October 5, 2002.) Gift from Randolph C. Henning. 8 x 10 print, High res digital image. 0831.18.0709 1951 Circa 1951 Charles L. Manson House, Wausau, Wisconsin (1938) (S.249). Photographed from the street, circa 1951. Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph. Possibly photographed by Pedro Guerrero or Charles L. Manson. 4 x 5. 0857.02.0207 Circa 1951 Charles L. Manson House, Wausau, Wisconsin (1938) (S.249). Photographed from the right side of the yard, circa 1951. Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph. Possibly photographed by Pedro Guerrero or Charles L. Manson. 4 x 5. 0857.03.0207 1952 Set of ten photographs of Taliesin West, 1952. There are a number of indicators that date these photographs circa 1952. A) The Fountain Basin at the base of the Light Tower is visible in one photograph in this set. According to "Frank Lloyd Wright Selected Houses 3, Taliesin West" Pfeiffer 1989, page 66 the Fountain Basin was added in 1955. But in "Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West" Stoller 1999, Pages: Frontispiece, 18, 19, these 1951 photos show the Fountain Basin. B) According to "Frank Lloyd Wright Selected Houses 3, Taliesin West" Pfeiffer 1989, page 67 the 12 Chinese Theatre (Ching) pieces were purchased in 1950. In "Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West" Stoller 1999, Pages: 58-9, Dining room (1951), Chinese Theatre not installed. Page 82-3 Water Tower and Bridge (1951), Chinese pieces are installed. Chinese piece in front of the Dining Room is installed in this set. 1952 1) Taliesin West 1952, Light Tower with Fountain Basin photographed from entrance. Work shop behind light tower is visible. Part of the Wes Peters collection, possible photographed by him. Original 5 x 3.5 silver gelatin photograph. 0910.08.0107 1952 2) Taliesin West 1952, Light Tower photographed from entrance court. Work shop behind light tower is visible. Part of the Wes Peters collection, possible photographed by him. Original 5 x 3.5 silver gelatin photograph. 0910.09.0107 1952 3) Taliesin West 1952, Dining Room photographed from across the pool. According to "Frank Lloyd Wright Selected Houses 3, Taliesin West" Pfeiffer 1989, page 86, the dining room was moved and this dining room was converted to a private dining room. This set documents conversion exterior. The Chinese Theatre (Ching) piece is installed. "Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West", Stoller 1999, Pages: 58-9 photographed in 1951 documents the dining room before the conversion. Part of the Wes Peters collection, possible photographed by him. Original 5 x 3.5 silver gelatin photograph. 0910.10.0107 1952 4) Taliesin West 1952, Drawing Room (left) and Dining Room (center) photographed from the right of the pool. Part of the Wes Peters collection, possible photographed by him. Original 5 x 3.5 silver gelatin photograph. 0910.11.0107 1952 5) Taliesin West 1952, Dining Room photographed from the right side of the Terrace Prow. Part of the Wes Peters collection, possible photographed by him. Original 5 x 3.5 silver gelatin photograph. 0910.12.0107 1952 6) Taliesin West 1952, Dining Room photographed from the Terrace. Shows the revised entry and stairs to the Dining Room Part of the Wes Peters collection, possible photographed by him. Original 5 x 3.5 silver gelatin photograph. 0910.13.0107 1952 7) Taliesin West 1952, Pool and Drawing Room photographed between the Terrace Prow and the Terrace. Part of the Wes Peters collection, possible photographed by him. Original 5 x 3.5 silver gelatin photograph. 0910.14.0107 1952 8) Taliesin West 1952, Dining Room and Loggis (to right of dining room) photographed from the pool. Part of the Wes Peters collection, possible photographed by him. Original 5 x 3.5 silver gelatin photograph. 0910.15.0107 1952 9) Taliesin West 1952, Cabaret theatre hall with bust. Part of the Wes Peters collection, possible photographed by him. Original 5 x 3.5 silver gelatin photograph. 0910.16.0107 1952 10) Taliesin West 1952, Apprentices at work in the Kitchen. Part of the Wes Peters collection, possible photographed by him. Original 5 x 3.5 silver gelatin photograph. 0910.17.0107 1952 “‘The Outcasts of Poker Flat’ starring Anne Baxter, Dale Robertson” 1952. 52/141. Published by 20th Century Fox Film Corp. Anne Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana, on May 7, 1923. She was the daughter of a salesman and his wife, Catherine, who herself was the daughter of Frank Lloyd Wright. Anne was a young girl of 11 when her parents moved to New York City. Original 8 x 10 vintage silver gelatin photograph. 0910.18.0307 1952 Wright at 85. 1952. Wright seated outside, in a chair, a cane propped against his leg, gesturing with his hand. World Wide Photo. Courtesy the Library of Congress. 4.5 x 7 print. High res digital image. 0910.19.0509 1953 1953 Taliesin, Spring Green, Blue Loggia Room. This room is the space between the living room on one end of the house and Wright’s private quarters on the other. Wright was known for continually changing Taliesin. In 1953 he acquired steel tresses and extended the loggia balcony forward several feet. On the right is a pair of art glass doors and an iridescent wall scone (on shelf above), and in the hallway to the left is a mounted wall scone from the William R. Heath House, Buffalo (1905). For a 1952 view of the room see “Picturing Wright” Guerrero 1994, Page 80. Original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photograph. 0987.09.0207 1953 David Wright House (1950) 1953. The David Wright house was constructed in 1950. Wright called the design “How to live in the Southwest”. These were photographed for the June issue of House & Home 1953. Set of eight 4 x 5 proofs. Similar views in “Picturing Wright” Guerrero 1994, Page 128-131. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. 1) Exterior, beginning of the ramp. Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph proof. 0987.10.0207 1953 2) David Wright House 1953. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Exterior, mid view of the ramp. Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph proof. 0987.11.0207 1953 3) David Wright House 1953. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Exterior, view from the top of the ramp. Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph proof. 0987.12.0207 1953 4) David Wright House 1953. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Interior, view to the left of the fireplace. Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph proof. 0987.13.0207 1953 5) David Wright House 1953. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Interior, view of the fireplace. Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph proof. Published in “Frank Lloyd Wright” Treiber 1995, Page 109: Similar views in “Picturing Wright” Guerrero 1994, Page 130. 0987.14.0207 1953 6) David Wright House 1953. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Interior, view of the right side of the fireplace. Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph proof. 0987.15.0207 1953 7) David Wright House 1953. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Interior, view from the fireplace to the left. Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph proof. 0987.16.0207 1953 8) David Wright House 1953. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Interior, view from the fireplace to the right. Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph proof. 0987.17.0207 1953 1) New York Usonian Exhibition House opening reception, October 22,1953. Photographed by Pedro Guerrero. Similar view “Man About Town” Muschamp 1983, Page 129. Built on the site for the Guggenheim Museum. Contact sheet 8 x 10, twelve images each 2.25 x 2.25. 0987.18.0207 1953 2) New York Usonian Exhibition House opening reception, October 22,1953. Photographed by Pedro Guerrero. Similar view “Man About Town” Muschamp 1983, Page 129. Built on the site for the Guggenheim Museum. Contact sheet 8 x 10, twelve images each 2.25 x 2.25. 0987.19.0207 1953 3) New York Usonian Exhibition House opening reception, October 22,1953. Photographed by Pedro Guerrero. Similar view “Man About Town” Muschamp 1983, Page 129. Built on the site for the Guggenheim Museum. Contact sheet 8 x 10, twelve images each 2.25 x 2.25. 0987.20.0207 1953 4) New York Usonian Exhibition House opening reception, October 22,1953. Photographed by Pedro Guerrero. Similar view “Man About Town” Muschamp 1983, Page 129. Built on the site for the Guggenheim Museum. Contact sheet 8 x 10, twelve images each 2.25 x 2.25. 0987.21.0207 1953 5) New York Usonian Exhibition House opening reception, October 22,1953. Photographed by Pedro Guerrero. Similar view “Man About Town” Muschamp 1983, Page 129. Built on the site for the Guggenheim Museum. Contact sheet 8 x 10, twelve images each 2.25 x 2.25. 0987.22.0207 1953 6) New York Usonian Exhibition House opening reception, October 22,1953. Photographed by Pedro Guerrero. Similar view “Man About Town” Muschamp 1983, Page 129. Built on the site for the Guggenheim Museum. Contact sheet 8 x 10, twelve images each 2.25 x 2.25. 0987.23.0207 1953 7) New York Usonian Exhibition House opening reception, October 22,1953. Photographed by Pedro Guerrero. Built on the site for the Guggenheim Museum. Contact sheet 8 x 10, twelve images each 2.25 x 2.25. 0987.24.0207 1953 8) New York Usonian Exhibition House opening reception, October 22,1953. Photographed by Pedro Guerrero. Similar view “Man About Town” Muschamp 1983, Page 129. Built on the site for the Guggenheim Museum. Contact sheet 8 x 10, twelve images each 2.25 x 2.25. 0987.25.0207 1953 9) New York Usonian Exhibition House opening reception, October 22,1953. Photographed by Pedro Guerrero. Similar view “Man About Town” Muschamp 1983, Page 129. Built on the site for the Guggenheim Museum. Contact sheet 8 x 10, twelve images each 2.25 x 2.25. 0987.26.0207 1953 10) New York Usonian Exhibition House opening reception, October 22,1953. Photographed by Pedro Guerrero. Similar view “Man About Town” Muschamp 1983, Page 129. Built on the site for the Guggenheim Museum. Contact sheet 8 x 10, twelve images each 2.25 x 2.25. 0987.27.0207 1953 11) New York Usonian Pavilion opening reception, October 22,1953. Photographed by Pedro Guerrero. Built on the site for the Guggenheim Museum. Contact sheet 8 x 10, twelve images each 2.25 x 2.25. 0987.28.0207 1953 12) New York Usonian Pavilion opening reception, October 22,1953. Photographed by Pedro Guerrero. Built on the site for the Guggenheim Museum. Contact sheet 8 x 10, twelve images each 2.25 x 2.25. 0987.29.0207 1953 Wright at 86. 1953. Portrait of Wright seated behind his drafting table at Taliesin. Photographed on June 8, 1953 by James Roy Miller shortly before his birthday party. Published in "Truth Against the World", Meehan, 1987, page 230. Courtesy of the Ryerson & Burnham Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago. 8 x 6.75 Print. High res digital image. 0987.30.0509 1953 Wright at 86 (Circa 1953). Mr. Wright facing right. Produced in 1960 as a promotion. "Frank Lloyd Wright: Writings and Buildings, the first compilation containing the full range of Wright’s thinking, will be published simultaneously on June 15 by Meridian Books as a paperback and Horizon Press in hard covers. Along with 150 photographs and drawings, editors Edgar Kaufmann and Ben Raeburn have included the first complete list of 500 Wright-executed structures keyed to a map of America." Published on the back cover of "The Future of Architecture", Wright, 1953. Also published in "Sixty Years of Living Architecture. The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright", Wright, 1954, inside front cover; "An American Architecture", Wright, 1955, Back cover and page 2; "Frank Lloyd Wright Selects the Taliesin Palette in Martin-Senour Paints", Martin-Senour Company, 1955, Cover (image flopped horizontally). Original B&W photograph. 5 x 7.2. 0987.31.1209 1954 1954 Frank Lloyd Wright at 87. 11/11/54 Associated Press. Caption on back: "Feuding with Wisconsin. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, shown in a New York Hotel, Nov 11, said he is leaving his native Wisconsin because state authorities place "Money before merit". Wright cited a state supreme court ruling that his studio home architectural school, Taliesin, is not an educational institution in the meaning of Wisconsin state law and so is subject to taxation." Original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photo. 1954.00.1202 1954 Frank Lloyd Wright at 87. Head and shoulders portrait, facing left. Photographed in 1954 by Al Ravenna photographer. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. 4.5 x 6 Print. High-res digital image. 0998.02.0706 1954 Wright at 87. Portrait of Wright in 1954, leaning against a doorway, holding hat, other hand in pocket. Photographed by Berenice Abbott, 50 Commerce Street, New York 14, N.Y. Stamped July 13, 1954 on verso. 4.5 x 5.75 Print. High res digital image. 1045.10.0509 1954 Loren B. Pope Residence (1939) - 8 x 10 Photo. Photographed by Hedrich-Blessing (Ken & Bill Hedrich, Henry Blessing). This is the actual print that was used for producing the photograph in “The Natural House” 1954 Frank Lloyd Wright page 146. Also published in May 1964 Architectural Forum page 7. Original 1954 gelatin silver photo, by Hedrich-Blessing. 0998.01.0706 The Price Tower was based on the 1925 Saint Marks Tower project. Designed in 1952 for Harold C. Price, Sr., Construction began on November 10, 1953 and was completed on February 9, 1956. Nineteen floors, 37,000 square feet. This is a set of nine photographs that were displayed in the Price Tower and were produced for the Landmark Preservation Council. 1954 1) Price Tower Construction 1954. “First form work begins around a dense thicket of steel rods and mesh.” Published in “The Story of the Tower”, Wright 1956, page 44. Photograph by Joe D. Price. Original silver gelatin photograph. 16 x 16. 1045.06.0707 1954 2) Price Tower Construction 1954. Construction detail of worker building scaffold. Note the fold up ruler in his left hand. Photograph by Joe D. Price. Original silver gelatin photograph. 16.75 x 16. 1045.07.0707 1954 3) Price Tower Construction 1954. “Interlace of floor levels can be seen in this view from the west. An office quadrant is at the left in this photo, and the small projecting sections will house laboratories and closets serving the offices. At the right is the building quadrant occupied by duplex apartments. The lower floor of each duplex apartment is the main living floor. The upper apartment floor is the bedroom mezzanine, seen in this photo as the alternate parapets slanting backward. Each of the apartment floors corresponds to one office floor. Glass will sheath the building, extending from one main floor level to the next. The bedroom mezzanine extends through the glazing as an outdoor balcony.” Similar photograph published in “The Story of the Tower”, Wright 1956, page 77. Photograph by Joe D. Price. Original silver gelatin photograph. 18 x 16. 1045.08.0707 1954 4) Price Tower Construction 1954. “The season has turned and snow lies on the ground as the seventeenth floor of the tower is poured.” Published in “The Story of the Tower”, Wright 1956, page 81. Photograph by Joe D. Price. Original silver gelatin photograph. 16.75 x 16. 1045.09.0707 1955 5) Price Tower Construction 1955. Concrete work is virtually finished. View from the northwest. “...Tower now stands in iridescent splendor gracing the flat horizon of the Oklahoma prairie.” Similar photograph published in “The Story of the Tower”, Wright 1956, page 90-92. Photograph by Joe D. Price. Original silver gelatin photograph. 16 x 20. 1092.17.0707 1956 6) Price Tower Living Room 1956. Most of the furniture and shelving is built in and designed by Wright, including the fabric. “...Note the copper fireplace hood and gas-fired fireplace unit - an appropriate note in a region where so much of life is based on oil and the natural gas found with it. Similar photograph published in “The Story of the Tower”, Wright 1956, page 127. Photograph by Joe D. Price. Original silver gelatin photograph. 16 x 20. 1095.01.0707 1956 7) Price Tower Dining Room 1956. Most of the furniture and shelving is built in and designed by Wright, including the fabric and dining room chairs. Similar photograph published in “The Story of the Tower”, Wright 1956, page 127. Photograph by Joe D. Price. Original silver gelatin photograph. 16 x 20. 1095.02.0707 1956 8) Price Tower at Night 1956. Night time view from the southwest shows dramatic sweep of the sparkling tower against the encircling Oklahoma prairie. Illuminated television spire can be seen at top at night. Similar day time photograph published in “The Story of the Tower”, Wright 1956, page 116-117. Photograph by Joe D. Price. Original silver gelatin photograph. 16 x 20. 1095.03.0707 1956 9) Price Tower Dedication Ceremony February 10, 1956, followed by three days of free tours for the public. Shown left to right, Harold C. Price, Jr., Harold C. Price, Sr. and Wright. Photograph by Joe D. Price. Original silver gelatin photograph. 16.5 x 16. 1095.04.0707
1955 Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet. February 10, 1955. In 1954 the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Wright owed $10,000 in back taxes on Taliesin. For years he had argued that Taliesin was primarily a school and therefore tax exempt. He was so mad he threatened to destroy Taliesin and move from the state. Cary Caraway, a former apprentice suggested that Wright’s friends express their appreciation and take up a collection. Mary Lescohier and Helen Groves made it happen. 380 supporters gathered in the Great Hall of the U.W. Memorial Union for a tribute. Wright took the opportunity to display the new Monona Terrace model. At the end of the program, he received a check for $10.000. Set of eight 8x10 B&W photographs. Possibly shot by a Capital Times Staff Photographer. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Monona Terrace, page 140. 1955 Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet. February 10, 1955. Head table. Possibly shot by a Capital Times Staff Photographer. Seated at the head table (L to R) Wisconsin Governor Walter Kohler, Oligivanna Wright, Wright, William Evjue (friend, editor and published of the Capital Times), Ralph Walker (former president of the AIA) and Wright’s Daughter. Published in “Frank Lloyd Wright’s Monona Terrace”, page 140. Original silver gelatin photo. 8x10. 1092.04.0606 1955 Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet. February 10, 1955. Close-up of head table. Possibly shot by a Capital Times Staff Photographer. Wisconsin Governor Walter Kohler, Oligivanna Wright and Wright (L to R). Original silver gelatin photo. 8x10. 1092.05.0606 1955 Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet. February 10, 1955. Wright looks over program before guests arrive. Possibly shot by a Capital Times Staff Photographer. Frank Lloyd Wright. Model on right. Published in “Monona Terrace: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Vision on the Lake”, page 6 & 16. Published in The Master Architect: Conversations with Frank Lloyd Wright, Meehan, page 171. Original silver gelatin photo. 8x10. 1092.06.0606 1955 Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet. February 10, 1955. Wright talks with Ralph Walker about plans. Possibly shot by a Capital Times Staff Photographer. Ralph Walker (former president of the AIA) and Wright. Original silver gelatin photo. 8x10. 1092.07.0606 1955 Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet. February 10, 1955. A lighter moment with Kohler and Evjue. Possibly shot by a Capital Times Staff Photographer. Wisconsin Governor Walter Kohler, Wright and William Evjue (friend, editor and published of the Capital Times) (L to R). Original silver gelatin photo. 8x10. 1092.08.0606 1955 Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet. February 10, 1955. A moment with Evjue and (possible) his wife Zillah. Possibly shot by a Capital Times Staff Photographer. William Evjue and Wright first met in 1914. Evjue was a long time friend and supporter, as well as editor and published of the Capital Times, Madison. Original silver gelatin photo. 8x10. 1092.09.0606 1955 Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet. February 10, 1955. Photo op. Possibly shot by a Capital Times Staff Photographer. Photo op (L to R) Ralph Walker (former president of the AIA), Unknown, Unknown, Wright, William Evjue, Unknown. Original silver gelatin photo. 8x10. 1092.10.0606 1955 Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet. February 10, 1955. Wright chats with Governor. Possibly shot by a Capital Times Staff Photographer. Wright (L) chats with Wisconsin Governor Walter Kohler (R). Other guest unknown. Original silver gelatin photo. 8x10. 1092.11.0606 1955 “Wright and apprentices at the Hillside Drafting Room in 1955.” Unknown Photographer. Photographed in 1955, printed in 1998 as part of the press kit for the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick film “Frank Lloyd Wright”. Seated, from left to right, John Howe of Illinois; Frank Lloyd Wright; Wright's grandson Eric Lloyd Wright of California; Wes Peters of Indiana and John Amarantides of Michigan. First five standing from left to right, Mark Heyman of New York; Gene Masselink of Michigan; Raja Aederi of Kashmir; John Watson or James Pfefferkorn and Alan Wool. Standing just to the right of Wright: Ling Po of China; David Dodge of England; Tom Casey of California and Donald Brown of Vermont. Standing to the right of Eric Wright: Stephen Oyakawa of Hawaii and Kenneth Lockhart of Iowa. Original silver gelatin photo. See “Letters to Apprentices” Wright 1982, Page 106 for a similar image. 8x10. 1092.12.1006 1955 Wright at 88. Wright visits the Capital Building in 1955. Limited edition 8.5 x 11 print from digital negatives on satin semi gloss Semisatinado paper. 4/100. 2007. 8.5 x 11. 1092.13.0307 1956 1956 Wright at 89. Portrait of Wright in 1956. Passport photograph of Wright seated, cane hooked on his arm. Photographed by Reierson Studio on July 10, 1956. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. 4 x 6 Print, High res digital image. 1147.13.0509 1956 Wright at 89. Portrait of Wright in 1956. Passport photograph of Wright, light background. Photographed by Reierson Studio on July 10, 1956. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. 4.25 x 6 Print, High res digital image. 1147.14.0509 1956 Frank Lloyd Wright and Wife at Taliesin, 1956. From the Archives of the Los Angeles Examiner. In pencil on back: "Frank Lloyd Wright and wife Olga Lazovich Wright". Original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photo. (Note: Many Masks, Brendan Gill, page 495). Published in the "New World Odyssey" 1986 John Gurda, Pg 57. 1950.00.1203 1956 Wright at 89. Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Proclaimed by Mayor Richard J. Daley. Sponsored by The Day Committee, October 16, 17, 18, 1956. Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Photographed on October 17, 1956. Limited edition 8.5 x 11 print from digital negatives on satin semi gloss Semisatinado paper. 2/100. 2007. 8.5 x 11. 1148.02.0307 1956 Wright at 89. Wright at Taliesin seated next to Chinese Stone Lion. Verso: "Artful Relaxation. Relaxing at Taliesen (caption spelling) near Spring Green, Wis., Frank Lloyd Wright sits beside an ancient stone lion from China. The piece is said to be one of the first examples of Chinese art, perhaps going back 4000 or 5000 years. Wright has a strong feeling for the art and architecture of the Orient. His greatest affinity appears to be for the Japanese and their work in these fields. The two Taliesens, in Wisconsin and Arizona, are considered "typical Wright." The word is Welsh for "shining hours." Both groups of buildings are designed according to Wright’s theories of "organic architecture," fitting the terrain, materials, function and people who will use the place. The Wisconsin Taliesen seems to grow out of the hills with soothing effects on the eyes. The Arizona Taliesen is as severe and jagged as the desert which surrounds it. 5/25/56." (For use Sunday, June 3, with Relman Morin’s Taliesen AP-N story on Frank Lloyd Wright) AP Newsfeatures Photo, Please Credit. Stamped Jun 7, 1956. 10 x 7.6 print, High res digital image. 1147.15.0609 Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. 1956 Wright at 89. 1956. Wright is looking directly into the camera. His right hand is holding his cane, his left hand is resting on top. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines. 7.5 x 10 print. High res digital image. 1147.16.0609 1956 Wright at 89. 1956. Wright is looking directly into the camera, a pleasant smile on his face. His left hand is resting on top of his cane. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines. 8 x 10 print. High res digital image. 1147.17.0609 1956 Wright at 89. 1956. Wright is leaning against a doorway. He is wearing a hat, looking off to the left, holding his cane in his left hand. Alfred had suggested he pick his favorite cane. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 54. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines. 7.75 x 10 print. High res digital image.
1147.18.0609 1956 Wright at 89. 1956. At Eisenstaedt’s suggestion, Wright sits down at his desk to read his mail. "As he reads his mail, Wright loosed consciousness of the camera". Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 54. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines. 7.75 x 10 print. High res digital image. 1147.19.0609 1956 Wright at 89. 1956. Wright is seated at his desk. He is reading a copy of "Florida Southern College, Lakeland. The Frank Lloyd Wright Campus." Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 54. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines. 7.6 x 10 print. High res digital image. 1147.20.0609 1956 Wright at 89. 1956. Wright is looking directly at the camera. His head is turned slightly to the left. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Published in Time Magazine, June 11, 1956, page 61; Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 53 and 55. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines. 7 x 10 print. High res digital image. 1147.21.0609 1956 Wright at 89. 1956. Wright is seated at a drawing table, framed by the gabled beams. Wright is engrossed in his work. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 56. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines. 7.5 x 10 print. High res digital image. 1147.22.0609 1956 Wright at 89. 1956. Wright is seated at a drawing table, engrossed in his work. He is wearing a pair of glassed. A pencil is in his right hand. The fireplace is in the background to the far right. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. A similar pose is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 56-57. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines. 7.6 x 10 print. High res digital image. 1147.23.0609 1956 Wright at 89. 1956. Wright is seated behind a drawing table, looking directly at the camera with a slight smile on his face. His arms are crossed and to the right one of his assistants is working on the drawing. Shelves are in the background. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines. 7.5 x 10 print. High res digital image. 1147.24.0609 1956 Wright at 89. 1956. Wright is seated behind a drawing table, looking directly at the camera with a slight smile on his face. His arms are crossed. One of his assistants hands can be seen on the right. Shelves are in the background. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines. 8 x 10 print. High res digital image. 1147.25.0609 1956 Wright at 89. 1956. Contact sheet with 25 images. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. These are just 25 of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Published in Time Magazine, June 11, 1956, page 61; Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 53-57. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines. 8 x 10 print. High res digital image. 1147.26.0609 1957 1957 Frank Lloyd Wright at 90 (AP wirephoto) (June 8, 1957). Caption reads: "Spring Green, Wis., June 8 - Wright Celebrates 88th Birthday, Frank Lloyd Wright, the world famous architect, posed with his wife, Olgivanna (right), and his daughter Iovanna, at his 88th birthday celebration here tonight. Over 125 guests toasted Wright as he spoke of his commission from King Faisal of Iraq to design and plan a cultural center on a Tigris River island in Bagdad. He called the commission a wonderful present." This photo is also published in the Saturday Evening Post, 2/4/61, Pg 38. 1957.00.0500 1957 Frank Lloyd Wright at 90. Photographed in 1957 by Edgar L. Obma. Published on the cover of “Frank Lloyd Wright Decorative Designs Collection” Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation 1988. Similar view in “The Master Architect, Conversations with Frank Lloyd Wright” Meehan 1984, Pg 313. (See Obma Article.) Verso second photograph: Stamped Dec 9, 1986, (written) 3C, and stamped Feb 26, 1994, (written) D27. Two original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1205.26.0507 1205.35.1209 1957 Wright at 90. Wright stands behind a podium at Taliesin, he is gesturing with his left hand, pointing out and up. There is a stack of notes on he podium, prints atop a book shelf in the background. He was working on the Baghdad project at the time. It was photographed for an article in "Look Magazine" entitled "A visit with Frank Lloyd Wright’", published on September 17, 1957. Photographed by Michael A. Vaccaro on July 5, 1957. Similar image is on page 32. 7 x 4.9 print, High res digital image. 1205.30.0609 1957 Wright at 90. Family portrait at Taliesin. Wright is seated looking to the left. Olgivanna is in the center, her head is turned to the right, but looking at the camera. Iovanna is on the floor seated on the left, looking directly into the camera. Verso: "For release: Monday A.M.’s, September 2, 1957. New York Bureau. Family Man. Madison, Wisc.: Posing for his first family portrait, world renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright is the picture of patriarchal dignity in his home near Madison, WI. Wright, one of the pioneers in the development of modern architecture, is shown with his wife, Olgivanna, and daughter Iovanna (left), youngest of his eight children. He posed for the portrait for an article appearing in the new issue of Look Magazine. (This picture is released for publication in United States and Canadian newspapers for a period of two weeks and is subject to mandatory credit to Look Magazine). Credit (Look Magazine photo from United Press) 8/30/57. For release: Monday A.M.’s, September 2, 1957." Stamped Sep 3, 1957. It was photographed for an article in "Look Magazine" entitled "A visit with Frank Lloyd Wright’", published on September 17, 1957. Photographed by Michael A. Vaccaro around July 5, 1957. Published on page 30. (See S#1205.30) 7.7 x 10 print, High res digital image. 1205.31.0609 1957 Wright at 90 (1957). Mr. & Mrs. Wright meeting with Anne Baxter (left) and Charlton Heston (to the right of Anne) at Taliesin West. Anne Baxter was Wright’s grand daughter and an actress. In 1956 Baxter stared as Nefretiri the Egyptian queen, opposite Charlton Heston and Yul Brenner in "The Ten Commandments". Baxter and Heston acted together again in "Three Violent People". It was released in late 1956 and early 1957. Set in the American West after the Civil War, Charlton Heston was an ex-Confederate officer Colt Saunders who returns to the family ranch with his new bride Lorna Hunter (Anne Baxter) and faces problems from carpetbaggers and his jealous brother, and a secret from Baxter's past. One the verso, is hand written "Press Interview". The gentleman between Heston and Wright is wearing a badge (star) that reads "Sheriff Posse". This would indicate the press interview was for "Three Violent People". Stamped "From the Jimmy Starr Collection". Jimmy Starr (1904 – 1990) was an American screenwriter and columnist. Starr worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood during the 1930s. During the 1940s he worked as a film writer and columnist, providing reviews and insights into the film world. After retirement from the Hollywood scene, Starr moved to Phoenix, Arizona. (Note: Also in 1957 Wright designed a home for Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller, and visited their property in Connecticut. Could she possibly have been at this press interview? There’s no record of her visiting Taliesin West.) Gift from Randolph C. Henning. 8 x 10 print, High res digital image. 1205.32.0709 1957 Wright at 90 (1957). Wright meeting Charlton Heston and his grand daughter Anne Baxter (center) possibly at Taliesin West. In 1956 Baxter stared as Nefretiri the Egyptian queen, opposite Charlton Heston and Yul Brenner in "The Ten Commandments". Baxter and Heston acted together again in "Three Violent People". It was released in late 1956 and early 1957. Set in the American West after the Civil War, Charlton Heston was an ex-Confederate officer Colt Saunders who returns to the family ranch with his new bride Lorna Hunter (Anne Baxter) and faces problems from carpetbaggers and his jealous brother, and a secret from Baxter's past. Heston and Baxter held a press conference at Taliesin (1205.32) and this could possibly been in the evening, as Wright was fond of entertaining guests. Wright is wearing the same suite jacket and scarf. 5 x 6.25 print, High res digital image. 1205.33.0709 1957 Wright at 90 (Circa 1957). Mr. & Mrs. Wright are holding hands as they arrive at Taliesin. He is holding a cane and looking at the camera. She is looking at him. The Wisconsin hillside can be seen in the background. Gift from Randolph C. Henning. 8 x 10 print, High res digital image. 1205.34.0709 1957 Robie House Photo #1 - March 1957 - This set of seven photos was taken during the time that the Robie House was nearly destroyed. These were purchased along with five newspaper clipping about the same subject. 1205.08.0302 1957 Robie House Photo #2 - March 1957 1205.09.0302 1957 Robie House Photo #3 - March 1957 1205.10.0302 1957 Robie House Photo #4 - March 1957 1205.11.0302 1957 Robie House Photo #5 - March 1957 1205.12.0302 1957 Robie House Photo #6 - March 1957 1205.13.0302 1957 Robie House Photo #7 - March 1957 1205.14.0302 1957 Arizona: New State Capitol. “Pro Bono Publico - Arizona. FLW Architect, February 17, 1957.” “(PN1) Phoenix, Ariz., April 5 - New State Capitol? - Architect Frank Lloyd Wright presented this sketch today for new Arizona state capitol, but had little hope it would be built. Spires are radio-tv towers atop legislative chambers, wings are lawmakers’ offices, two extensions in rear are for governor and supreme court, and large canopy covers open portico for “the wind to blow in and out and birds to fly through.” Original silver gelatin photograph. 10 x 7.5. 1205.28.1007 1958 1958 Frank Lloyd Wright at 90. Associated Press Caption: “Wright Dies. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, 89, Died April 9 in Phoenix, Ariz., following an operation for an intestinal obstruction on April 4.” AP caption accompanying the photo. Photograph shot in 195758 with Baghdad Opera House and Gardens Drawing as backdrop. For Illustration note: “Truth Against the World”, 1987, Meehan, page 419; “Arch Forum”, May 1958, page 89-102; “Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly” Winter 2004. Stamped on back “Filed Apr 16, 1959 Not Used” and “Published May 17, 1970". Original 5 x 7 silver gelatin photo. 1205.19.1006 1958 Frank Lloyd Wright at 91. Fall 1958 Wright and female at Plaza Hotel, to discuss the Radcliffe Scholarship Tour of the incomplete Guggenheim Museum. (This photograph was pasted inside the first page of a book that was purchased. Handwritten below the photograph: "At the Plaza Hotel fall 1958 to discuss the Radcliffe Scholarship Tour of the incomplete Guggenheim Museum.") 5.3 x 3.2. Original silver gelatin B&W photograph. 5.3 x 3.2 1259.14.0507 1958 Interior of the Ennis-Brown House. Caption on back: “House on Haunted Hill, A William Castle-Robb White Production for Allied Artists, stars Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long and Alan Marshal with Carolyn Craig and Elisha Cook in supporting roles. It was produced and directed by William Castle from an original screenplay by Robb White. Pictured here are, left to right: Carolyn Craig, Richard Long, Elisha Cook, Julie Mitchem and Alan Marshal.” Stamped on the back “Manbeck Pictures Corp. 3621 Wakonda Drive, Des Moines, Iowa, 50321-2132 U.S.A.” The House on Haunted Hill was filmed in 1958 and released on February 17, 1959. This photograph is from the collection of Manbeck Pictures in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Manbeck collected 16mm movies and showed them in his garage as a teenager in the 1930's. He also collected movie posters and other advertising material that went with the films with the hopes of someday opening a movie museum. He retired in the early sixties as TV took over. He was still a source for rare 16mm prints up until the 1990's. 8x10. 1259.15.1208 1959 1959 William H. Winslow House (1894). Photographed in 1894, printed in 1959. Chicago Architectural Photographing Company, Chicago. This is the actual print that was used for producing the image on page 117 in the June 1959 “Architectural Record”. Original gelatin silver photograph printed from the original negative. Printed in 1959 by Henry Fuermann and Sons. The original image was published in June 1900 "The Architectural Review" page 62. Also published in “In The Nature of Materials” 1942 Henry-Russell Hitchcock plate 27; “Frank Lloyd Wright to 1910" 1958 Grant Carpenter Manson page 66; “Frank Lloyd Wright: A study in Architectural Content” 1966 Norris Kelly Smith page 70; “Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier” 1994 Richard A. Etlin page 42; “Frank Lloyd Wright: Architect” 1994 Terence Riley page 115; "Frank Lloyd Wright and The Meaning of Materials", 1994 Patterson page 34; “The Decorative Designes of FLW”, 1979, Hanks, pp 12. 8 x 10. 1275.07.0706 1959 The Cass House (S.409.2) was the first of two prefab houses designed by Wright, constructed for the Marshall Erdman Co. This was a Erdman Co Prefab No. 1. Cass House Package. Package includes: 1) 2 photos of interior showing installed High Fidelity system. 2) 4 pages of hand written instructions 3) Letter from High Fidelity Magazine, July 15, 1959 4) New York Times, July 5, 1959, Article on Cass Home. 1959.08.1201 1960 1960 Dallas Theatre Center’s Kalita Humphreys Theater, 1955 (S.395). Caption reads: "(DN1) Dallas, Tex., Jan. 26 - Dallas Theater Center - This is the Dallas Theater Center which opened its first production on December 27, 1959. The building is situated in one of Dallas’ most beautiful, wooded areas, on a hill of trees and stone overlooking the fashionable Turtle Creek area. Costing more than a million dollars to build, it was the only theater the late Frank Lloyd Wright ever designed. (AP Wirephoto) (cel31445ho) 1960." The design for this theater was first conceived for the New Theatre for Woodstock, New York (1931 Project). In 1938 Wright designed the Pfeiffer Chapel (S.251) at the Florida Southern College and utilized the original Woodstock floor plan. In 1949 the "New Theatre" was revived again in Hartford, Connecticut, but was never executed. The concept for the "New Theatre for Woodstock" was finally executed in Dallas and the Dallas Theater Center opened with registration and classes on September 9, 1959 and its first production on December 27, 1959. This is the actual print that was used and published in the Detroit Times on March 6, 1960. Photographed by the Associated Press. Original B&W 9 x 6.75. 1458.27.1109
1961 1961 Hotel Geneva Terrace, January 1961. Looking West along enclosed Southwest Terrace. Originally Terrace was not enclosed. The Dining Room is on the right. The wall sconces on right are original. Windows, ceiling light fixtures and the radiator on the right were added after enclosure. Original 3.5 x 3.5 (Digital version) Thank you to Allen Hermansen for providing an original copy. (See Wright Study.) 1483.11.0209 1961 Hotel Geneva Engine Room, January 1961. This panel controlled the Boiler System. Notice the illustration on the right on the Boiler Systems. The Panel indicates that there were two Boiler Systems. Original 3.5 x 3.5 (Digital version) Thank you to Allen Hermansen for providing an original copy. (See Wright Study.) 1483.12.0209 1961 Hotel Geneva Boiler System, January 1961. The Boiler System was controlled by the panel in the Engine Room. Al Hermansen indicated that it was a coal operated system. The Hotel Geneva was kept open during the winter of 1961 as a test for the Eisenhower Administration. They were looking at the site as a possibility for the Air Force Academy. Many politicians and press visited. Coal trucks delivered coal daily. It was built as a summer Hotel, hence there was no insulation. Original 3.5 x 3.5 (Digital version) Thank you to Allen Hermansen for providing an original copy. (See Wright Study.) 1483.13.0209
1962 1962 Charles L. Manson House, Wausau, Wisconsin (1938) (S.249). Photographed from the right side of the yard, dated Oct. 1962. Original 3.5 x 5 silver gelatin photograph. Possibly photographed by Charles L. Manson. 3.5 x 5. 1526.04.0207 1962 Charles L. Manson House, Wausau, Wisconsin (1938) (S.249). Photographed from the middle of the yard, dated Oct. 1962. Original 3.5 x 5 silver gelatin photograph. Possibly photographed by Charles L. Manson. 3.5 x 5. 1526.05.0207 1963 1963 Fallingwater. View from stream bed below first falls. In 1963 Stoller was commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art (New York) in 1963 to photograph Fallingwater, becoming icons in their own right, illustrating the building's integral connection to the landscape and its striking modern form. Verso signed “Ezra Stoller 222 Valley Place Mamaroneck N.Y.” Similar B&W view published in “Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater” Stoller 1999, page 23. Mounted to metal backing. 35 x 43.5. 1565.18.0807 1963 Fallingwater. View of the Facade from the southeast. In 1963 Stoller was commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art (New York) in 1963 to photograph Fallingwater, becoming icons in their own right, illustrating the building's integral connection to the landscape and its striking modern form. Verso stamped “Ezra Stoller”. Published in “Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater” Stoller 1999, page 30-31. 8 x 10. 1565.19.0807 Arizona 1963 - Set of twelve 2.25 x 2.25 Transparencies including digital images. Unknown photographer. It is Interesting to compare these 1963 images to the corresponding images from 2004. 1963 1) Benjamin Adelman Residence. Built in 1951. Storrer #344. 2.25 x 2.25 transparency. 1565.04.0606 1963 2) Boomer Residence. Built in 1953. Storrer #361. 2.25 x 2.25 transparency. 1565.05.0606 1963 3) Gammage Memorial Auditorium. Designed in 1959, built in 1962-64. Storrer #432. 2.25 x 2.25 transparency. 1565.06.0606 1963 4) Gammage Memorial Auditorium. Designed in 1959, built in 1962-64. Storrer #432. 2.25 x 2.25 transparency. 1565.07.0606 1963 5) Pauson Residence (Ruin). Built in 1939. Storrer #250. Constructed in 1939, destroyed by fire in 1942. “Desert Rubblestone” construction. For nearly 40 years the concrete foundation, walls and fireplace remained in ghostly ruins. These were destroyed in 1980 to make way for an extension of 32nd Street. Architect Edward M. Jones salvaged the 70 ton fireplace chimney mass and relocated it 200 yards to the south and incorporated it in the entrance to Alta Vista Park Estates where the Boomer and Benjamin Adelman residences are located. Chimney mass measures 9 x 11' at the base and is 26' tall. 2.25 x 2.25 transparency. 1565.08.0606 1963 6) Pauson Residence (Ruin). Built in 1939. Storrer #250. Constructed in 1939, destroyed by fire in 1942. “Desert Rubblestone” construction. For nearly 40 years the concrete foundation, walls and fireplace remained in ghostly ruins. These were destroyed in 1980 to make way for an extension of 32nd Street. Architect Edward M. Jones salvaged the 70 ton fireplace chimney mass and relocated it 200 yards to the south and incorporated it in the entrance to Alta Vista Park Estates where the Boomer and Benjamin Adelman residences are located. Chimney mass measures 9 x 11' at the base and is 26' tall. 2.25 x 2.25 transparency. 1565.09.0606 1963 7) Harold Price, Sr., Residence. Built in 1954. Storrer #378. 2.25 x 2.25 transparency. 1565.10.0606 1963 8) Taliesin West. Built in 1937. Storrer #241. 2.25 x 2.25 transparency. 1565.11.0606 1963 9) Taliesin West. Built in 1937. Storrer #241. 2.25 x 2.25 transparency. 1565.12.0606 1963 10) Taliesin West. Built in 1937. Storrer #241. 2.25 x 2.25 transparency. 1565.13.0606 1963 11) Taliesin West. Built in 1937. Storrer #241. 2.25 x 2.25 transparency. 1565.14.0606 1963 12) David Wright Residence. Built in 1950. Storrer #322. 2.25 x 2.25 transparency. 1565.15.0606 1965 1965 Robie House Dining Room 1965. Verso: "The Robie House at 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave. on the U of C campus. A campaign is underway to raise funds to restore the famed structure. Ira Bach, chairman of the Robie House Committee." Photographed by Luigi on February 18, 1965. Note: The Robie House Committee (later the Committee for the Preservation of Robie House), chaired by Ira J. Bach, Chicago City Planning Commissioner, was organized in late 1962 and included a long list of notable Chicagoans and influential international architects and academics such as: Sigfried Giedion, Bertrand Goldberg, Walter Gropius, Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., Lewis Mumford, Mies van der Rohe, and William Wurster. Original B&W photograph. 8 x 9.4. 1628.12.1209 1966 1966 United States Post Office Publicity Photograph #1280 - 2c Frank Lloyd Wright stamp. “This photograph may be reproduced for philatelic, educational, historical and newsworthy purposes, in black and white, in any size. It may not be used for advertising purposes, except philatelic advertising.” Glossy 3 x 4. (Two copies) 1280.55.0701
1280.56.04061968 1968 Robie House Living Room 1968. Verso: "Living room of the Robie House provides a handsome background for dinner." Black tie event held in the Robie House living room. Photographed by Bill Kelly, January 9, 1968. This photograph used and published on January 10, 1968. Original B&W photograph, 10 x 8. 1757.09.1209 1970 Circa 1970 Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West. Circa 1970. Photograph by Joseph F. Rorke, Resident in 1954. Original 6 x 5.75 silver gelatin photo. 1846.01.1006 1971 1971 Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright. Stamped on back “Published August 8, 1971". Original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photo. 1867.02.1006 1974 1974 Francis W. Little House, Hallway windows. Northrome, Minnesota, 1912-14. Dismantled in 1972. These windows are part of the collection of The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Photographed by The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photo, 1974. 1963.02.0207
1975 Richard Lloyd Jones Residence, "Westhope" built for Wright's cousin Richard Lloyd Jones in 1929, Tulsa, Oklahoma (S.227). This set of five photographs were used in publishing “GI 9: Global Interior #9: Houses by Frank Lloyd Wright 1" Futagawa 1975, pages 176 - 181. 1975 1) Entryway side of the home, from the street. Photographed by Wright associate Yugio Futgawa, Japanese author and architectural photographer. Original silver gelatin photograph. 9.75 by 6.75. This photograph was used in publishing “GI 9: Global Interior #9: Houses by Frank Lloyd Wright 1" Futagawa 1975, pages 176. 1966.02.1206 1975 3) Detail of Entryway. Photographed by Wright associate Yugio Futgawa, Japanese author and architectural photographer. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1924-1936 Volume 5", 1990 Pfeiffer, Image 138 in color; "Frank Lloyd Wright Selected Houses 8, 1991 Pfeiffer", Page 101. Original silver gelatin photograph. 6.75 by 9.75. This photograph was used in publishing “GI 9: Global Interior #9: Houses by Frank Lloyd Wright 1" Futagawa 1975, pages 177. 1966.03.1206 1975 2) Left side of Entryway. Photographed by Wright associate Yugio Futgawa, Japanese author and architectural photographer. Original silver gelatin photograph. 9.75 by 6.75. This photograph was used in publishing “GI 9: Global Interior #9: Houses by Frank Lloyd Wright 1" Futagawa 1975, pages 178. 1966.04.1206 1975 5) Living Room. Photographed by Wright associate Yugio Futgawa, Japanese author and architectural photographer. Original silver gelatin photograph. 9.75 by 6.75. This photograph was used in publishing “GI 9: Global Interior #9: Houses by Frank Lloyd Wright 1" Futagawa 1975, pages 180. 1966.05.1206 1975 4) Glass Conservatory. Photographed by Wright associate Yugio Futgawa, Japanese author and architectural photographer. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1924-1936 Volume 5", 1990 Pfeiffer, Image 139 in color. Original silver gelatin photograph. 6.75 by 9.75. This photograph was used in publishing “GI 9: Global Interior #9: Houses by Frank Lloyd Wright 1" Futagawa 1975, pages 181. 1966.06.1206 1978 1978 Gregor Affleck House Window detail 1978. Gregor S Affleck House (1940) (S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Photographed by Walt Bizon for the Lawrence Institute of Technology. The home was donated to the Lawrence Institute of Technology in 1977. It was restored in the 1980s. "There are two things wrong with a Frank Lloyd Wright house. People will hardly let you get one built and will hardly let you live in it when it's done." client Gregor Affleck. Dating photograph: The thee lined printing "THIS PAPER / MANUFACTURED / BY KODAK" was commonly used in the 1970s-80s. Original 5 x 7 silver gelatin photograph. #78J6R1-24. 1978.26.0207 1981 1981 Dr. H. and Dorothy H. Turkel Residence, Detroit, Michigan (S.388) (1955). Exterior of the home viewed from Southeast. Photographed by Detroit News Photographer Robinson. 1981. This photograph used and published in the Detroit News on September 25, 1981, 1A. Original B&W photograph, 10 x 8. (See our Wright Study that includes the Turkel Residence.) 1981.19.1109 1981 Dr. H. and Dorothy H. Turkel Residence, Detroit, Michigan (S.388) (1955). Interior of the home viewed from Northwest. Photographed by Detroit News Photographer Robinson. 1981. This photograph used and published in the Detroit News on September 25, 1981, 5B. Original B&W photograph, 10 x 8. (See our Wright Study that includes the Turkel Residence.) 1981.20.1109 1982 Circa 1982 Price Tower. Photographed from the Southeast, with the Bartlesville Community Center fountain in he foreground. Construction of the Bartlesville Community Center began in December 1979, and was completed on January 12, 1982. Original silver gelatin photograph. 8 x 10. Gift from Randolph C. Henning. 1982.32.0709 1987 1987 Biltmore Sprite. “The Biltmore Sprites, donated by Taliesin Associated Architects to the Arizona Biltmore were recently unveiled. These architectural statues of concrete were originally designed in 1914 by Frank Lloyd Wright to decorate the now destroyed Midway Gardens of Chicago.” Photographed October 21, 1987 at the Arizona Biltmore Dedication Ceremony. Original 5 x 7 B&W photograph. 1987.44.0507 1987 Dedication Ceremony. “John Rattenbury of Taliesin Associated Architects explains the history of the Sprites of Midway Gardens at the unveiling at the Arizona Biltmore. The Sprites were recently restored and donated to the hotel by Taliesin. Renamed the “Biltmore Sprites,” these architectural statues were originally designed in 1914 by Frank Lloyd Wright to decorate the now destroyed Midway Gardens of Chicago.” Photographed October 21, 1987 at the Arizona Biltmore Dedication Ceremony. Original 7 x 5 B&W photograph. 1987.45.0507 1989 1989 Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida 1989. Published on February 19, 1989, 6L. Caption: "Frank Lloyd Wright’s Polk Science Building boasts one of the few planetariums in central Florida. Photographed by Geraldine Merken. Original B&W photograph, 8 x 10. 1989.69.1109 1990 1990 Dr. H. and Dorothy H. Turkel Residence, Detroit, Michigan (S.388) (1955). Interior of the home viewed from North. Caption on back: "The 177 windows in the living room walls provide a unique view for Robert Blaszkowki, who house-sits the Monaghan property." Photographed by Detroit News Photographer Steve Haines. 1990. This photograph used and published in the Detroit News on April 10, 1990, 1E. Original B&W photograph, 10 x 8. (See our Wright Study that includes the Turkel Residence.) 1990.75.1109 1992 1992 Living room, Melvyn Maxwell Smith Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. (S.288) (1946). North corner of Living Room. Possibly photographed by J. Discher. 1992. This photograph used and published in the Detroit Times on January 2, 1993, 3D. Original B&W photograph, 5 x 7. 1992.66.1109 1992 Taliesin, Spring Green, Living Room, 1992. Verso: Published August 23, 1992, caption reads: "The living room at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin in Wisconsin holds his furniture designs as well. Photo by Don Greenwood / Special to the Tribune." Hand written: "Living room at Taliesin with its stone hearth, Wright designed furnishings and Oriental art." Additional information concerning the Living Room: According to "Quarterly" Fall 2007, page 11, "During Wright’s lifetime a large Chinese rug was in the living room... The rug seen in this photo (bottom right page 11) was designed by Wright in 1957 for the Max Hoffman residence... While never made for Hoffman, after Wright’s death (1959) it was manufactured for Mrs. Wright, and she placed it in the living room. After Mrs. Wright’s death (1985), the Chinese rug was returned to the living room, but when its condition began to deteriorate, the Hoffman rug was selected to replace it until a new Chinese rug is purchased or he original repaired." "The living room with earlier rugs." (Top right page 11, is a very similar view by Guerrero.) Addition images: A) Circa 1940-1953: "Picturing Wright" Guerrero 1994, page 78-79, Chinese rugs. B) 1990: "Selected Houses 2" Pfeiffer/Futagawa, cover, pages 102-103, Hoffman design. C) 2001: "Wright for Wright" Howard/Straus , page 64, photographed in the 1990s, Chinese carpets, very similar. D) May 2004: "Architectural Digest" Webb/Miller, page 294, no carpet but similar. (Note January 1, 2010: Donald confirmed that he photographed Taliesin on July 2-3, 1992 for a three-page photo spread of Taliesin for the local paper [Home News]. He was then contacted by the Tribune and asked to supply the living room photo to accompany an article they were doing on Taliesin.) This photograph used and published in the Chicago Tribune on August 23, 1992. Original B&W photograph, 8.9 x 5.9. 1992.67.1209 1993 1993 Dana-Thomas House. (Published by the Dana-Thomas House Foundation.) Packet of 20 Slides.
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2004 Arizona in May 2004. This set of sixteen images correspond with the 1963 Set of twelve 2.25 x 2.25 transparencies. Photographer Douglas Steiner. 2004 1) Benjamin Adelman Residence. Built in 1951. Storrer #344. 2004.19.0606 2004 2) Boomer Residence. Built in 1953. Storrer #361. 2004.20.0606 2004 3) Gammage Memorial Auditorium. Designed in 1959, built in 1962-64. Storrer #432. 2004.21.0606 2004 4) Gammage Memorial Auditorium. Designed in 1959, built in 1962-64. Storrer #432. 2004.22.0606 2004 5) Pauson Residence (Ruin). Built in 1939. Storrer #250. Constructed in 1939, destroyed by fire in 1942. “Desert Rubblestone” construction. For nearly 40 years the concrete foundation, walls and fireplace remained in ghostly ruins. These were destroyed in 1980 to make way for an extension of 32nd Street. Architect Edward M. Jones salvaged the 70 ton fireplace chimney mass and relocated it 200 yards to the south and incorporated it in the entrance to Alta Vista Park Estates where the Boomer and Benjamin Adelman residences are located. Chimney mass measures 9 x 11' at the base and is 26' tall. 2004.23.0606 2004 6) Harold Price, Sr., Residence. Built in 1954. Storrer #378. 2004.24.0606 2004 7) Taliesin West. Built in 1937. Storrer #241. 2004.25.0606 2004 8) Taliesin West. Built in 1937. Storrer #241. 2004.26.0606 2004 9) Taliesin West. Built in 1937. Storrer #241. 2004.27.0606 2004 10) Taliesin West. Built in 1937. Storrer #241. 2004.28.0606 2004 11) Taliesin West. Built in 1937. Storrer #241. 2004.29.0606 2004 12) Taliesin West. Built in 1937. Storrer #241. 2004.30.0606 2004 13) Taliesin West. Built in 1937. Storrer #241. 2004.31.0606 2004 14) Taliesin West. Built in 1937. Storrer #241. 2004.32.0606 2004 15) David Wright Residence. Built in 1950. Storrer #322. 2004.33.0606 2004 16) David Wright Residence. Built in 1950. Storrer #322. 2004.34.0606
