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 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 1993. Original silver gelatin photo. 6 x 8. 0009.01.0401 1905 1905 Martha “Mamah” Bouton Borthwick Cheney (June 19, 1869 - August 15, 1914). She 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 1908 1908 Photo of Minnehaha Falls. F.L. Wright Photo, St. Paul. Copyright 1908. 1908.00.1201 1910 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 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 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” (singluar). 2.75 x 4.5. 0139.03.0407 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 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 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. Original vintage 2.5 x 4.25 silver gelatin photograph. 0171.02.1206 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. Frank Lloyd Wright Portrait. 1930 DeLonge Studio, Wisconsin Historical Society. High-res 5 x 6 digital image. 0249.09.0706 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 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 “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 1937 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 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 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 occupies the Imperial Hotel. The Imperial Hotel resumed normal business on April 1, 1952. 6 x 4.5. 0647.03.0307 1946 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 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 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 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 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 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. 1954 Al Ravenna photographer. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. High-res 4.5 x 6 digital image. 0998.02.0706 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.
