Frank Lloyd Wright

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
C 1920	Nathan G. Moore Residence (1895/1923 - S.034) Circa 1920. Original 1895 structure. Originally designed in 1895, the home was destroyed by fire in 1922. It was redesigned by Wright in 1923. 333 Forest Avenue, Oak Park. Viewed from the East on Forest Avenue. Photographed by Henry Fuermann. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. Original 7.75 x 9.25 B&W photograph.	0142.08.0112
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
1921
1921	Mrs. Avery Coonley (1907 - S.135 ), October 14, 1921. Mrs. Avery Coonley and Miss Mary O. Wallace. This photograph taken one year after her husband, Avery Coonley past away. Queene Ferry Coonley, born Addie Elizabeth Ferry, (1874-1958), was born in Detroit to garden seed magnate Dexter Ferry and his wife Addie. Queene graduated from Vassar College in 1896, married Avery Coonley in 1901. They had one child, Elizabeth Ferry Coonley, born in 1902. Mrs. Avery (Queene Ferry) Coonley, a believer in the early childhood education, attempted to enroll her daughter in Kindergarten. She was denied entrance because her daughter was not yet five. In 1906, Mrs. Coonley formed the Cottage School in Riverside, Illinois, a private independent school. In 1912, Wright designed the Coonley Playhouse to accommodate the growth of the Cottage School. The school continued to grow, and In 1916, moved to a new facility. In addition to her duties at school she was treasurer of the National Women’s Party; a trustee of Vassar College and vice president of the Progressive Education Association. Original 7.25 x 10 B&W photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.	0144.03.0112
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" 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	Wright at 56. November 1923. Heavily airbrushed portrait of Wright, looking at the camera, but turned to the right. See original above (0156.04). Dated November 1923. Partial printed news clipping pasted to verso shows this photograph to the left of a photograph of Miriam Noel Wright. Partial caption on verso reads "Miriam... Yesterday Miriam... suit for $100,000... beautiful Russian..." Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune. Original 3 x 5.5 B&W Print.	0156.07.0910
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
1924	Olga Milanoff, Circa 1924. Olga's first marriage was to a Russian architect, Vladimar Hinzenberg, in 1917. They divorced in 1925. Wright and Olga met at the Petrograd Ballet in Chicago in 1924 while she was separated from her husband. They were married on August 25, 1928 at midnight in Rancho Santa Fe near La Jolla. They honeymooned in Phoenix, Arizona at the Arizona Biltmore. Originally retouched by Walter A. Jones (embossed bottom right). Restored by Douglas M. Steiner. Original B&W photograph. 8 x 10.	0157.10.0210
1924	Olga (Olgivanna) Ivanovna Milanoff, Circa 1924. Turned to the her right, facing forward looking to her left. Partial news clipping pasted to the verso: "Accused Home Wrecker. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, noted American architect has fled (to Can)ada to the arms of his "most wonderful woman" (Olga) Milanoff, Russian danseuse (female ballerina) and the architect’s former (lover), and their infant son, according to Miriam Noel (the) architect’s wife. Mrs. Wright, who is a sculptress, (ends in h, m or n) this statement in answer to the charges of her hus-(band’s att)orney that his client was forced to leave the United (States to) recoup his fortune after she had financially ruined (- - -) bitter pen. According to Mrs. Wright, Mme. Milanoff’s (baby was) born in Chicago after she had spent three years in (- - his) household and her hasty departure was caused (by the) immigration authorities being on her trail. Mrs. Wright (said s)he is certain her husband has joined the young Russian (- - n) a new love nest in Canada." Hand written on verso: "Olga Milanoff, 1/16 or 7/16". Note: two corrections from account. 1) There is no record of Wright or Olgivanna fleeing to Canada, but in the beginning of September 1926, to throw Miriam off track in her heated pursuit to find Wright, he runs ad in Newspaper that he is going abroad. Attorneys publicly suggestion they go to Canada. With two children they head to Make Minnetonka, arriving Sept 7. 2) Their daughter (not son as reported) Iovanna Lazovich Lloyd Wright was born on December 2, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. The caption would place the publication date during Sept 1926. But the photograph was most likely taken in the early 1920s as a promotional photograph for her performances with the Russian Ballets. In January 1924, Olgivanna arrived in New York from Paris. She was a dancer with Gurdjieff’s Russian Ballet. In March, 1924 she performed at Carnegie Hall. From there she preformed with the Ballet in Chicago. Similar photograph published in "The Fellowship" Friedland & Zellman, 2006, page 44. Acquired from the achieves of the Chicago Sun Times. Original 3.2 x 5.5 B&W print. Restored by Douglas M. Steiner.	0157.11.1110
1924	Olga Milanoff and daughter Svetlana Hinzenberg, 1924. Olga's first marriage in 1917 was to a Russian architect, Vladimar Hinzenberg. Svetlana was born on September 27, 1917. In January 1924, Olgivanna arrived in New York from Paris where she was reunited with her six and a half year old daughter. She was a dancer with Gurdjieff’s Russian Ballet. In March, 1924 she performed at Carnegie Hall. From there she preformed with the Ballet in Chicago. After returning to New York, funds were short, and when Gurdjieff headed back to Paris, Olgivanna was left behind. She found passage and returned to Paris with her daughter. When Gurdjieff closed his Ballet group, she sailed back to New York in October 1924 with her seven year old daughter. Svetlana and her son Daniel were killed in an automobile accident on September 30, 1946. (Note: Svetlana at twelve published in "Frank Lloyd Wright’s Monona Terrace" page 78.) 7 x 6 Print, High res digital image.	0198.02.0310
1925
C 1925-35	Francis Apartments (Circa 1925-35). Francis Apartments, Chicago (1895 - S.032). Designed by Wright in 1895, for the Terre Haute Trust Company, Chicago. Demolished in 1971. Photographed from the Northeast, attributed to Gilman Lane. Large sign in first floor corner window, "Hydrox Ice Cream, Candy, Cigars." 8 x 10 B&W photograph.	0171.09.0711
C 1925-35	Francis Apartments (Circa 1925-35). Francis Apartments, Chicago (1895 - S.032). Designed by Wright in 1895, for the Terre Haute Trust Company, Chicago. Demolished in 1971. Photograph of the entrance courtyard, attributed to Gilman Lane. 8 x 10 B&W photograph.	0171.10.0711
C 1925	Nathan G. Moore Residence (1895/1923 - S.034) Circa 1925. View after reconstruction. Originally designed in 1895, the home was destroyed by fire in 1922. It was redesigned by Wright in 1923. 333 Forest Avenue, Oak Park. Viewed from the Southeast on Forest Avenue. Possibly photographed by Gilman Lane. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. Original 9 x 6.5 B&W photograph.	0171.11.0112
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). On November 27, Miriam filed for a divorce, alleging desertion and cruelty. 7 x 10 Print. High res digital image.	0171.05.0310
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
C 1925	Wright’s Oak Park Home (1889 S.002) C1925. Photographed by Gilman Lane. Viewed from the west. Circular Garden wall is on the far left. Directly beyond that is the Library. The Veranda and porch have been enclosed incorporating the porch wall, also creating an open balcony upstairs. The original Entry on the right has been sealed off. The Veranda and porch have been enclosed incorporating the porch wall, also creating an open balcony upstairs. The original Entry on the right has been sealed off. There is a "Shield" on upper balcony. Very similar to the Grant Manson image that was taken during the winter after the Lane photograph (judging by the landscaping and trees). The "Shield" is missing in the Manson image. Dated Circa1925 in "Building a Legacy" page 49. Published in "Building a Legacy", Preservation Trust, 2001, page 49. 8 x 6 Print, high res image.	0171.06.0410
C1925	Wright’s Oak Park Home (1889 S.002) C1925. Photographed by Grant Manson. Viewed from the west. Circular Garden wall is on the far left. Directly beyond that is the Library. The Veranda and porch have been enclosed incorporating the porch wall, also creating an open balcony upstairs. The original Entry on the right has been sealed off. The Veranda and porch have been enclosed incorporating the porch wall, also creating an open balcony upstairs. The original Entry on the right has been sealed off. Very similar to the Gilman Lane image that was taken during the spring or fall before the Lane photograph (judging by the landscaping and trees, only four of the five thin small trees remain just in front of the porch). The "Shield" is missing in this image. The Gilman Lane image is dated Circa1925 in "Building a Legacy" page 49. 8 x 6 Print, high res image.	0171.07.0410
1926
1926	Robie House (1906 S.127) 1926. Stamped on Verso: "June 11 1926". Typed on verso: "The Chicago Theological Seminary Purchases Beautiful Home of Marshall D. Wilber, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, as administrative offices. Erected by H B Bernard, Chicago. Lot 60 x 180. One of the most remarkable designs of Architecture Frank Lloyd Wright. Long beams of steel built in like a bridge make possible the over-hanging roofs, ledges and unusual flower beds. There are more than 2000 pieces of glass in its windows. Purchased June 1, 1926 by The Chicago Theological Seminary as an Administration Building to be used during the completion of its building program including an assembly hall, library and a Gothic tower 160 feet in height and of exquisite beauty at a cost of approximately $500,000." 10.5 x 8 Print, High Res image. (Note: Mail box on left, street lamp on far right.)	0172.07.0410
1926	Wright at 58. Portrait of Wright holding his baby daughter Iovanna at Taliesin. Iovanna Lazovich Lloyd Wright was born on December 2, 1925. 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
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
1926	Miriam Noel Wright, May 20, 1926 (Approximately 56 years old). Miriam Noel Wright walking on sidewalk on her way to the court room in Madison Wisconsin, holding flowers, looking down at the sidewalk. Caption on verso: "Efforts to settle outside of court the differences between Frank Lloyd Wright, internationally known high art architect and adventurer in love, and is wife, Maude Miriam Noel Wright, failed today and their divorce suit before Judge A. C. Hoppman was started shortly after noon at Madison, Wisconsin. Wright, in his bill, charges desertion and in a counter-charge, Mrs. Wright charges him with an affair with Mme. Olda Milanoff, pretty Montonigren dancer, in his "love citadel" at Green Spring, Wisc. The couple, through their attorneys were prepared to settle, but when the differences in opinion as to the amount of alimony Wright should pay was brought up, a hitch developed and the fight is just as spirited as ever. 5-20-26. ‘P and A Photo’ Chicago Bureau. ...on her way to..." 2.5 x 5.6 High res digital image.	0172.09.1210
1926	Miriam Noel Wright sitting in a chair, tuned to the right, facing forward. (Circa June 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
1926	Miriam Noel Wright leaning against stack of pillows, handkerchief in her right hand, looking down. Same dress, head bands and handkerchief as image #172.04. Possibly June 1926 at the Southmoor Hotel after her unsuccessful invasion of husband’s estate at Spring Green, Wis. Stamped on verso: "From Chicago Bureau, 7 South Dearborn St.. Photo By Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. New York City." 4 x 6 Print. High res digital image.	0172.10.1210
1926	Olgivanna and daughter Iovanna, 1926. Olga (Olgivanna) Ivanovna Milanoff met Frank Lloyd Wright at the Petrograd Ballet in Chicago in 1924 while she was separated from her husband. Iovanna Lazovich Lloyd Wright was born on December 2, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. During the Spring and summer they were living at Taliesin in Spring Green Wisconsin. In September, after the bank foreclosed on Taliesn, they move to Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, where on the evening of October 20, 1926, Wright is arrested for violation of the Mann act and spends an evening in jail. Wright and Olgivanna were married on August 25, 1928 at midnight in Rancho Santa Fe near La Jolla. Stamped on verso: "From Chicago Bureau. 7 South Dearborn St." Published in “Many Masks” Gill, 1987, page 293. Caption reads "Olgivanna and Iovanna at Lake Minnetonka. Milwaukee Journal". Also published in "Frank Lloyd Wright A Biography" Secrest, 1992, page 321. Original B&W photograph, 6.3 x 4.8, Digitally restored high res image.	0172.08.1110
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	Wright at 59. 1926. Wright arrested in Minnesota. On Wednesday evening, October 20, 1926, Hennepin county deputy sheriffs arrested Wright at a Wildhurst, Lake Minnetonka cottage. When the deputies came to the kitchen door of the cottage Wednesday night they were met by the cook and maid, Miss Viola Meyerhaus. He was brought to the Hennepin county jail, where he was held without charge for Baraboo, Wis., authorities. After arresting Wright, deputies returned to Minnetonka and brought Olga Milanoff and two children to the county jail. (L to R) Miss Viola Meyerhaus, Frank Lloyd Wright and Hennepin county deputy. Possibly seen on the far left behind screen door is Olga Milanoff. 5.5 x 3.75 Print, High res digital image. (See 1926 article.)	0172.05.0310
1926	Wright at 59. 1926. Wright and Olga leave court , October 21, 1926. Published caption on verso: "F. Lloyd Wright and Olga Released on $12,000 bond. Frank Lloyd Wright, world famed architect, and his companion, Mrs. Olga Milanoff, former Russian dancer, pleaded ‘not guilty’ in Minneapolis court today to Mann act charge lodged against them. After spending a night in jail, the two were released on bonds totalling (miss spelled) $12,500, and the case set for hearing Oct. 30^th. The charges against the couple were filed with their discovery in a love nest at Lake Minnetonka, Minn., where they had been living since Sept. 7^th while a country wide search was being made for them. CC 65743 Chicago Bureau. (Photo shows L. to R. - A Deputy U.S. Marshal; Olga Milanoff; a police matron; and Frank Lloyd Wright)" Stamped on verso: "From Chicago Bureau. 7 South Dearborn St. Oct 23, 1926." 5.75 x 4.5 Print, High res digital image. (See 1926 article.)	0172.06.0310
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
1927	Miriam Noel Wright. (March 7, 1927) Caption on verso: "Fighting Mad. Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright, wife of noted architect, whose marital affairs have been in the public eye for some years, says she’s going to battle for her rights, which she claims have been usurped by a pretty Russian dancer friend of Wright." Stamped on verso: "Mar 7 1927. San Francisco Bureau. Photo By Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. New York City." 4 x 6 Print. High res digital image.	0198.03.1210
1927	Miriam Noel Wright. (September 21, 1927) Clipping pasted to verso: "Good-bye trouble; Hello Art. Admitting cinema ambitions and hinting at movie offers, Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright quietly left San Francisco for Hollywood, Chicago, Paris and points East. The divorced wife of the famous Chicago architect who has filled columns of newspaper space in her legal tilt with her noted husband, has been in San Francisco more than six months. For a time she was penniless, hungry sometimes, and unable to pay her rent, she said. But a few weeks ago she was given more than $30,000 and a substantial allowance in granting her husband a divorce. 9/21/27. International Newsreel photo, San Francisco Bureau." Note: Her divorce to Wright was finalized on August 26, 1927. 4 x 6 Print, High res digital image.	0198.04.1210
1928
1928	"Architect’s Home. LaJolla, Calif. — Photo shows the home of Architect Wright, smashed by his irate wife. It is on the seashore of an exclusive district of La Jolla, Calif. HA 7/17/28." On November 30, 1924 Frank Lloyd Wright met Olga in Chicago. On November 27, 1925, Miriam, Wright’s third wife files for a divorce, but subsequently reverses her decision and begins hounding him. Meryle Secrest writes "... she took a taxi there and discovered that the back door was unlocked. ‘I went in... and found my own belongings all over the place. I decided to get on the front page of the newspaper and see what effect publicity would have upon the situation. I thought the happy home belong to Frank, so I wrecked the place inside, and as a wreck it was a perfect success.’" Frank Lloyd Wright A Biography, p 340. International Newsreel Photo, Los Angeles Bureau. Original 7.4 x 4.6 B&W photograph.	0215.06.0510
1928	Miriam Noel Wright. (Circa 1928). Her divorce to Wright was finalized on August 26, 1927. After announcing cinema ambitions in September 1927, Miriam continues to dog Olgivanna and Wright. In July 1928, she tracks them down in La Jolla, California and is arrested after trashes their home. 4 x 6 Print, High res digital image.	0215.09.1210
1928	Wright’s Oak Park Home (1889 S.002) C1928-30. Viewed from the west. Circular Garden wall is on the far left. Directly beyond that is the Library. The Veranda and porch have been enclosed incorporating the porch wall, also creating an open balcony upstairs. The original Entry on the right has been sealed off. Very similar to the Gilman Lane photograph dated 1925 in "Building a Legacy" page 49. The Grant Manson image was taken during the winter after the Lane photograph (judging by the landscaping and trees). The "Shield" is missing in the Manson image. This image was taken within 2-4 years after the Manson and Lane images, judging the growth of the landscaping and trees. Hand written on verso: "Old Illinois Houses, Frank Lloyd Wright House, Oak Park, Ill." Similar to photograph published in "Building a Legacy", Preservation Trust, 2001, page 49. Original 10 x 8 B&W Print. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Sun Times.	0215.04.0410
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
1929	Draftsmen working at Ocatilla, 1929. As a result of his work on the Arizona Biltmore, in April, 1928, Alexander J. Chandler (1859-1950), one of the Phoenix area's successful developers, commissioned Wright to design ‘San Marcos in the Desert". By May he had a design for the resort in mind. The site for the resort consisted of 1,400 acres, located south of Phoenix at the base of the Salt River Mountains. Chandler approved of Wright's proposal, and in January 1929, Wright built a temporary camp on a low mound south of the site for San Marcos. Built near Chandler, Arizona, he called the camp "Ocatilla" after the giant desert shrub that grew in the area. He designed his temporary encampment with low board walls and angled enclosures. He went as far as constructing a full-scale sample of the textile blocks he envisioned for the resort. In the background on the left is the drawing of the National Life Insurance Company project. He completed the working drawings for the resort by late May, and left for Taliesin. In June, much of the camp was destroyed by fire. Note the "No Smoking" sign. The stock market crash in October, and whatever hope of completion vanished. What remained of the camp gradually fell into ruin, slowly consumed by the desert and vanished with the project. Photograph taken between March and May, 1929. Original 12 x 8 silver gelatin B&W photographic print. Courtesy of the Donald D. Walker Collection, Library of Congress.	0228.10.1211