Frank Lloyd Wright

1990
1990	Stork Column and Candlesticks 1990. Label on verso: "Chicago Sun-Times/ Photographer: Nancy Stuenkel, Date: 3/2/90." Caption pasted to verso: "Oak candlesticks ($65 a pair) adapted from playroom balusters are available at the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, as is the plaster reproduction of stork columns Wright designed for the entrance to his Oak Park Studio. Both from the Gingko Tree Bookshop." Original 8 x 10 B&W Print. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Sun-Times.	1990.82.0411
1990	Coonley Print Cabinet. Birch Print Cabinet designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (1908) for the Avery Coonley Residence (S.135 - 1907). Three-quarter view. Stamped on verso: "Apr 11 ‘90". Label on verso: "Curly Birch Print Cabinet, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, for the Coonely (sp) estate complex, Riverside, Illinois, 1908. $250,000 / 300,000." Caption pasted on verso: "A curly birch print cabinet, designed in 1908 by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Coonley estate complex in Riverside has a pre-sale estimate of $250,000 to 300,000." Acquired from the archives of the Associated Press. Original 7 x 5 B&W photograph.	1990.80.1110
1990	Dana-Thomas Master Bedroom Sitting Room 1990 (1902 - S.072). Caption on face: "(Sept 2) Restoration completed – A sitting room is part of the master bedroom of the Dana-Thomas House in Springfield, Illinois. (AP - Seth Perlman) 1990. Slug: Restoring Wright." Clipping pasted to verso: "An award has been given for the restoration of the Dana-Thomas House in Springfield, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright." Stamped on verso: "Sept 5 90". Photographed by Seth Perlman. Acquired from the archived of the Chicago Tribune. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.	1990.89.0811
1990	Jiyu Gakuen Girls’ School, Tokyo, Japan, 1990 (1921 - S.213). Label taped on verso: "APN Illustrations, New York. (For use Sun., Dec. 9, 1990 with Michael Hirsh’s Tokyo APN story slugged Japan-Land.) Building of Tomorrow. Yuko Hani stands in front of the ‘Building of Tomorrow,’ the Jiyu Gakuen school house Frank Lloyd Wright built 69 years ago near the northwestern section of metropolitan Tokyo. Ms. Hani heads a group of Jiyu Gakuan alumni, who are seeking to raise funds to save the building from its sagging foundation. 11/20/90. Stf/Katsumi Kasahara." Acquired from the archived of the Associated Press. Original 11 x 8 B&W photograph.	1990.90.0911
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
1991
1991	Mrs. Thomas Gale Residence (1904 S.098) 1991. Label on verso: "Chicago Sun-Times. Photographer: Rich Heid. Date 5-15-91. Location: 6 Elizabeth Ct. Oak Park. Reporter: Neil Steinberg. Caption: Thomas Gale House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Owner Peter & Meg Klinkow got a permit to put up aluminum siding to demonstrate the city’s need for a law protecting famous buildings." Clipping pasted to verso: "Mae and Peter Klinkow of Oak Park obtained a permit to put up aluminum siding on their home – the Thomas Gale House, 6 Elizabeth Ct., which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright – to demonstrate their position that the city needs an ordinance protecting historic buildings." Acquired from the archived of the Chicago Sun-Times. Original 10 x 8 Print.	1991.59.0411
1992
1992	American System-Built Houses. Photograph of Model E3. Text of face: "American Model E3. Patents Applied For. American System-Built Houses. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright. The Richards Company Proprietors. Milwaukee." Date stamped on Verso: "Jan 19 1992". Caption pasted on verso: "A dozen previously unpublished designs for Frank Lloyd Wright pre-fabricated houses will be shown at the Kelmscott Gallery starting Friday." Acquired from the archives of the Associated Press. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.	1992.72.1110
1992	Cheney Residence (1903 - S.104), Dining Room 1992. Printed on verso: "Date: 10/16/92. Photographer: Michael Budrys. Location: 520 N. East Ave., Oak Park. Caption: A restored 1903-4 Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie style house, owned by Atty. Dale Smirl. Mr. Smirl has made it available as a bed and breakfast place for those who like the master’s architecture and interior design, with lighting and furniture. The open dining room area." Acquired from the archives of the Associated Press. Original 10.5 x 8.25 B&W print.	1992.73.0511
1992	Martin Residence (S.100 - 1904) Dining Room Chairs. Set of two Dining Room chairs designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Darwin D. Martin Residence Dining Room, one facing forward, one facing back. Date stamped on verso: "Sep 13 1992". Caption pasted on verso: "These are two of a set of five Frank Lloyd Wright oak dining chairs, which date from about 1904. The set and a matching copy brought $110,000 at an auction in San Francisco." Original 5 x 7 B&W print. For additional photograph see "Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House", p148.	1992.71.1110
1992	Melvyn Maxwell Smith Residence Living room, 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
1992	William and Elizabeth Tracy Residence 1992. William and Elizabeth Tracy relaxing on their back terrace. Caption on verso: "Ron Wurzer / Seattle Times. William and Elizabeth Tracy live in one of only three dwellings in the state that was designed by the renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The house, with a sound view, was designed in 1954 and the Tracy’s have been the only inhabitants." Newspaper caption attached to verso and stamped Aug 20 1992. Photograph by Ron Wurzer. Published on August 20, 1992 in the Seattle Times. Acquired from the archives of the Seattle Times. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.	1992.74/1011
1993
1993	Dana-Thomas House. (Published by the Dana-Thomas House Foundation.) Packet of 20 Slides.	1993-37.0305
1993	Jiyu Gakuen Girls’ School, Tokyo, Japan, 1993 (1921 - S.213). Caption on face: "07 May 93 -- Tokyo: Front view of Myonichikan 07 May, a former women’s school was designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright before WWII. AFP Photo. Junji Kurokawa - 07/05/93." After completing the Imperial Hotel, Frank Lloyd Wright designed three residences and this school between 1917-1921. The Jiyu Gakuen Girls’ School was his final project in Japan. Photographed by Junji Kurokawa. Acquired from the archived of the Chicago Tribune. Original 10 x 8.25 B&W photograph.	1993.69.0811
1993	Edward C. Waller Apartments (1895 S.031) (1993). Edward C. Waller was an important early Wright patron. He lived in River Forest near Wright's William Winslow house. Waller sold Winslow the property upon which his home was built. Waller commissioned several projects to be designed by Wright: the Francisco Terrace Apartments 1895 (S.030) (since demolished); the Waller Apartment 1895 (S.031); the remodeling of his home in River Forest 1899 (S.047); the Edward C. Waller Gates (S.065) and Stables (S.066) 1901; and the Edward C. Waller Bathing Pavilion 1909 (S.166). Waller's son Edward C. Jr. commissioned Midway Gardens 1913 (S.180). The Waller Apartments consisted of five units (numbered right to left). Unit #1 on the East end (right) and #5 to the West end (left). Unit #4 (second from left) was demolished in 1968 after a fire gutted the unit. Center entrance is possibly unit #2. The Francisco Terrace Apartments (S.030) were directly behind these units. Clipping pasted to verso: "The two abandoned properties at 2844 and 2848 W. Walnut were slated by the city to be torn down and would have been had a red light not gone off. The row housed in a small corner of East Garfield Park were designed by 1895 by Frank Lloyd Wright, then a 26-year-old, little known architect. Devereux Bowly Jr. wrote in his book The Poorhouse that the two along with six other row houses still standing, are part of Francisco Terrace, ‘the first subsidized housing in Chicago... Classic in the history of low income housing. I like to tell people I bought two Frank Lloyd Wright buildings for $1 apiece.’ said Vince Michaels of the landmark Preservation Council, which bought them under the Chicago Abandoned Property Program and is rehabbing them to sell to low income families for $70,000 to $80,000 each." Caption on verso: "Abandoned row houses at 2844 and 2848 W. Walnut were slated for demolition until it was learned that they were designed in 1895 by Frank Lloyd Wright." Label on verso: "Chicago Sun-Times. Photographed by Brian Jackson." Stamped on verso: "Oct 25 1993". Acquired from the archived of the Chicago Sun-Times. Original 9.6 x 6.5 Print.	1993.65.0311
1994
1994	Seth Peterson Cottage Exterior 1994, three views (1958 - S.430). Caption on face: "Lake Delton, Wis. – June 1, 1994 – Wright-Rent – The Seth Peterson Cottage, with a view of its spectacular stone and glass-walled living and dining area, and an interior and exterior view of the cocoon-like bedroom. From the outside, it is serene and energetic, a composition that at once seems to hug the earth and blast off from it. (Morry Gash/New York Times Photos)." Photographed by Morry Gash. Acquired from the archived of the Chicago Tribune. Original 7.6 x 10 B&W photograph.	1994.65.0811
1994	Seth Peterson Cottage Interior 1994 (1958 - S.430). Caption on face: "Lake Delton, Wis. – June 1, 1994 – Wright-Rent – Numerous Frank Lloyd Wright houses can be visited as museums or bought, usually at a substantial price. But only one Wright house can be rented on a nightly basis: the Seth Peterson Cottage in Wisconsin. The living room of the cottage is pictured. (Morry Gash/New York Times Photos)." Photographed by Morry Gash. Acquired from the archived of the Chicago Tribune. Original 10 x 8.25 B&W photograph.	1994.66.0811
1995
Circa 1995	Jiyu Gakuen Girls’ School (1921 - S.213). Undated set of seven photographs, descriptive sheet and envelop. The Jiyu Gakuen Girls’ School began on April 15th, 1921 with thirty students. While working on the Imperial Hotel (1915-1923 - S.194), Frank Lloyd Wright was contacted by Mr. And Mrs. Hani. "This little school building was designed for the Jiyu-Gakuen - in the same spirit implied by the name of the school - a free spirit. It was intended to be simple happy place for happy children - unpretentious - genuine. It is built in no certified style. It has style all its own. Whether one likes or dislikes it, the style is harmoniously founded on right principles... The architects have felt this in working out this design with Mr. And Mrs. Hani, and are happy to see the building carrying its children as a tree carries its blossoms. The children seem to belong to the building in quite the same way as the flowers belong to the tree, and the building belongs to them as the tree belongs to its flowers... Frank Lloyd Wright, Arata Endo." Text reprinted from "Our Life in the Jiyu Gakuen" 1930. Wright’s design consisted of the larger building in the center incorporating a two-story Living Room/Classroom in the front. The rear included an Assembly Hall on the first floor and a Dining Hall on the second floor. Two classrooms where on either side of the main building. Additional classrooms were added later creating a U-Shaped building seen today. Arata Endo was Wright’s assistant on the Imperial Hotel. He was most likely responsible for the additional classrooms. Arata Endo pasted way in 1951. An effort began in 1990 to save and restore the building. In 1997 it was designated a National Important Cultural Status. Restoration began in January 1999 and was completed in September 2001. Photographs by Raku Endo, son of Arata Endo. He was born in 1927. He attended the Jiyu Gakuen School after it became coed. He worked with his father, and at 30 years old, in 1957 became Wright’s last apprentice from Japan. After returning to Japan he became an architect. He past away in 2003. These photographs were most likely taken in the 1990s before renovations were competed in 2001. Photographs 6 x 4. Descriptive sheet 16.5 x 5.8 folded to 4.1 x 5.8. Envelope 6.4 x 4.5. Gift from Randolph Henning.	1995.57.1111
Photo 1	Photo 1: Birds-eye view of complex in the spring. Most likely taken in the 1990s. Wright’s design consisted of the larger building in the center incorporating a two-story Living Room/Classroom in the front. The rear included an Assembly Hall on the first floor and a Dining Hall on the second floor, and two classrooms on either side. Additional classrooms were added later creating a U-Shaped building seen today. Arata Endo was Wright’s assistant on the Imperial Hotel. He was most likely responsible for the additional classrooms. Directly across the street, out of view on the left, is the Auditorium designed by Arata Endo. Photograph by Raku Endo, son of Arata Endo. 6 x 4.
Photo 2	Photo 2: Front view in the spring. Most likely taken in the 1990s. Balcony roof overhang has been braced. Wright’s design consisted of the larger building in the center incorporating a two-story Living Room/Classroom in the front. The rear included an Assembly Hall on the first floor and a Dining Hall on the second floor, two classrooms on either side. Photograph by Raku Endo, son of Arata Endo. 6 x 4.
Photo 3	Photo 3: Front view in the spring. Most likely taken in the 1990s. Balcony roof overhang has been braced. Wright’s design consisted of the larger building in the center incorporating a two-story Living Room/Classroom in the front. The rear included an Assembly Hall on the first floor and a Dining Hall on the second floor, two classrooms on either side. Photograph by Raku Endo, son of Arata Endo. 6 x 4.
Photo 4	Photo 4: Front view in the spring. Most likely taken in the 1990s. Balcony roof overhang has been braced. Wright’s design consisted of the larger building in the center incorporating a two-story Living Room/Classroom in the front. The rear included an Assembly Hall on the first floor and a Dining Hall on the second floor, two classrooms on either side. Photograph by Raku Endo, son of Arata Endo. 6 x 4.
Photo 5	Photo 5: Interior view of Class Room. Most likely taken in the 1990s. Wright’s design included two classrooms where on either side of the main building. Photograph by Raku Endo, son of Arata Endo. 6 x 4.
Photo 6	Photo 6: Side view in the spring of the additional classrooms on the left. Most likely taken in the 1990s. These additional classrooms were added later creating a U-Shaped building seen today. The Auditorium can be seen in the background across the street. Arata Endo was Wright’s assistant on the Imperial Hotel. He was most likely responsible for the additional classrooms, and also responsible for the design of the Auditorium which was designed in the late 1920s. Photograph by Raku Endo, son of Arata Endo. 6 x 4.
Photo 7	Photo 7: Auditorium designed in the late 1920s. Arata Endo was Wright’s assistant on the Imperial Hotel. He was responsible for the design of the Auditorium. Photograph by Raku Endo, son of Arata Endo. 6 x 4.
Descriptive	Description sheet and envelope. "This little school building was designed for the Jiyu-Gakuen - in the same spirit implied by the name of the school - a free spirit. It was intended to be simple happy place for happy children - unpretentious - genuine. It is built in no certified style. It has style all its own. Whether one likes or dislikes it, the style is harmoniously founded on right principles... The architects have felt this in working out this design with Mr. And Mrs. Hani, and are happy to see the building carrying its children as a tree carries its blossoms. The children seem to belong to the building in quite the same way as the flowers belong to the tree, and the building belongs to them as the tree belongs to its flowers... Frank Lloyd Wright, Arata Endo." Text reprinted from "Our Life in the Jiyu Gakuen" 1930. Text in English and Japanese. Descriptive sheet 16.5 x 5.8 folded to 4.1 x 5.8. White envelope 6.4 x 4.5.
1996
1996	Pope-Leighey Residence Restoration 1996 (S.268 - 1939). Caption on face: "March 31 1996 – Pam pierce and her husband, Kendall, from Pierce Cabinetry of South Carolina, are seen from the roof of the Original Pope-Leighey House checking blue prints for the soon-to-be-restored version of the house while Rick Wightman works on its roof March 27, 1996 in Mount Vernon, Va. More than 50 years after it was built, the Pope-Leighey house is falling apart through no fault of its architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. To save it, the home’s benefactors say they must dismantle, move and rebuild the structure, and forever alter Wright’s design in the process. (AP Photo/Rick Bethem)." Clipping pasted to verso: "People will go to great lengths to save a Frank Lloyd Wright house. In Mt. Vernon, Va., for example, benefactors are dismantling the Pope-Leighey House. The house, designed by Wright, fell into disrepair, so people like Pam and Kendal Pierce of South Carolina (checking blueprints) are helping to dismantle and rebuild it on a different lot. The move will change the design somewhat." Stamped on clipping: "Apr 13 96". Acquired from the archived of the Chicago Tribune. Original 9.75 x 6.5 B&W photograph.	1996.68.0811
1998
1998	Fallingwater. "Frank Lloyd Wright. A film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick." Photograph includes Fallingwater, Imperial Hotel, S.C. Johnson Wax Company Administration Building, Unity Temple. Label on verso: Frank Lloyd Wright. A film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings: (top left) Fallingwater in Bear Run, Pennsylvania; (top right) the Imperial Hotel in Japan which has since been demolished; (bottom left) the S.C. Johnson Wax Company Administration Building in Racine, Wisconsin; (bottom right) and the Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois, are examples of Frank Lloyd Wright’s work. The brilliant and controversial architect, who revolutionized American architect, is the subject of a new film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novack. ‘Frank Lloyd Wright’, which interweaves Wright’s extraordinary career with his equally tempestuous personal life, will be broadcast on PBS as a ‘General Motors Mark of Excellence Presentation, "Tuesday, Nov, 10 and Wednesday, Nov, 11, 1998. Photo credits: Fallingwater, Courtesy of James Reber and the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Imperial Hotel, S.C. Johnson and Unity Temple, Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives." Stamped on verso: "Nov 1998". Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. Individual images 4.75 x 3.	1998.67.1011