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PHOTOS 1950 - 1959
 
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YEAR DESCRIPTION ST#
1950
1950
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Circa 1950. The first church building for the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Milwaukee was built on the Northeast corner of Broadway and Knapp Streets in 1914. In the mid 1950s, as the Greek community prospered and moved to the outskirts of town, they made a decision to build closer to where their members lived. They also made a decision to have Frank Lloyd Wright design their new building. This building was their home and community center from 1914 through 1961. Providence: The Estate of James Mahos, one of the building committee member for the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church. Original 35mm Color Kodachrome Transparency and 5 x 7 high res digital images. 0831.114.0822
1950
Roger Berger House, San Anselmo, California, Perspective 1950 (1950 - S.330) (FLLW #5039). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950. Perspective of the Roger Berger Residence. The designed is based on an equilateral parallelogram module system. The Living and Dining Rooms, Kitchen and living space is within a large hexagon, with the bedrooms in a wing running off of it. Text: "House For Mr. And Mrs. Robert Berger. San Anselmo, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. 5039.01." FLLW #5039.01. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.222. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0831.80.1219
C 1950
George Blossom Residence, Chicago (1892 - S.014) C 1950. Photograph by Wayne Andrews. Wayne Andrews was born on September 5, 1913. He graduated from Harvard College in 1936. He was the Curator of Manuscripts at the New York Historical Society, and an editor at Charles Scribner's Sons. He received a doctorate at Columbia University in1956. His PhD was published as Architecture, Ambition, and Americans, Harper's, 1955. He was the American Art Professor at Wayne State University, Detroit from 1964 to 1983. He published many articles: Harper's Bazaar - July 1948, Pp 76; Perspectives USA No. 4 - Summer 1953, Pp 115-125; Marj - December 1953, Pp 5-10; The Saturday Review - November 14, 1953, Pg 15-16; House Beautiful - February 1965, Pp 90-103; He died August 17, 1987, in Paris. His collection of architectural photographs are in the stewardship of Esto Photographic. Label pasted to verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright. Res. Geo. Blossom, Chicago, Ill. (1892). Head-on. Wayne Andrews #1864. Indiana University Fine Arts Department." Stamped on verso "Photo Wayne Andrews." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0831.50.0816
C 1950
Jorgine Slettede Boomer, circa 1950 (possible 63 years old). She was born on August 18, 1887 in Norway. In 1903, at the age of 16, she and her older sister immigrated to the United States, finally arriving at their Uncles farm in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She eventually became a student nurse and then was admitted to Columbia University of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. In 1915, she married Richard Sloane, one of the faculty members at Columbia. Six months later she was widowed. She married Lucius Boomer in September, 1920. She hired Frank Lloyd Wright to design a home in 1953, the Boomer Residence, and gave it to the Phoenix Art Museum in 1958. She passed away on May 7, 1971. Possibly photographed on one of her trips to Norway. 4 x 5 B&W photograph. 0831.40.1014
1950
Mrs. Avery Coonley (1907 - S.135 ), Circa 1950. 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. In 1954, Queene Ferry Coonley published "Great thoughts: an anthology of sayings, garnered over the years". She past away in the same year a Wright, 1959. Original 5 x 5.5 B&W photograph. Courtesy of the Avery School. 0831.25.0112
1950
Dr. Richard & Madelyn Davis Residence, Woodside, Marion, Indiana, Perspective 1950 (FLLW #5037.01) (1950 - S.324). Perspective view of the Davis Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950. In 1949, Wright designed the Thomas C. Lea House (FLLW #4910), a variation of the original Lake Tahoe Summer Colony project (1922). Where the Lake Tahoe consisted mostly of cottages and cabins, a bedroom wing was added to the Lea House. When Thomas Lea did not proceed with the project, slight modifications were made to the plans, and presented to Dr. Richard & Madelyn Davis. Although the Davis was the second Wigwam design to be built, the Davis is the closest to the original Lake Tahoe design. After 28 years, Wrights Wigwam concept finally became a reality. Lower text: Residence For Dr. & Mrs. R. Chard Davis. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect.. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library, Columbia University. 8 x 10 B&W Photograph. 0831.121.1024
1950/1960
Dr. Richard & Madelyn Davis Residence, Woodside, Marion, Indiana, Floor Plan 1950 (1960) (1950 - S.324). Copy photograph of 1950 floor plan for the Davis residence, published in September 1960 House & Home. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950. From the carport, the front door leads into the entryway. The small windows cut into the front door mimic the hexagonal shape of the houses Teepee foot print. To the right of the entry is the workspace and utility room, both set inside masonry walls, the studio and the bedroom wing. Dividing the entry from the living room is a shelf, cabinet and built-in seating. In the center of the teepee is a massive chimney that forms the core of the teepee. As you continue through the living room, the dining room table was originally on the left side of the fireplace, balanced by the built-in seating on the right side. The bedroom wing held the studio, two childrens bedroom separated by a folding partition, the master bedroom and two bathrooms. 10 x 7 B&W Photograph. 0831.122.1024
C 1950
Victor Falkenau Row House, Chicago, Circa 1950. Adler & Sullivan, Architects, Chicago. Photographed by Richard Nickels. In 1887 Frank Lloyd Wright joined the firm of Adler & Sullivan where he worked for six years. An illustration of the Falkenau Row Houses was published in the Inland Architect & News Record - V. XI No.7 - June 1888. "Houses for Victor Falkenau, Chicago. Adler & Sullivan, Architects, Chicago." Signed: "Frank L. Wright." A description was published in "The Daily Inter Ocean," December 16, 1888: "The Material Of The Fronts Is Blue Bedford Stone, With Pressed Brick For The Other Walls. There Are Elegant Copper Bays At The Second Storey And Much Beautiful Carving In Stone, Especially About The Cornice And In The Open Lattice-Work Of The Basement. Two Cherub Heads Are Introduced Very Effectively. The Houses Are Three-Storey And Basement, With Hardwood Finish Throughout The First Floor, Very Elaborate Gas-Fixtures, And The Most Liberal Provision Of Sanitary Appliances" The Sidewalks Are Stone, And So Are The Steps Of The House, And The Latter Are Protected By Wrought Iron Rails..." The three row-houses were located at 3420-24 South Wabash avenue, Chicago. Photographed by Richard Nickel. They All Fall Down, Cahan, 1994, p.80-81. Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0831.77.0919
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
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. This photograph was taken on one of Wrights visits to the campus. Florida Southern College Archives caption: Pictured from left to right: Boris Blai (sculptor of the two busts of Frank Lloyd Wright and Dr. Spivey which were owned by Florida Southern College), Frank Lloyd Wright, Donna Stoddard (faculty member at Florida Southern College, 1937-1981), two unidentified men, Dr. Ludd M. Spivey (President of Florida Southern College, 1925-1959) and unidentified man. The edge of the Water Dome can be seen on the far left, behind Boris Blai. Handwritten with a felt tip black pen on the back of the photograph is the following: The writing on the back of the photograph identifies the man on the far right as Mike Engle, but this is not verifiable. Photographed on March 3, 1950. This image was also published in the 1955 Interlachen Yearbook, page 35. Original 7 x 5 B&W photograph. 0831.123.1004
Circa 1950
Wright at 83. Circa 1950. Frank Lloyd Wright and an unidentified gentleman most likely at Florida Southern College, standing in front of palms branches. Stamped on verso: "Photograph by Paul Wille." Wille was the Florida Southern College photographer for 29 years, "The Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright at Florida Southern College", p.100. Wright visited the campus 8 times during the 40s and 50s (1942, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1957). The style of the lapels on Wright's jacket were predominate during the 30s and 40s, and for Wright the latest in 1951. A similar image is dated 1950 (S#831.22). Taking all this into consideration, the March, 1950 visit seems most reasonable. Stamped on verso: "Date Used: 1959, 1968, 1986, 1988 (2), 1989, 1994, 1995 (2), 1997." Acquired from the archives of the Miami Herald. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0831.36.1213
1950
Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel (1938 - S251) Lakeland, Florida 1950. Viewed from the Northwest. This was the first Wright building at Florida Southern College. The ground breaking ceremony was held on May 24, 1938. Dedicated or the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel was held on March 9, 1941. Stamped on verso: "Perkins Bros. Commercial Photographers, Lakeland, Florida." Hand written on verso: "7-20-50." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0831.29.0113
1950
Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel (1938 - S251) Lakeland, Florida 1950. Viewed from the Northwest. This was the first Wright building at Florida Southern College. The ground breaking ceremony was held on May 24, 1938. Dedicated or the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel was held on March 9, 1941. Stamped on verso: "Oct 9 - 1950. Miami Herald Staff Photo. By Stan Wayman." Original 6.5 x 6.5 B&W photograph. 0831.30.0113
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 
Florida Southern College, E. T. Roux Library (1941 - S.252) Lakeland, Florida, 1950. The design is dated 1941, but due to the war was not completed until 1945. The library was named after Edwin Timanus (E. T.) Roux (1876-1946). Sometime between 1969 and 1970 the library was renamed the Thad Buckner Building. Construction superintendent for the Library was Robert D. Wehr, a member of the faculty. The dedication ceremony was held on March 17, 1945. Viewed from the South, looking North. Two students are sitting on the stairs close to the entrance. Text on face: "Sanborn Photo Service." Stamped on verso: "Sep 19 1950." "Florida Southern College, Public Relations Department, Lakeland, Florida." Description taped to verso, but miss-identifies building as the Administration Building. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0831.31.0113
1950
Florida Southern College, E. T. Roux Library interior (1941 - S.252) Lakeland, Florida, Circa 1950. The design is dated 1941, but due to the war was not completed until 1945. The library was named after Edwin Timanus (E. T.) Roux (1876-1946). Sometime between 1969 and 1970 the library was renamed the Thad Buckner Building. Construction superintendent for the Library was Robert D. Wehr, a member of the faculty. The dedication ceremony was held on March 17, 1945. View of the interior from the Southwest. The librarian's desk is in the center of the circular room. A fireplace is directly behind the desk. Text on face: "Sanborn Photo Service." Stamped on verso: "Florida Southern College, Public Relations Department, Lakeland, Florida." "Sanborn Photo Service, Lakeland, Florida." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0831.32.0113
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, 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
Circa 1950
Florida Southern College, Administration Buildings. Emile E. Watson (1945 - S.255B) and Benjamin Fine (1945 - S.255C) Circa 1950. Viewed from the Southeast. The Administration Buildings, two separate buildings joined by the Esplanades, were completed in 1948. The Esplanades can be seen on the far left. The Emile E. Watson Administration Building is in the background on the left. The Benjamin Fine Administration Building is on the right. The Water Dome is to the far right. Bernard Elmo Fulghum (1898-1972) was the contractor. Text on face: "Sanborn Photo Service." Stamped on verso: "Florida Southern College, Public Relations Department, Lakeland, Florida." "Sanborn Photo Service, Lakeland, Florida.". Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0831.33.0113
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
C 1950
William G. Fricke Home, C 1950 (1901 S.058). Viewed from the West, photographed during the Winter. The Pavilion which used to be on the South side the Fricke home was demolished to make room for the Brick home on the far right, which was originally built in 1949. Like the Thomas Residence, also 1901 and in Oak Park, it is an all-stucco exterior. But unlike the Thomas Residence which is considered Frank Lloyd Wright's first fully developed prairie styled house in Oak Park, it includes elements of Wright's transitional designs. Like the Rollin Furbeck Residence (1897), it includes elements of Wright's transitional period. Broad overhanging eves, corners are turned at a 45 degree angle, it includes a massive central tower, there are rectangular square windows with columns and it is more vertical than Wright's prairie styled horizontal designs. It is also a three story home. Where the Rollin columns were round, these are closer to the appearance of the square Thomas columns. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photographed by John Gordon Replinger. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0831.51.1116
1950
John A Gillin Residence, Dallas, Texas, 1950 (1950 - S.338). Copy of the ground plan published in Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1942-1950, Pfeiffer, 1988, p.324. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Gillin House , 1-1. John A. Gillin House. Site plan. Dallas, TX, USA. 1950. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount.
0831.102.0720 0831.103.0720
1950
Dr. G. Kenneth Hargrove House, Orinda, California, Perspective View 1950 (Project 1950 - FLLW #5109). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950. Perspective view of Dr. G. Kenneth Hargrove Residence from the North. Semi-circular and circular in design. On the main level, a large semicircular living room is on one end, the Dining Room is in the center, and a large circular playroom and smaller circular kitchen on the other end. The bedrooms are on the second level. Text: "View from the North. House For Dr. And Mrs. G. Kenneth Hargrove. Orinda, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect" FLLW #5109.01. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.236. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0831.81.1219
1950
Dr. G. Kenneth Hargrove House, Orinda, California, Aerial View 1950 (Project 1950 - FLLW #5109). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950. Aerial view Dr. G. Kenneth Hargrove Residence from the South. Semi-circular and circular in design. On the main level, a large semicircular living room is on one end, the Dining Room is in the center, and a large circular playroom and smaller circular kitchen on the other end. The bedrooms are on the second level. Text: "View from the South . House For Dr. And Mrs. G. Kenneth Hargrove. Orinda, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect" FLLW #5109.02. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.236. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0831.82.1219
C 1950
 Arthur Heurtley Cottage Remodeling, Les Cheneaux, Marquette Island, Michigan, Circa 1950 (undated) (1902 - S.075). View of the front of the cottage, East Elevation. In 1902 Frank Lloyd Wright designed a house for Arthur Heurtley in Oak Park. Concurrently he remodeled a cottage for Heurtley on Marquette Island, in Michigan. The renovation included alterations to the bedrooms and bath on the first floor, and reconfiguring the basement to include a dining room, kitchen and servants quarters. Plans appear to indicate that the basement was built into the slope. He also designed a fireplace for the dining room. Published in the Illinois Historical Journal, Summer, 1993. Courtesy of the Illinois Historical Journal. Photograph unknown. 8 x 6 B&W Photograph. 0831.116.0523
C 1950
Herbert & Katherine Jacobs Residence I, Madison, Wisconsin Circa 1950 (1936 - S.234). Not dated. Set of 13 - 35mm slides. Viewed from the Southeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936. Text on sleeve: "A-20-Wr-93.4. Jacobs House 1. Ext: Vw. Fm. South." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount.
0831.89.0720
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0831.101.0720
1950
Herbert & Katherine Jacobs II Residence, Middleton, Wisc 1950 (1944 - S.283). Exterior view of the Jacobs II Residence from the Southwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1944. Photographed by Wayne Andrews, published in "Architecture in Chicago & Mid-America," Andrews, 1968, p.126. Mounted to dark gray board. Label pasted to board: "Arch. U.S.A. 20th cent. Frank Lloyd Wright. Res. Herbert Jacobs, Middleton, Wis. (1950). Wayne Andrews #1101. Indiana University, Fine Arts Department." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the Indiana University. Original 9.5 x 7.5 B&W Photograph. 0831.104.0920
1950
Arthur C. Mathews Residence, Atherton, CA, Perspective 1950 (1950 - S.331) (FLLW #5013). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950. Perspective view of the Arthur C. Mathews Residence. Somewhat "U" shaped, the house wraps around a central terrace. The designed is based on an equilateral parallelogram. Text: "View from Southwest. House for Mr. And Mrs. Arthur C. Mathews. Atherton, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." FLLW #5013.02. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.245. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0831.83.1219
1950
Arthur C. Mathews Residence, Atherton, CA, General Plan 1950 (1950 - S.331) (FLLW #5013). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950. General plan for the Arthur C. Mathews Residence. Somewhat "U" shaped, the house wraps around a central terrace. The designed is based on an equilateral parallelogram. Text: "House for Mr. And Mrs. Arthur C. Mathews. Atherton, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." Additional illustrations published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.245. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0831.84.1219
1950
1) Robert and Elizabeth Muirhead Residence, Plato Center, Illinois, Elevation 1950 (1950 - S.334). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950. Southeast elevation of the Robert and Elizabeth Muirhead Residence. The Muirhead were farmers, on the same land Robert's grandfather homesteaded in the 1860. When they took over the family farm, they found the two-story farm house inadequate for their family's needs. They were uninspired by the local architects and contacted Frank Lloyd Wright. On a trip to Taliesin, Spring Green, in the Summer of 1948, they met Frank Lloyd Wright and made the decision to have him design their house. It would be another two years before they would see the first set of plans. They needed a "farmhouse." A large dining room and kitchen for feeding groups of farmhands, but separated from their living room. Wright provided a solution. Initial plans separate the living room and bedroom wing from the dining, kitchen and office with a covered breeze way. They were pleased with the plans, but an open walkway on cold winter nights was not practical. The breeze way was enclosed. The open breeze way is clearly visible on the left. Text: "Southeast Elevation." Text lower left hand corner: "5019.03." FLLW... Continue... 0831.107.0721
1950
2) Robert and Elizabeth Muirhead Residence, Plato Center, Illinois, Perspective View 1950 (1950 - S.334). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950. Perspective view of the Robert and Elizabeth Muirhead Residence. The Muirhead were farmers, on the same land Robert's grandfather homesteaded in the 1860. When they took over the family farm, they found the two-story farm house inadequate for their family's needs. They were uninspired by the local architects and contacted Frank Lloyd Wright. On a trip to Taliesin, Spring Green, in the Summer of 1948, they met Frank Lloyd Wright and made the decision to have him design their house. It would be another two years before they would see the first set of plans. They needed a "farmhouse." A large dining room and kitchen for feeding groups of farmhands, but separated from their living room. Wright provided a solution. Initial plans separate the living room and bedroom wing from the dining, kitchen and office with a covered breeze way. They were pleased with the plans, but an open walkway on cold winter nights was not practical. The breeze way was enclosed. The open breeze way is clearly visible on the left. Text: "Residence for Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Muirhead. Plato... Continue... 0831.108.0721
1950
3) Robert and Elizabeth Muirhead Residence, Plato Center, Illinois, Ground Plan 1950 (1950 - S.334). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950. Ground Plan for the Robert and Elizabeth Muirhead Residence. The Muirhead were farmers, on the same land Robert's grandfather homesteaded in the 1860. When they took over the family farm, they found the two-story farm house inadequate for their family's needs. They were uninspired by the local architects and contacted Frank Lloyd Wright. On a trip to Taliesin, Spring Green, in the Summer of 1948, they met Frank Lloyd Wright and made the decision to have him design their house. It would be another two years before they would see the first set of plans. They needed a "farmhouse." A large dining room and kitchen for feeding groups of farmhands, but separated from their living room. Wright provided a solution. Initial plans separate the living room and bedroom wing from the dining, kitchen and office with a covered breeze way. They were pleased with the plans, but an open walkway on cold winter nights was not practical. The breeze way was enclosed. Note: This drawing was before breeze way was enclosed. Text: "Plan of House. Residence for Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Muirhead... Continue... 0831.109.0721
1950
4) Robert and Elizabeth Muirhead Residence, Plato Center, Illinois, Floor Plan 1950 (1950 - S.334). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950. Floor Plan for the Robert and Elizabeth Muirhead Residence. The Muirhead were farmers, on the same land Robert's grandfather homesteaded in the 1860. When they took over the family farm, they found the two-story farm house inadequate for their family's needs. They were uninspired by the local architects and contacted Frank Lloyd Wright. On a trip to Taliesin, Spring Green, in the Summer of 1948, they met Frank Lloyd Wright and made the decision to have him design their house. It would be another two years before they would see the first set of plans. They needed a "farmhouse." A large dining room and kitchen for feeding groups of farmhands, but separated from their living room. Wright provided a solution. Initial plans separate the living room and bedroom wing from the dining, kitchen and office with a covered breeze way. They were pleased with the plans, but an open walkway on cold winter nights was not practical. The enclosed breeze way is visible on this plan Text: "General Plan. Residence for Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Muirhead. Plato Center, Illinois. Frank Lloyd... Continue... 0831.110.0721
1950
New Theatre, West Hartford, Connecticut. "Frank Lloyd Wright, Left, world's most celebrated architect, is pictured discussing his controversial New Theater model with lovely Faye Emerson on whose TV-show, the architect was interviews. At the (center) is noted Playwright Tennessee Williams, who participated in the discussion. The site for the theatre is West Hartford, Connecticut, where the project is now being held up by the City Council. Mel Strauss, PL-9-6094. (Hand written: 9/22/1950.)" Assumed to be photographed by Mel Strauss, September 22, 1950. The interview aired on October 19, 1950. 7 x 6 B&W Print, High res digital image. (See additional information on the New Theater.) 0831.20.0110
1950
North Carolina State College
1) Frank Lloyd Wright Speaks at North Carolina State College (University of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC) 1950. On May 16, 1950, Frank Lloyd Wright visited the School of Design at North Carolina State University. He spoke to over 5,000 people at Reynolds Coliseum, at the time largest attendance for any US architecture lecture. He was given a rising ovation by the audience as he entered the Coliseum. He was introduced by H. Th. Wijdeveld, an early publisher of Wright's work in the magazine
Wendingen. He taught architecture in the U. S. Between 1947 and 1952. Wright described architecture as "the greatest of all the arts and mother of the arts, the very essence and soul of our culture. Organic architecture is founded upon the essential principles which we should call democracy. Organic architecture grows from within outward, a thing of the spirit. The nation's schools should revamp their curricula to educate a man to see himself as himself..." When he concluded his remarks, he received another ovation. Dean Henry L. Kamphoefner of the School of Design was the moderator during an open forum discussion following the address. Wright is speaking at the podium. Dean Henry L. Kamphoefner is seated behind him on the left, Hendrik Th. Wijdeveld is most likely seated on the right. 10 x 6.5 B&W photograph. Courtesy of the University of North Carolina.
0831.55.0517
1950
2) Frank Lloyd Wright Speaks and tours the North Carolina State College (University of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC) 1950. Wright walking with Henry L. Kamphoefner. On May 16, 1950, Frank Lloyd Wright visited the School of Design at North Carolina State University. He spoke to over 5,000 people at Reynolds Coliseum, at the time largest attendance for any US architecture lecture. He was given a rising ovation by the audience as he entered the Coliseum. He was introduced by H. Th. Wijdeveld, an early publisher of Wright's work in the magazine Wendingen. He taught architecture in the U. S. Between 1947 and 1952. Dean Henry L. Kamphoefner of the School of Design was responsible for Wright's visit and lecture at NC State College. 8 x 9.75 B&W photograph. Courtesy of the University of North Carolina. 0831.56.0517
1950
3) Frank Lloyd Wright Speaks and tours the North Carolina State College (University of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC) 1950. Wright, pointing with his cane, is walking with Henry L. Kamphoefner. On May 16, 1950, Frank Lloyd Wright visited the School of Design at North Carolina State University. He spoke to over 5,000 people at Reynolds Coliseum, at the time largest attendance for any US architecture lecture. He was given a rising ovation by the audience as he entered the Coliseum. He was introduced by H. Th. Wijdeveld, an early publisher of Wright's work in the magazine Wendingen. He taught architecture in the U. S. Between 1947 and 1952. Dean Henry L. Kamphoefner of the School of Design was responsible for Wright's visit and lecture at NC State College. 8 x 9.75 B&W photograph. Courtesy of the University of North Carolina. 0831.57.0517
1950
4) Frank Lloyd Wright Speaks and tours the North Carolina State College (University of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC) 1950. Wright is seated on a cushion, facing left, surrounded by a group of young men at the North Carolina State College. On May 16, 1950, Frank Lloyd Wright visited the School of Design at North Carolina State University. He spoke to over 5,000 people at Reynolds Coliseum, at the time largest attendance for any US architecture lecture. He was given a rising ovation by the audience as he entered the Coliseum. He was introduced by H. Th. Wijdeveld, an early publisher of Wright's work in the magazine Wendingen. He taught architecture in the U. S. Between 1947 and 1952. Dean Henry L. Kamphoefner of the School of Design was responsible for Wright's visit and lecture at NC State College. 8 x 9.75 B&W photograph. Courtesy of the University of North Carolina. 0831.58.0517
1950
5) Frank Lloyd Wright Speaks and tours the North Carolina State College (University of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC) 1950. Wright enters the Student Union at the North Carolina State College. Frank Lloyd Wright is on the left, Henry L. Kamphoefner, Dean of the School of Design is in the center, Frank Depasquale is on the right. On May 16, 1950, Frank Lloyd Wright visited the School of Design at NC State University. He spoke to over 5,000 people at Reynolds Coliseum, at the time largest attendance for any US architecture lecture. He was given a rising ovation by the audience as he entered the Coliseum. He was introduced by H. Th. Wijdeveld, an early publisher of Wright's work in the magazine Wendingen. He taught architecture in the U. S. Between 1947 and 1952. Dean Henry L. Kamphoefner of the School of Design was responsible for Wright's visit and lecture at NC State College. 8 x 9.75 B&W photograph. Courtesy of the University of North Carolina. 0831.59.0517
1950
6) Frank Lloyd Wright Speaks and tours the North Carolina State College (University of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC) 1950. Wright appears to be seated, facing right. His hands are folded and his can is resting on his left arm. A stage appears to be to the right. On May 16, 1950, Frank Lloyd Wright visited the School of Design at NC State University. He spoke to over 5,000 people at Reynolds Coliseum, at the time largest attendance for any US architecture lecture. He was given a rising ovation by the audience as he entered the Coliseum. He was introduced by H. Th. Wijdeveld, an early publisher of Wright's work in the magazine Wendingen. He taught architecture in the U. S. Between 1947 and 1952. Dean Henry L. Kamphoefner of the School of Design was responsible for Wright's visit and lecture at NC State College. 8 x 9.75 B&W photograph. Courtesy of the University of North Carolina. 0831.60.0517
1950
7) Frank Lloyd Wright Speaks and tours the North Carolina State College (University of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC) 1950. Wright appears to be standing, listening, and facing left. A stage appears to be to the right. On May 16, 1950, Frank Lloyd Wright visited the School of Design at NC State University. He spoke to over 5,000 people at Reynolds Coliseum, at the time largest attendance for any US architecture lecture. He was given a rising ovation by the audience as he entered the Coliseum. He was introduced by H. Th. Wijdeveld, an early publisher of Wright's work in the magazine Wendingen. He taught architecture in the U. S. Between 1947 and 1952. Dean Henry L. Kamphoefner of the School of Design was responsible for Wright's visit and lecture at NC State College. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. Courtesy of the University of North Carolina. 0831.61.0517
1950
8) Frank Lloyd Wright Speaks and tours the North Carolina State College (University of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC) 1950. Wright is heading for the car that appears to be waiting for him. The car door is being held open. The crowd behind him is watching him leave. On May 16, 1950, Frank Lloyd Wright visited the School of Design at NC State University. He spoke to over 5,000 people at Reynolds Coliseum, at the time largest attendance for any US architecture lecture. He was given a rising ovation by the audience as he entered the Coliseum. He was introduced by H. Th. Wijdeveld, an early publisher of Wright's work in the magazine Wendingen. He taught architecture in the U. S. Between 1947 and 1952. Dean Henry L. Kamphoefner of the School of Design was responsible for Wright's visit and lecture at NC State College. 8 x 9.75 B&W photograph. Courtesy of the University of North Carolina. 0831.62.0517
1950
Wilbur C. Pearce Residence, Bradbury, California, Ground Plan 1950 (1950 - S.320). (FLLW #5114). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950. Ground plan for the Wilbur C. Pearce Residence. Constructed of concrete block and Honduras mahogany. Nestled on a ridge in the southern foothills is the Wilbur C. Pearce Residence, with a spectacular view of the San Gabriel Valley. Very similar to the Laurent Residence (S.319) designed one year earlier. Wright designed a number of semi-circular and circular buildings. Text: "Residence for Mr. And Mrs. Wilbur C. Pearce. Monrovia, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." Additional illustrations published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.249. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0831.85.1219
C 1950
Ravine Bluffs : Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway Station Circa 1950 (1911 - FLLW.1123). Viewed from the South. One of two designs FLW created for Sherman Booth. This one had a flat roof, the second had a pitched roof. Located at the corner of Old Green Bay Road and Maple Hill in Glencoe, Illinois. It featured a flat roof, a heated room in the winter, and a covered area when it rained. From 1911 - 1915, FLW was commissioned by Sherman Booth to design homes and a suburban development in Glencoe, Illinois, the Ravine Bluffs Development. The project included both public and private buildings. Sherman Booth House, Municipal Art Gallery, Sherman Booth Summer Cottage, Architectural Features for Parker Way, Glencoe Town Hall, Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway Stations, Sherman Booth Stable and Garage, Ravine Bluffs Bridge and Concrete Street Lamp, Sherman Booth House Scheme, Ravine Bluffs Development and Five Rental House. The electric trains ran until July 1955, and the stations that served the line were eventually demolished. The sign on the end of the station reads "Green Bay Road, Glencoe." 10 x 5.75 B&W photograph. 0831.67.1217
1950
Bernard Schwartz Residence, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, C 1950 (1939 - S.271). A year after Frank Lloyd Wright published his design for a family with $5,000-6,000 income in Life Magazine, the basic concept was built for Bernard Schwartz. Wright did not include a Living Room, but called it the "Recreation Room." The smaller seating area he called the "Lounge." This is the "Lounge," tucked into the corner, and includes built-in seating and shelves. Just to the left, out of frame is a fireplace. Label pasted to mounting: "Frank Lloyd Wright. Re. Bernard Schwarz (sic), Two Rivers, Wis. (1939). Living Room. Wayne Andrews #1583. Indiana University Fine Arts Department." Original 9.5 x 7.75 B&W photograph. 0831.52.1216
1950
S.C. Johnson Research Tower, 1950. Round Mezzanines are visible through the glass tubing. The Research Tower was designed in 1944, construction began in 1947 and the opening ceremony was held on November 17, 1950. Published in "A Testament" Wright,1957, page 172-173. "Frank Lloyd Wright, His Life, His Work, His Words" Wright, 1966, page 133. "Frank Lloyd Wright and the Johnson Wax Building" Lipman, 1986, page 158 (dates image at 1950). Original silver gelatin photo. 8 x 10. 0831.19.1109
C 1950
S.C. Johnson Research Tower (1944 - S.238), circa 1950. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1944, the tower opened in November 1950. The tower was designed with a center core the was 54 feet deep. Fifteen floors cantilevered out from the core, floors alternated square and round, reaching a height of 153 feet. Stamped on verso: "Johnson Wax Photo, Neg #14260, S. C. Johnson & Son Inc., Racine, Wisconsin." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0831.48.0216
C 1950
S.C. Johnson Headquarters Circa 1950 (1936 - S.237 and 1944 - S.238). View of the Great Workroom. Label on sleeve: "Arch. USA Wright, F.L. Johnson Wax & Res. Cen. Ad. Bldg. Wkr. 1936-39. Tower 1948-50. Racine, Wisconsin." Original 35mm Color slide encased in glass and 5 x 8 high res digital image.
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C 1950
SC Johnson Advertising Department Reception Room Circa 1950 (1944 - S.238). The Advertising Department is in the Southeast corner of the Research Tower complex. Designed in 1944, the tower complex opened in November 1950. The dome above the reception room is similar to one of the designed first proposed for the Guggenheim Museum (0987.35). Also see The Solomon Guggenheim Museum, Pfeiffer, 1994, cover (1994.16). Similar view published in , Frank Lloyd Wright and the Johnson Wax Building, Lipman, 1986, page 166. Stamped on verso: "Filed Dec 19 1967." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0831.78.0819
C 1950
Oscar Steffens Residence (1909 - S.153) Circa 1950. Viewed from the Northwest, across the street on Rogers Avenue. The covered Porch is on the left, Living Room in the center and Dining Room on the far right. The front sidewalk that started at Rogers Avenue and passed in front of the Living Room to the Entrance, has been removed and the front yard has been paved. The exterior walls have been covered with asbestos shingles. Storm windows cover the Porch and Living Room windows. An apartment building on Eastlake Terrace can be seen in the background on the far right. Photographed by John Gordon Replinger. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. Original 9 x 7.2 B&W print. For more information see our Wright Study on the Oscar Steffens Residence. 0831.26.0512
C 1950s
George D. Sturges House, Circa 1950s (1939 - S.272). Set of 7 35mm slides of Sturges Residence. Viewed from the Southwest, the Living Room and fireplace are located on the Southern end of the home. The entrance is just to the right of the fireplace mass, and is sheltered by the carport on the left. The large fireplace mass adds a counterbalance to the cantilevered portion of the house and deck. Constructed of brick and redwood, the bottom portion of the cantilevered house and deck are enclosed in redwood. The cantilevered deck is covered with a trellis. These slides were purchased from an estate sale with slides from the 1940s and 1950s. They are in color, but the color balance is so off that we have reduced them to B&W. Stamped on face: "1. Made in U. S. A." Verso: "Processed by Color Photo, Inc. Ektachrome Transparency." Not dated. Original 35mm color slide and high-res B&W image.
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C 1950-55
George D. Sturges House, Los Angeles, CA, Circa 1950-55 (1939 - S.272). Not Dated. Set of 10 - exterior and interior 35mm slides. View of the Sturges Residence from the Northeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Sturges House. 4-5. Sturges House. Ext., View from Northeast. Brentwood, CA, USA. 1939. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount.
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C 1950
Suntop Homes, Armore, PA, Circa 1950 (1938 - S.248). Designed for Otto Mallery, Tod Company, Armore, PA. It was originally entitled "The Ardmore Experiment" by Frank Lloyd Wright. But when Otto Tod Mallery presents plans to the Armore neighbors, they objected to an "Experiment" on their street. Wright retitled it The Armore "Suntop Houses". Although delayed for a full year, designed were finally approved (Architectural Forum, August, 1939, pp142-3). The top level is a roof deck, for "sunning", thus the name "Suntop." Although plans were drawn for four units, only one was built. Construction began on May 1, 1939. Each unit had a basement utility room, carport and two story living room on the first level. The second level had the Dining Room and kitchen, with a balcony overlooking the living room below, Master Bedroom with outside balcony, small bedroom or nursery and bath. The third level had two bedrooms and the Sun Terrace. View of unit 156 from the south. The Carport is on the lower left, under the Master Bedroom balcony directly above. The Living Room is to the right. The Sun Terrace is above. Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Text on face: "A U.S. Ardmore, Pennsylvania." "Ardmore (Pa.) Suntop house. 1939. Frank Lloyd Wright." Hand written on verso: "Ardmore (Pa) Suntop homes... Continue... 0831.112.0622
C 1950 
Hillside Home School, Taliesin Fellowship Complex Circa 1950 (1932- - S.228). View from the Southwest. Ellen (Nell) and Jane Lloyd Jones, Frank Lloyd Wright's aunts, formed the Hillside Home School in 1887 and ran it until 1915 when it closed. Wright designed Hillside Home School II in 1902, which was completed in 1903. It eventually became part of the Taliesin Fellowship complex. When Wright began the Taliesin Fellowship in 1932, he began restoring and remodeling the building. The building was constructed of light rose colored sandstone, heavy oak beams and red roof tiles. The gymnasium/theatre was on the left, two floors of classrooms and offices in the center, and a three story assembly hall on the right. Photographed by Wayne Andrews before the fire that destroyed the theatre and classrooms in the Spring of 1952. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. (See progression of the Hillside Home School / Taliesin Complex) 0831.44.0215
1968

Taliesin, Spring Green Circa 1950 (Taliesin III 1925 - S.218). Viewed from the East, from across the lake. Frank Lloyd Wright borrowed the term Taliesin, Welsh for "Shining Brow," positioning the home just under the crown of the hill. Acquired from the archives of the New York Sun. New York Sun was published between 1833 and 1950. It published the New York Morning Sun and the New York Evening Sun editions. In 1920 the Morning Sun was closed, and it was simply called the New York Sun. In 1950 it was sold and merged into the New York World-Telegram. Stamped on verso: "May 16 1968." Hand written on verso: "#3. Bldgs, Frank Lloyd Wright. Taliesin. Kem." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.

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C 1950
Taliesin, Spring Green Circa 1950 (Taliesin III 1925 - S.218). Viewed from the South. Tower and Hill Apartments. "The Hill Tower was originally planned primarily as a farm unit but was later adapted for housing and fellowship functions." "Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin," Henning, 2011, page 36. In 1935 (0397.26) the stonework on the far left intersected the wall to its right, without the gap that is seen in this image. A long vertical window has been added within that gap. Acquired from the archives of the New York Sun. New York Sun was published between 1833 and 1950. It published the New York Morning Sun and the New York Evening Sun editions. In 1920 the Morning Sun was closed, and it was simply called the New York Sun. In 1950 it was sold and merged into the New York World-Telegram. Stamped on verso: "May 16 1968." Hand written on verso: "#5. Bldgs, Frank Lloyd Wright. Taliesin. Kem." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0831.68.1217
C 1950
Taliesin, Spring Green Apprentice Picnic Circa 1950 (Taliesin III 1925 - S.218). Apprentice picnic at Taliesin near remains of Midway Gardens. Possibly one of the Sunday afternoon picnics. Photographed by Allan J. Gelbin, apprentice from 1949 - 1953. There appears to be the remains of five Sprite, possibly a partial figure from the interior fountain and three decorative blocks. Mr. And Mrs. Wright are seated on the ground in the center. For an additional view of the remains at Taliesin, A Way Of Life, Gottlieb, 2001, p.35. Text on sleeve: "A-20-Gel-ArchFLW-0-5. Portraits & Bkgrd. Materials. Mr. & Mrs. Wright, A.D..A." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0831.88.0520
C 1950
Taliesin West, Scottsdale, AZ, Garden Room Circa 1950 (1937 - S.241). Not Dated. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1937, but work continued at Taliesin West until his death. A piano and harp can be seen in the background as is the quartet music stand. An Origami Armchair can be seen in the foreground. The massive fireplace has not yet been constructed. For dating see S#857.51-18. Possibly photographed by Peter Maunu. 9 x 6 B&W photograph. 0831.119.0624
1950
V.C. Morris Gift Shop, Floor Plan1950 (1948 - S.310). Floor plan published on the inside front cover of "V.C. Morris." Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. One of the main design features of the V. C. Morris Gift Shop is the ramp that leads from the first floor to the second. Although construction of the Guggenheim Museum (1956 - s.400) did not begin until 1956, Frank Lloyd Wright first conceived the spiral ramp for the Guggenheim in 1943. The V. C. Morris Gift Shop was Frank Lloyd Wright's first opportunity to complete a circular ramp, which connected the first and second floors. 8 x 10 Color photograph. 0831.69.0418
Circa 1950
Mrs. Clinton (Della) Walker (1948 - S.306). Possibly a reception with Della Walker, circa 1950. Frank Lloyd Wright standing with a group of people looking at the camera.. He is wearing a suite and tie, a gold chain runs up to his breast pocket. He is holding a glass in his right hand, his left is in his coat pocket. He appears to be at a reception close to Monterey, California. Carmel is adjacent to Monterey. The Fawcett home (1955 - S.385) in Los Banos is an hour and a half away. The Kundert Medical Clinic (1955 - S.397), San Luis Obispo, CA, is two and a quarter hours away. Possibly Della Walker is the women to the right of Wright. Stamped on face: "Lee Blaisdell, Photographer." Stamped on verso: "Lee Blaisdell Photo Service. Monterey, Calif." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0831.41.0215
Circa 1950 
Mrs. Clinton (Della) Walker (1948 - S.306). Possibly a reception with Della Walker, circa 1950. Frank Lloyd Wright sitting with a group of men. He is looking to the left, jestering with his right hand. Same suit and tie as (S.831.41), but has added an overcoat. He appears to be at a reception close to Monterey, California. Carmel is adjacent to Monterey. The Fawcett home (1955 - S.385) in Los Banos is an hour and a half away. The Kundert Medical Clinic (1955 - S.397), San Luis Obispo, CA, is two and a quarter hours away. Stamped on face: "Lee Blaisdell, Photographer." Stamped on verso: "Lee Blaisdell Photo Service. Monterey, Calif." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0831.42.0215
Circa 1950 
Chauncey L. Williams Residence, River Forest, Illinois, Circa 1950 (1895 - S.033). In 1895 Chauncey Williams hired Frank Lloyd Wright to design a home for him in Oak Park (now River Forest). Chauncey L. Williams Residence viewed from the East. The octagonal Library is on the left, entrance is in the center, the semi-octagonal Dining Room is on the right. The dormers were remodeled in 1900. The original dormers were square, bordering a semi-circle, replicating the shape front door. The remodel added a peak matching the peak over the Library and Dining Room. It also eliminating the half circle. The semi-circular portion of the front door is embellished with circular designs. The semi-circular theme is also carried into the terrace in the front of the house. Photographed by J. G. Replinger. Text lower left hand corner: "73338." 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0831.79.1019
Circa 1950
Frank Lloyd Wright along the Pacific Coast, possibly Carmel California on a visit to the area, circa 1950. Possibly on a visit to the Walker Residence (1948 - S.306) in Carmel California. Wright is standing with his arms behind his back, looking to the right. He is wearing a hat. A wind swept evergreen tree is in the background. Vegetation appears coastal. Overcoat appears to match the coat in (S#831.42). Original 8 x 10 color photograph. 0831.43.0215
1950
Wright at 83, 1950. (Brandoch approximate age 8). Frank Lloyd Wright and grandson, Brandoch Peters. His parents were architect William Wesley Peters and Svetlana Hinzenburg, Wright's adopted daughter from Olgivanna's previous marriage. In 1946 when Brandoch was four years old, his mother Svetlana and brother Daniel, were killed in an automobile accident at Taliesin in 1946. The Wrights helped raise Brandoch and raised him as their own. He grew up at Taliesin at his grandfather's side. The verso is stamped "Edgar L. Obma, A.P.S.A. Master of Photography. Dodgeville, Wisconsin." (Note: Obma Studio opened in Dodgeville on March 1, 1941 after Edgar and his wife Elizabeth purchased the former Letcher Studio. They were married for 38 years. He passed away on January 31, 1976, she on October 5, 2002.) 8 x 10 print, High res digital image. 0831.18.0709
1950
Wright at 83. 1950. Studio portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright in suit and tie, facing forward, looking slightly to the left. Photographed by Edgar L. Obma, Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Possibly photographed at the same time as portrait of Wright and Brandoch Peters. (We have verified a copy of this photograph that is dated August 24, 1950.) Press photograph for exhibition at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., opening July 1, 1988. Label taped to verso: "Exhibition: "Frank Lloyd Wright: In the Realm of Idea", an exhibition that explores the ideas and achievements of architectural theorist, designer and educator Frank Lloyd Wright..." (Note: Obma Studio opened in Dodgeville on March 1, 1941 after Edgar and his wife Elizabeth purchased the former Letcher Studio. They were married for 38 years. He passed away on January 31, 1976, she on October 5, 2002.) Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0831.24.0811
1950
Wright at 63 and 83, 1930 and 1950. UPI Caption: "4/9/59 - Phoenix, Arizona: Frank Lloyd Wright, 89, dean of American architects, died 4/9 in St. Joseph's Hospital here. Wright underwent an operation 4/6. He is shown her in 1926 (1930) photo (top) and 1950 photo (bottom). UPI Telephoto/Files." 1930 photograph published in "My Father Who is on Earth", Wright 1946, page 195, and "Truth Against The World", Meehan, 1987, page 122. Also used in the 1932 Poster. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune. Original 7 x 9.2 B&W Print. (1930 - S#249.21) (1950 - S#831.22) 0831.22.0910
Circa 1950
Wright in his 80s, Circa 1950s. Frank Lloyd Wright walking in the garden at Taliesin, Spring Green. Wright walking to the right. Wearing a suit and tie, overcoat, scarf and hat, a cane is in his right hand. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0831.27.0612
Circa 1950
David & Gladys Wright House Site Circa 1950 (1950 - S.322). Frank Lloyd Wright visits the site of David & Gladys Wright's house, Phoenix, Arizona. In 1950, David Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright's fourth child, asked his father to design a home for he and his wife on a lot they owned in Phoenix. Wright called the design "How to live in the Southwest", which was published in the June 1953, "House & Home." The lot was located in the middle of a citric grove, so Wright designed the living space to float above the tree line. David owned a company that manufactured and distributed concrete block. The decorative blocks were designed specifically for this home. Others were standard blocks manufactured by his company. At some point during the beginning of 1950, Wright must have visited the site. After studying the view from the site, we were able to confirm that the view of the Camelback Mountains in the background, matches the view from the site. Note: This photographs was published on the cover of The Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, Spring, 1997, and is dated February 5, 1952. But, if this is the site of David Wright's home, as we suspect, it appears to be a vacant lot, void of construction, which would date this photograph 1950. The car Wright is leaning against is a 1948 Buick Eight Roadmaster. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0831.87.0320
Circa 1950-1955
David & Gladys Wright House, set of 31 historic photographs. David & Gladys Wright House 1950-1955. Frank Lloyd Wright designed this home for his fourth child David, in March, 1950. Wright called the design "How to live in the Southwest", and was published in the June 1953, "House & Home." The lot was located in the middle of a citric grove, so Wright designed the living space to float above the tree line. David owned a company that manufactured and distributed concrete block. The decorative blocks were designed specifically for this home. Others were standard blocks manufactured by his company. Courtesy of the David & Gladys Wright family. As originally designed by Wright, when visitors approach the home from the drive, they walk under the main level, across the garden court, past the pool, under the master bedroom which cantilevers over the ramp, to the base of the ramp. To the left is the massive circular column...  Continue... 0831.37.0614
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1951
1951
Gabrielle and Charlcy V. Austin Residence Drawing Negatives, 1951-1954 (1951 - S.345). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1951, it was completed in 1954 on a two-acre sloping lot. Walls were constructed of Dessert Rubblestone and concrete in the manner of Taliesin West. The walls slope in as they rise. Forms were constructed, filled with rock, and concrete was then poured into the forms. Like many of Wright's Usonian homes, floors were concrete embedded with pipe for the radiant heating system, and tinted Cherokee red. Cypress was used on the walls and ceilings as was most of the furniture. The Living Room included built-in seating as well as a massive fireplace. The Workspace (kitchen) ceiling is 18' high, capped with a skylight. Although Wright specified cedar shingles, asphalt shingles where used, most likely due to cost. One of only two homes in South Carolina, the other is Auldbrass. Wright named the home "Broad Margin." Set of twelve B&W negatives of the Austin blueprints. 35mm B&W negative and 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
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1951
Butterfly Wing Bridge 1951 (Project: 1947/1949/1951). Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Butterfly Wing Bridge (project) in 1947 for Spring Green, Wisconsin, for the Wisconsin Highway commission (FLLW Foundation #4723). The project was rejected. In 1949, Wright expanded on his Butterfly Wing Bridge (project) for Southern Bay, Second Crossing, San Francisco, California (FLLW Foundation #47921). Neither projects were completed. Wright proposed his bridge project a third time, although plans were never completed. Robert C. Twombly wrote: "...Four years later in 1951, Wright renewed his offered to build a butterfly bridge, this time free of charge at the state's most famous tourist spot, the Wisconsin Dells. Claiming that no one this side of Switzerland designed decent bridges but that his would preserve the area's beauty as well as be a work of art, he wanted to locate the span at scenic Echo Point, thereby provoking a confrontation with businessman looking for a feeder into the town of Wisconsin Dells, half a mile away." Frank Lloyd Wright, His Life and His Architecture, 1979, p.377. Clipping pasted to verso: "The widely known Wisconsin architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, has offered to design a bridge to replace this one at Wisconsin Dells. There is a controversy in the Dells area over the type of bridge... Continue... 0857.38.0919
1951
Charles A. Brown Residence, Evanston, Illinois, Perspective 1951 (1905 - S.110). Perspective view of the Brown Residence viewed from the Northwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905. The exterior walls of the house are board and batten, and extend up to the sills of the second floor windows. The horizontal band of windows and stucco surrounds all four side and extends to the roof line. The sills match the light color of the stucco. The windows are trimmed in wood, and trim is also used to as a design element between windows. Text lower right: Photographed by J. G. Replinger. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. 10 x 8 B&W photographs. 0857.62.1123
1951
1) Fallingwater, Kaufman House, Bear Run, Pennsylvania, 1951 (S.230 - 1935). Set of 6 B&W photographs dated 1951. View of Fallingwater from across the stream. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935, the living room and terraces are cantilevered over the stream. A sculpture, child on a horse, can be seen in the foreground on the right. The living space is on the lower level, bedrooms are on the upper levels. Set of six B&L photographs. Original 9.5 x 6.5 B&W photograph. 0857.54.0122
1951
2) Fallingwater, Kaufman House, Bear Run, Pennsylvania, 1951 (S.230 - 1935). Set of 6 B&W photographs dated 1951. View of Fallingwater from the bridge. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935, the living room and terraces are cantilevered over the stream. The living space is on the lower level, bedrooms are on the upper levels. Set of six B&L photographs. Original 9.5 x 6.5 B&W photograph. 0857.55.0122
1951
3) Fallingwater, Kaufman House, Bear Run, Pennsylvania, 1951 (S.230 - 1935). Set of 6 B&W photographs dated 1951. View of Fallingwater from the bridge. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935, the living room and terraces are cantilevered over the stream. The living space is on the lower level, bedrooms are on the upper levels. Set of six B&L photographs. Original 9.5 x 6.5 B&W photograph. 0857.56.0122
1951
4) Fallingwater, Kaufman House, Bear Run, Pennsylvania, 1951 (S.230 - 1935). Set of 6 B&W photographs dated 1951. View as you approach the main entrance to Fallingwater. Trellis over the driveway is anchored into the hillside. The entrance is beyond the corner. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935. Unidentified male petting a dog is in the lower right hand corner. Set of six B&L photographs. Original 6.5 x 9.5 B&W photograph. 0857.57.0122
1951
5) Fallingwater, Kaufman House, Bear Run, Pennsylvania, 1951 (S.230 - 1935). Set of 6 B&W photographs dated 1951. View of the main entrance to Fallingwater. The entrance is to the left. Trellis over the driveway is anchored into the hillside. Wright designed the trellis around existing trees. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935. Set of six B&L photographs. Original 6.5 x 9.5 B&W photograph. 0857.58.0122
1951
6) Fallingwater, Kaufman House, Bear Run, Pennsylvania, 1951 (S.230 - 1935). Set of 6 B&W photographs dated 1951. View of the main entrance to Fallingwater from above. Trellis over the driveway is anchored into the hillside. Wright designed the trellis around existing trees. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935. Set of six B&L photographs. Original 6.5 x 9.5 B&W photograph. 0857.59.0122
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Florida Southern College, Administration Buildings. Emile E. Watson (1945 - S.255B) and Benjamin Fine (1945 - S.255C) 1951. Viewed from the Southeast. Students standing, sitting and walking around waterdome. The Administration Buildings, two separate buildings joined by the Esplanades, were completed in 1948. The Esplanades can be seen on the left. The Benjamin Fine Administration Building is in the foreground adjacent to the water dome. The Emile E. Watson Administration Building is in the background on the left and right. Bernard Elmo Fulghum (1898-1972) was the contractor. Caption glued to verso: "The Frank Lloyd Wright designed administration building and waterdome at Florida Southern College." Stamped on verso: "Florida Southern College, Public Relations Department, Lakeland, Florida." "Photo by Harold Sanborn." "Mar 11 1951." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0857.15.0514
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Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel (1938 - S251) Lakeland, Florida, Circa 1951. Viewed from the Northwest. This was the first Wright building at Florida Southern College. The ground breaking ceremony was held on May 24, 1938. Dedicated or the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel was held on March 9, 1941. The Esplanades, covered walkways, can be seen in the foreground. Text on face: "Sanborn Photo Service." Stamped on verso: "Florida Southern College, Public Relations Dept., Lakeland, Florida." "Sanborn Photo Service, Lakeland, Florida." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0857.11.0113
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Florida Southern College, E. T. Roux Library (1941 - S.252) Lakeland, Florida, Circa 1951. The design is dated 1941, but due to the war was not completed until 1945. The library was named after Edwin Timanus (E. T.) Roux (1876-1946). Sometime between 1969 and 1970 the library was renamed the Thad Buckner Building. Construction superintendent for the Library was Robert D. Wehr, a member of the faculty. The dedication ceremony was held on March 17, 1945. Viewed from the Southeast, most likely from the balcony of the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel. Published in "Florida Southern College, Lakeland", 1953, p. 7 (airbrushed), and "Of Fact and Fancy", Thrift, 1979, p. 143. Label pasted to verso: "Exterior, The E. T. Roux Library, Florida Southern College, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0857.12.0113
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Florida Southern College, E. T. Roux Library interior (1941 - S.252) Lakeland, Florida, Circa 1951. The design is dated 1941, but due to the war was not completed until 1945. The library was named after Edwin Timanus (E. T.) Roux (1876-1946). Sometime between 1969 and 1970 the library was renamed the Thad Buckner Building. Construction superintendent for the Library was Robert D. Wehr, a member of the faculty. The dedication ceremony was held on March 17, 1945. View of the interior from the Southwest. The librarian's desk is in the center of the circular room. A fireplace is directly behind the desk. Published in "Florida Southern College, Lakeland", 1953, p. 6. The caption reads, "...Mr. Wright's design for natural lighting is so perfect that artificial illumination is needed only in the evening hours." Also published in "Of Fact and Fancy", Thrift, 1979, p. 78. Label pasted to verso: "Interior, The E. T. Roux Library, Florida Southern College, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." Stamped on verso: "Photograph by Paul Wille." "Nov 7 1955". Published clipping taped to verso and stamped "Nov 20 1955." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0857.13.0113 0857.14.0113
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Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Lakeland, Florida, Circa 1951 (1938 - S251). Viewed from the Southeast. Annie Pfeiffer Chapel was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1938. The Esplanades is partially completed on the East side of the Chapel. The William H. Danforth Minor Chapel (1954 - S.258) can not be seen to the far left. This was the first Wright building at Florida Southern College. The ground breaking ceremony was held on May 24, 1938. Dedicated or the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel was held on March 9, 1941. Published in Perspectives, Summer 1953, p.119; Marg, December 1953, p.10. Published in Architecture in America, Andrews, 1960, on the cover and p.146. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "W 20, USA Arch. Wright, Frank Lloyd: 1869-. Lakeland, Florida. Pfeiffer Chapel, Florida Southern. 1940. (East.) Photo: Andrews 1087." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 9 x 7.75 B&W Photograph. 0857.42.0420
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Florida Southern College, E. T. Roux Library, Lakeland, Florida, Circa 1951 (1941 - S252). Viewed from the Southeast. The Roux Library was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1941, but not completed until 1945, due to the war. The Esplanades is visible on the right. The library was named after Edwin Timanus (E. T.) Roux (1876-1946). Sometime between 1969 and 1970 the library was renamed the Thad Buckner Building. Construction superintendent for the Library was Robert D. Wehr, a member of the faculty. The dedication ceremony was held on March 17, 1945. Published in Perspectives, Summer 1953, p.118. Published in Architecture in America, Andrews, 1960, p.146. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "W 20, USA Arch. Wright, Frank Lloyd: 1869-. Lakeland, Florida. Roux Library, Florida Southern. 1942. (South.) Photo: Andrews 1092." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 9.5 x 7.75 B&W Photograph. 0857.43.0420
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Florida Southern College, Administration Building, Lakeland, Florida, Circa 1951 (1946 - S255). Viewed from the Southwest. The Administration Building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1946. The Esplanades is visible on the left, leading to the Administration Building to the right. Curved stairs lead up to the Water Dome on the far right. The Administration Buildings, two separate buildings is joined by the Esplanades, and completed in 1948. The Water Dome, a 160 foot in diameter circular pool, was first filled in early 1948. The Emile E. Watson Administration Building is in the background on the left. The Benjamin Fine Administration Building sets on the pools edge. The Water Dome is on the far right. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "W 20, USA Arch. Wright, Frank Lloyd: 1869-. Lakeland, Florida. Administration Building, Florida Southern. 1948. (Closeup.) Photo: Andrews 1096." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W Photograph. 0857.44.0420
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Huntington Hartford Art Colony, New York, Circa 1951. After Huntington Hartford abandoned the resort Frank Lloyd Wright designed for the 160 acres Hartford owned in the Hollywood Hills, he turned his attention to utilizing the property for an arts community. According to the UCLA Library, Special Collection, which houses all the documents related to the Foundation, in December 1948, Huntington Hartford established the Huntington Hartford Foundation; its purpose was to foster community creativity in the arts through fellowships which provided subsistence, living quarters and partial supplies at the Foundation's location in Rustic Canyon, Pacific Palisades, California. Applicants for fellowships were screened by three admissions committees (literary, music and art). He hired Lloyd Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright's son, to designed a studio apartment building for the property. Huntington ended the Foundation in September 1965. Published in the February 4, 1952 issue of Life Magazine. 9 x 7 B&W photograph. (See our Wright Study on the Huntington Hartford Resort Project.) 0857.26.0561
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Dr. Allison W. Harlan House, Chicago, Illinois, 1951 (1892 - S.018). View of the Harlan House from the Northeast. Designed in 1892 while Frank Lloyd Wright still worked for Louis Sullivan, it is considered one of Wright's "bootlegged" houses. What used to stand with open space on either side is now crowded by apartment buildings. This view shows the major change to the original cantilevered balcony. It appears more as a decorative element than a balcony. The Sullivanesque panels that covered the face and sides of the balcony was either discarded or added under the new balcony. The bracing added under the revised balcony is visible. The entrance is reached on the left side. Five sets of floor to ceiling doors (and or windows) in the Living Room open to an enclosed Terrace. Photographed by Harriet Dyer Adams. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0857.40.0420
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Dr. Allison W. Harlan House, Chicago, Illinois, 1951 (1892 - S.018). View of the Southeast corner of the Harlan House. Designed in 1892 while Frank Lloyd Wright still worked for Louis Sullivan, it is considered one of Wright's "bootlegged" houses. This view shows the major change to the original cantilevered balcony. It appears more as a decorative element than a balcony. The Sullivanesque panels that covered the face and sides of the balcony was either discarded or added under the new balcony. The bracing added under the revised balcony is visible. The entrance is reached through the opening below the house numbers. Photographed by Harriet Dyer Adams. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0857.41.0420
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Charles L. Manson House, Wausau, Wisconsin, Circa 1951 (1938 - S.249). Viewed from the Southwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1938. This is considered by many to be Wright's fourth Usonian House. The first being Jacobs I (1936 - S#234). The second, the Hanna House (1936 - S#235). The third, the Ben Rebhuhn House (1937 - S#240), a design reworked to conform to Usonian principles. Rebhuhn was Wright's publisher at Horizon Press. Fourth, the Charles L. Manson House (1938). Where as the Jacobs I and somewhat the Hanna are L-shaped Usonians, and the Rebhuhn a cruciform, the Manson is generally in-line. Wright eliminated most 90 degree corners, utilizing 30- and 60-degree angles enabling the feel of the house to flow from one end to the other. Constructed of brick and cypress, the house is built on a sloping lot. One of Manson's hobbies was photography, hence Wright added a darkroom to the design on the second level. This image possibly photographed by Charles L. Manson. Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph. 0857.02.0207
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Charles L. Manson House, Wausau, Wisconsin, Circa 1951 (1938 - S.249). Viewed from the Southeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1938. This is considered by many to be Wright's fourth Usonian House. The first being Jacobs I (1936 - S#234). The second, the Hanna House (1936 - S#235). The third, the Ben Rebhuhn House (1937 - S#240), a design reworked to conform to Usonian principles. Rebhuhn was Wright's publisher at Horizon Press. Fourth, the Charles L. Manson House (1938). Where as the Jacobs I and somewhat the Hanna are L-shaped Usonians, and the Rebhuhn a cruciform, the Manson is generally in-line. Wright eliminated most 90 degree corners, utilizing 30- and 60-degree angles enabling the feel of the house to flow from one end to the other. Constructed of brick and cypress, the house is built on a sloping lot. One of Manson's hobbies was photography, hence Wright added a darkroom to the design on the second level. This image possibly photographed by Charles L. Manson. Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph. 0857.03.0207
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S.C. Johnson Headquarters Circa 1951 (1936 - S.237). Administration building Penthouse. View of Herbert Johnson's office. Possibly after the 1951 remodel. When comparing this view to the 1939 view, published in "Frank Lloyd Wright and the Johnson Wax Building," 1986, page 114, the outside wall in the background on the left has been raised about three feet. Also, setting on that wall is a portrait of Wright taken in 1950. Stamped on verso: "Dec 19 1967." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0857.28.0817
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S.C. Johnson Headquarters, Racine, Wisconsin, Circa 1951 (1936 - S.237). Interior view of the Great Workroom. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936. Photographed by Wayne Andrews, possibly in 1951 when he photographed S.C. Johnson Headquarters. Other photographed published in Architecture, Ambition and Americans, Andrews, 1955, and Architecture in Chicago & Mid-America, Andrews, 1968, p.120-121. Mounted to dark gray board. Label pasted to board: "Arch. U.S.A. 20th cent. Frank Lloyd Wright. Johnson Wax Adm. Bldg., Racine, Wis. (1939). Int., West. Wayne Andrews #1220. Indiana University, Fine Arts Department." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the Indiana University. Original 9.5 x 7.5 B&W Photograph. 0857.45.0920
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Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Florence, 1951. Exhibition catalog for Sixty Years of Living Architecture, 1951, Florence, Italy. "Mostra di Frank Lloyd Wright. Firenze, Palazzo Strzzi, 24 giugno - settembre 1951. (Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibition. Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, 24 June - September 1951. Itinerary Catalog.)" "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. 7.25 x 10 B&W photograph. (S#857.50) 0857.50.0321
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Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Florence, 1951. Floor Plan for exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Detailed plan for the exhibition. Lower right corner: "Oscar Stonoroiv, Architect. February 1951." 10 x 7.75 Color photograph. Courtesy of the University of Wyoming. 0857.49.0321
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Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Florence, 1951. Oscar Stonorov (right) touring "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" Exhibition, Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Background photograph on the left: One of three Introductory panels. Middle: Frank Lloyd Wright in his studio at Taliesin. The Call Building Model sets behind him. Photographed by Pedro Guerrero in 1947. Background photograph on the right: One of three Introductory panels. Right: Taliesin West, his home in the Arizona desert near Phoenix, from November to May. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright / Sixty Years of Living Architecture, 1952 Exhibition, Moser, 1952, p.66. Also see Wright on Exhibit, Smith, 2017, p.188, for example of layout in 1952. 10 x 7.25 B&W photograph. Courtesy of the University of Wyoming. 0857.46.0321
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Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Florence, 1951. Frank Lloyd Wright and Oscar Stonorov viewing model of the Guggenheim Museum at "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" Exhibition, Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Model is possibly #88: "A Modern Gallery for the Guggenheim Foundation, New York City. 1943." See Wright on Exhibit, Smith, 2017, p.185, for an example of the model setup in 1952. 10 x 7.5 B&W photograph. Courtesy of the University of Wyoming. 0857.47.0321
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Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Florence, 1951. Frank Lloyd Wright and a large group viewing model of the 12' x 12' Broadacre City at "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" Exhibition, Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Broadacre City Model is #51: "A conception of the ideal modern decentralized community. Scale of the model: 4 square miles. This area includes 2200 one-acre plots. Protesting against the exaggerated and inhuman concentration in American cities, Broadacre City is designed for the direct contact of man with nature and his country side" Left to right: Ologivanna Lloyd Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruno Zevi (Partial view), Kathryn Lewis, Iovanna Lloyd Wright, Carl Ludovico Ragghianti, Count Carlo Sforza, Oscar Stonoroiv, and Licia Collobi, Ragghianti. Published in Wright on Exhibit, Smith, 2017, p.183. 10 x 7.5 B&W photograph. Courtesy of the University of Wyoming. 0857.48.0321
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Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Set of 40 B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. This set of 40 B&W photographers documents 10 models, 42 photographs and nine illustrations on display at the exhibition. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large... Continue...
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Taliesin West 1951, (1937 - S.241). General overall dessert view from the Southwest. Ezra Stoller first visited Taliesin West in May, 1946, then again in 1951. Photographed in 1951 by Ezra Stoller. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West" Stoller, 1999, page 34-35. Original 4 x 5 contact print and 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0857.18.0523
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Taliesin West 1951, (1937 - S.241). Entry walk with cactus, viewed from the Northwest. Mr. Wright's office was on the left, drafting room in the center. Ezra Stoller first visited Taliesin West in May, 1946, then again in 1951. Photographed in 1951 by Ezra Stoller. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West" Stoller, 1999, page 36. Original 4 x 5 contact print and 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0857.19.0523
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Taliesin West Cabaret Theater 1951, (1949 - S.243). Cabaret Theater and gallery, designed in 1949. The seating was placed at a slight angle to the screen, the gallery is on the right. Ezra Stoller first visited Taliesin West in May, 1946, then again in 1951. Photographed in 1951 by Ezra Stoller. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West" Stoller, 1999, page 43. Original 4 x 5 contact print and 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0857.20.0523
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Taliesin West Cabaret Theater 1951, (1949 - S.243). View west down the pergola. The bell tower and drafting room is on the right, the small movie theater (Hogan) is in the foreground on the right. Ezra Stoller first visited Taliesin West in May, 1946, then again in 1951. Photographed in 1951 by Ezra Stoller. Similar view published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West" Stoller, 1999, page 80. Original 4 x 5 contact print and 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0857.21.0523
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1) Unitarian Meeting House circa 1951 (1947 - S.291). Viewed from the Northwest. Designed in 1947, construction began in 1949. On August 21, 1951, the church opened with a lecture by Frank Lloyd Wright. Set of three photographs during the early summer of 1951, nearing the completion of the Unitarian Meeting House. The roof, finished in copper, accenting horizontal lines, is the most stunning aspect to the design. Workers can be seen on the exterior of the meeting house, with a man visible on the scaffolding near the peak of the auditorium. Original 4.5 x 2.75 B&W photograph. 0857.34.0718 (1)
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2) Unitarian Meeting House circa 1951 (1947 - S.291). Viewed from the Northwest. Detail of Auditorium. Designed in 1947, construction began in 1949. On August 21, 1951, the church opened with a lecture by Frank Lloyd Wright. Set of three photographs during the early summer of 1951, nearing the completion of the Unitarian Meeting House. The roof, finished in copper, accenting horizontal lines, is the most stunning aspect to the design. Workers can be seen on the exterior of the meeting house, with a man visible on the scaffolding near the peak of the auditorium. It appears that plants have already been planted in the built-in planter at the front of the auditorium. Original 4.5 x 2.75 B&W photograph. 0857.34.0718 (2)
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3) Unitarian Meeting House circa 1951 (1947 - S.291). View of the Unitarian Meeting House from the Southeast. The West Living Room is to the far left, the classrooms on the left, the Hearth Room and Auditorium in the center, and the Entrance to the right. Set of three photographs during the early summer of 1951, nearing the completion of the Unitarian Meeting House. Workers can be seen on the exterior of the meeting house. Original 4.5 x 2.75 B&W photograph. 0857.34.0718 (3)
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Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, CA, 1951, Lloyd Wright (Frank Lloyd Wright Jr.). Exterior view of Wayfarers' Chapel, designed by Lloyd Wright. Constructed of wood and glass. The walls and ceiling are of glass. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: : "West 20, US Arch. Wright, Lloyd. Palos Verdes, California. Wayfarers' Chapel. 1951. Photo: Andrews. #1071." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Original 9 x 7 B&W Photograph. 0857.39.0220
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Wayfarers' Chapel 1951 - Lloyd Wright (Frank Lloyd Wright Jr.) View of Wayfarers' Chapel, designed by Lloyd Wright. Clipping pasted to verso: "Plate glass walls and roof, with redwood supports, form the unusual Wayfarer's chapel on the coast road south of Los Angeles. It was designed by Lloyd Wright, son of Wisconsin's famed architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. The Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian) plans to erect another similar building at the spot. Worshipers will be able to enjoy the beauty of the outdoors." Stamped on clipping: "Jun 17 1951." Stamped on verso: "The Milwaukee Journal." Also: "Religious News Service Photo, New York." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0857.32.0218
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Wright at 84, 1951. Frank Lloyd Wright and Anne Baxter. Anne Baxter was Wright's Academy Award winning Granddaughter. Both are looking to the right. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright in New York," Hession, Pickrel, 2007, p. 23. Also published on the cover of Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, Winter 1993. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0857.16.0614
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Wright at 84, 1951. Frank Lloyd Wright and Anne Baxter. Anne Baxter was Wright's Academy Award winning Granddaughter. Both are looking to the right. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright in New York," Hession, Pickrel, 2007, p. 23. Also published on the cover of Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, Winter 1993. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0857.60.1121
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Wright at 84, 1951. Wright in drafting room at Taliesin West in 1951. Photographed by Ezra Stoller. Similar image in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West", Stoller, 1999, p 8. Mr. Wright facing left, looking at the camera. He is sitting on a table, leaning against a beam. He is wearing a suit and tie, a pork pie hat, with a pencil and triangle in his right hand. Blueprints are rolled up on the right. Hand written on verso: "Wright, Frank Wright." Stamped on verso: "The Huntsville Times Library." Acquired from the Huntsville Times. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0857.36.1118
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Wright at 84, 1951. A) 1957 (90);  B) 1951 (84);  C) 1953 (86);  D) 1954 (87).
A) Top Left: Wright at 90. 1957. Frank Lloyd Wright inspects construction of the Guggenheim in 1957. Ground was broken on August 14, 1956. Wright visited the site many times. Wright pasted away April 9, 1959, six months before the grand opening. Grand opening October 21, 1959. Published in "The Guggenheim", 2009, p 1, and a similar image taken at the same time, "Frank Lloyd Wright in New York", Hession, Pickrel, 2007, p 104. Photographed by John Engstead. Original 3.75 x 4.75 B&W photograph.
B) Top Right: Wright at 84, 1951. Wright in drafting room, Taliesin West in 1951. Photographed by Ezra Stoller. Similar image in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West", Stoller, 1999, p 8. Original 3.75 x 4.75 B&W photograph.
C) Bottom Left: Wright at 86, 1953. Frank Lloyd Wright at drafting table with a large image of the V.C. Morris Gift Shop (S.310 - 1948) in the background. Photographed by John Engstead. Published on the cover of "Frank Lloyd Wright Decorative Designs Collection", 1990. Original 3.75 x 4.75 B&W photograph.
D) Bottom Right: Wright at 87, 1954. Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, facing right, looking to the left. Photographed by Al Ravenna. Original 3.75 x 4.75 B&W photograph.
Montage of four portraits of Frank Lloyd Wright. Stamped on verso: "Nov 9 1998". Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. Three copies.
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Wright, David Wright House circa 1951 (1950 - S.322). Viewed from the North. View of the master bedroom which cantilevers to the left. The walls and roof are complete. Waiting for installation of windows. The lower level of the large massive column houses the bath/ changing room for the pool. The second level of the column is the master bedroom fireplace. Although the column anchors the eastern end of the home, the main level cantilevers past it and seems to float above the ground. The master bedroom is on the left, the bedroom gallery is on the right. 10 x 7.5 B&W photograph. 0857.22.0215
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Anderton Court Shops, Beverley Hills, California, Perspective View 1952 (FLLW #5032) (1952 - S.356). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1952. Perspective view for the Anderton Court Shops. In 1952, Nina Anderton (Check spelling on web site), a wealthy widow, commissioned Wright to design retail space on Beverly Hills' exclusive Rodeo Drive. Consisting of four shops on the first two levels, two on either side of a centrally located light well connected by an angular ramp that winds upward in a diamond shaped parallelogram. The upper level was originally designed as an apartment, later divided into two additional shops. Construction was supervised by apprentice Joseph Fabris, who stayed in Anderton's Bel-Air home during construction. Text: "Anderton Court Shops. Beverley Hills, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Perspective View." FLLW #5032.02. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.288. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0910.41.1219
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Anderton Court Shops, Beverley Hills, California, Elevation, Sections and Ground Plan 1952 (FLLW #5032) (1952 - S.356). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1952. Street elevation, two sections and ground plan for the Anderton Court Shops. In 1952, Nina Anderton, a wealthy widow, commissioned Wright to design retail space on Beverly Hills' exclusive Rodeo Drive. Consisting of four shops on the first two levels, two on either side of a centrally located light well connected by an angular ramp that winds upward in a diamond shaped parallelogram. The upper level was originally designed as an apartment, later divided into two additional shops. Construction was supervised by apprentice Joseph Fabris, who stayed in Anderton's Bel-Air home during construction. Text: "Street Elevation. Section on Center Line. Section A-A. Ground Plan." Additional illustrations published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.288-290. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0910.42.1219
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Florida Southern College, Industrial Arts Building Pavillion (1942 - S.254) 1952. Originally designed in 1942 as a student center, it was redesigned in 1950 as the Ordway Industrial Arts Building. Wright visited the campus on October 24, 1951 and inspected the 30,000 square foot building. It was dedicated in March 1952 and called the Horsey Building, after J. William Horsey, a Canadian businessman, an early supporter of the building. It was rededicated in 1956 as the Lucius Pond Ordway Building. The center section of the building included the Pavilion and Amphitheater with an inner grass court yard on either side. The Pavilion was used as the Student Lounge. Photographed just after the completion of the building, and published in the September 1952 issue of Architectural Forum. Label on verso: "The Student Lounge, the Industrial Arts Building, Florida Southern College, Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0910.24.0113
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Florida Southern College, Ordway Industrial Arts Building Theater, Lakeland, Florida, Circa 1952 (1950 - S254). Interior view of the Industrial Arts Building Theater. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950, completed in 1952. Originally designed in 1942 as a student center, it was redesigned in 1950 as the Ordway Industrial Arts Building. Wright visited the campus on October 24, 1951 and inspected the 30,000 square foot building. It was dedicated in March 1952 and called the Horsey Building, after J. William Horsey, a Canadian businessman, and early supporter of the building. It was rededicated in 1956 as the Lucius Pond Ordway Building. Photographed just after the completion of the building. One of three round structures on campus. The second is the Roux Library, and the third is the Water Dome. There also is a circular dome over the Planetarium in the Polk County Science Building. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "W 20, USA Arch. Wright, Frank Lloyd: 1869-. Lakeland, Florida. Florida State College. 1952. Interior: Theater, Industrial Arts Building. Photo: Andrews 1331." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 9.5 x 7.5 B&W Photograph. 0910.64.0420
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William G. Fricke House, Oak Park, Illinois, C 1952 (1901 - S.058). View of the Fricke Residence from the Northwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1901. Photographed in the Summer. The North elevation is dominated by the soaring height of the three story tower and tall vertical windows. Triangular bay windows are projecting between two entrances to the home, and enclose the Reception Room. Both Entrances lead to the main Hall, which feeds the Dining Living and Reception Rooms. The Kitchen is down a hallway. Published in Architecture in Chicago & Mid-America, Andrews, 1968, p.73. Hand written on verso: "1594." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 10 x 8 B&W Photograph. 0910.62.0420
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Warren Hickox Residence, Kankakee, Illinois, Circa 1952 (1900 - S.056). Viewed from the East. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Hickox Residence in 1900. Completed in stucco with wood trim. Warren Hickox, Sr. purchased two adjoining lots and gives one to his daughter Anna Hickox Bradley and the other to his son Warren Hickox, Jr. In 1900, both hired Frank Lloyd Wright to design homes for the properties. Both the Bradley and Hickox houses could be considered Wright's first prairie styled houses, along with the Willits Residence. Published in Architecture in Chicago & Mid-America, Andrews, 1968, p.77. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "W 20, USA Arch. Wright, Frank Lloyd: 1869-. Kankakee, Illinois. Res. Warren Hickox. 1900. Photo: Andrews 1323." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 9.5 x 7.75 B&W Photograph. ( 0910.63.0420
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Richard Lloyd Jones House "Westhope,", Tulsa, Oklahoma, C 1952 (1929 - S.227). View from the Southeast. The Library is on the left, Living Room is on the right. Richard Lloyd Jones was Frank Lloyd Wright's cousin and founder of The Tulsa Tribune. Constructed of textile blocks and glass. The surface of a majority of the blocks are smooth. The small block above the windows and running along the top of the chimney are decorative. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "W 20, USA Arch. Wright, Frank Lloyd: 1869-. Tulsa, Oklahoma. Res. R. L. Jones. 1929. (From Southeast.) Photo: Andrews 1335." Published in Architecture in America, Andrews, 1960, p.133. Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 9.5 x 7.5 B&W Photograph. 0910.57.0420
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Richard Lloyd Jones House "Westhope,", Tulsa, Oklahoma, C 1952 (1929 - S.227). View from the Southeast. The Library is on the left, Living Room is on the right. Richard Lloyd Jones was Frank Lloyd Wright's cousin and founder of The Tulsa Tribune. Constructed of textile blocks and glass. The surface of a majority of the blocks are smooth. The small block above the windows and running along the top of the chimney are decorative. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "Arch. U.S.A. 20th cent. Frank Lloyd Wright. Res. R. L. Jones, Tulsa, Okla. (1929). Southwest. Wayne Andrews #1335. Indiana University, Fine Arts Department." Published in Architecture in America, Andrews, 1960, p.133. Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the Indiana University. Original 9.5 x 7.5 B&W Photograph. 0910.65.0920
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Richard Lloyd Jones House "Westhope,", Tulsa, Oklahoma, C 1952 (1929 - S.227). View from the Southeast of the second level. A bedroom is on the left, Bath in the center, and the double glass doors lead to a flight of stairs. Richard Lloyd Jones was Frank Lloyd Wright's cousin and founder of The Tulsa Tribune. Constructed of textile blocks and glass. The surface of a majority of the blocks are smooth. The small block above the windows are decorative. The perforated blocks on the right are embedded with lights behind a grill. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "W 20, USA Arch. Wright, Frank Lloyd: 1869-. Tulsa, Oklahoma. Res. R. L. Jones. 1929. (View on Roof.) Photo: Andrews 1336." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 9.5 x 7.5 B&W Photograph. 0910.58.0420
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Richard Lloyd Jones House "Westhope,", Tulsa, Oklahoma, C 1952 (1929 - S.227). View from the Southeast of the second level. A bedroom is on the left, Bath in the center, and the double glass doors lead to a flight of stairs. Richard Lloyd Jones was Frank Lloyd Wright's cousin and founder of The Tulsa Tribune. Constructed of textile blocks and glass. The surface of a majority of the blocks are smooth. The small block above the windows are decorative. The perforated blocks on the right are embedded with lights behind a grill. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "Arch. U.S.A. 20th cent. Frank Lloyd Wright. Res. R. L. Jones, Tulsa, Okla. (1929). View on roof. Wayne Andrews #1336. Indiana University, Fine Arts Department." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Second copy. Acquired from the archives of the Indiana University. Original 9.5 x 7.5 B&W Photograph  0910.66.0920
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Richard Lloyd Jones House "Westhope,", Tulsa, Oklahoma, C 1952 (1929 - S.227). View of the back of the garage from the Southeast. The swimming pool is on the left, garage on the right. Richard Lloyd Jones was Frank Lloyd Wright's cousin and founder of The Tulsa Tribune. Constructed of textile blocks and glass. The surface of a majority of the blocks are smooth. The small block above the windows and running along the top of the chimney are decorative. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "W 20, USA Arch. Wright, Frank Lloyd: 1869-. Tulsa, Oklahoma. Res. R. L. Jones. 1929. (Garage Unit.) Photo: Andrews 1337." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 9.5 x 7.5 B&W Photograph. 0910.59.0420
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Richard Lloyd Jones House "Westhope,", Tulsa, Oklahoma, C 1952 (1929 - S.227). View of the back of the garage from the Southeast. The swimming pool is on the left, garage on the right. Richard Lloyd Jones was Frank Lloyd Wright's cousin and founder of The Tulsa Tribune. Constructed of textile blocks and glass. The surface of a majority of the blocks are smooth. The small block above the windows and running along the top of the chimney are decorative. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "Arch. U.S.A. 20th cent. Frank Lloyd Wright. Res. R. L. Jones, Tulsa, Okla. (1929). Garage unit. Wayne Andrews #1337. Indiana University, Fine Arts Department." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the Indiana University. Original 9.5 x 7.5 B&W Photograph. 0910.67.0920
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Richard Lloyd Jones House "Westhope,", Tulsa, Oklahoma, C 1952 (1929 - S.227). View of the Living Room. Richard Lloyd Jones was Frank Lloyd Wright's cousin and founder of The Tulsa Tribune. Constructed of textile blocks and glass. The surface of a majority of the blocks are smooth. The small block running along the top and bottom of the upper wall are decorative. The perforated blocks are embedded with lights behind a grill. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "W 20, USA Arch. Wright, Frank Lloyd: 1869-. Tulsa, Oklahoma. Res. R. L. Jones. 1929. Interior: Living Room. Photo: Andrews 1338." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 9.5 x 7.5 B&W Photograph. 0910.60.0420
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Richard Lloyd Jones House "Westhope,", Tulsa, Oklahoma, C 1952 (1929 - S.227). View of the Entry Hall. The front door is to the right. The Living Room is behind the camera. Richard Lloyd Jones was Frank Lloyd Wright's cousin and founder of The Tulsa Tribune. Constructed of textile blocks and glass. The surface of a majority of the blocks are smooth. The perforated blocks are embedded with lights behind a grill. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "W 20, USA Arch. Wright, Frank Lloyd: 1869-. Tulsa, Oklahoma. Res. R. L. Jones. 1929. Interior: Front Hall. Photo: Andrews 1339." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 9.5 x 7.5 B&W Photograph. 0910.612.0420
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Thomas E. Keys Residence, Rochester, Minnesota, 1952 (1950 - S.321). Viewed from the Southeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950. The carport is on the far left. The utility room is between the entrance and the carport. The Living room is between the entrance and the fireplace mass, and the bedrooms are on the right. Wright's first design for the house in 1947 was totally different. It utilized the poured stone masonry, much like Taliesin West. Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph, 1942-1950, Pfeiffer, 1988/1990, p.164. To reduce construction costs, this second design utilized concrete blocks, and then was backfilled with berms just below the window level. Wright also designed this second version with a combination of a hipped and flat roof. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: : "West 20, US Arch. Wright, Frank L. Rochester, Minn. Keys Res. 1952. Exterior. Photo by Andrews. 1538." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. One copy acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. One copy acquired from the archives of the Indiana University. Original 10 x 8 and 9.5 x 7.5 B&W Photographs. 0910.55.0420 0910.68.0920
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R. W. Lindholm Residence Ground Plan, Cloquet, Minnesota 1952 (1952 - S. 414). Preliminary ground plan for the R. W. Lindholm Residence. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Linnholm Residence in 1952. The residence is a large "L" shaped Usonian home with the carport that forms a "T" Standard concrete blocks were used to construct the home, and tidewater cypress was used throughout finish the cabinetry and trim. Changes are indicated on the drawing. The roof line of the garage was changed. The Master bedroom was enlarged, and a second bath was added. Other changes were made, but generally it is close to the final floor plan. Text: "House for Mr. And Mrs. R. W. Lindholm. Cloquet, Minnesota. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Signed "FLLW,  __ 20 / 52." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 10 x 7 Color photograph. 0910.70.0222
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R. W. Lindholm Residence Floor Plan, Cloquet, Minnesota 1952 (1952 - S. 414). Floor plan for the R. W. Lindholm Residence. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Linnholm Residence in 1952. The residence is a large "L" shaped Usonian home with the carport that forms a "T." Standard concrete blocks were used to construct the home, and tidewater cypress was used throughout finish the cabinetry and trim. Text: "House for Mr. And Mrs. R. W. Lindholm. Cloquet, Minnesota. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Sheet No. 2. General Plan." Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation #5208.003. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 7 B&W photograph. 0910.71.0222
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Alvin Miller Residence, Charles City, Iowa, Circa 1952 (1946 - S.289). View of the front of the house, the Southeast elevation. The carport is on the left. The Gallery and bedrooms are in the center, the Entrance is to the right. A Study and Guest Room is to the right of the entrance. The river bank is on the far right out of the picture. Designed in 1946, Frank Lloyd Wright originally specified brick, and designed a duplex for Doctors Alvin and William Miller with a clinic located between the two units. Only the single unit was built, and it was constructed of limestone instead of brick. Located on a river, the retaining wall and stairs to the boat inlet on the river bank became an important design element. Label pasted to verso: "W 20, USA Arch. The University Gallery. Northrop Memorial Auditorium, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Wright, Frank Lloyd. American, 1869--. Charles City, IA. - 1952. Res. Miller Entrance view. Photo by Andrews Photo 1519." Additional photographs are published in Architecture in Chicago & Mid-America, Andrews, 1968, p.137. Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0910.52.0420
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Herman T. Mossberg Residence, South Bend, Indiana, Living Room 1952 (1948 - S.302). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. Early drawings are dated 1946. This two-story house was constructed of red brick. The shelves and seating on the left are built-in. The fireplace is cantilevered. The stool and small table were designed by Wright. Additional setting is built in to the right. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: : "West 20, US Arch. Wright, Frank L. South Bend, Ind. Mossberg Res. 1952. Living Room - West. Photo by Andrews. #15..." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Original 10 x 8 B&W Photograph. See additional Wright furniture. 0910.48.0220
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Henry J. Neils Residence, Minneapolis, Minn. Exterior 1952 (1949 - S.314). View of the exterior from the Southeast. Frank Lloyd Wright designed in Neils House in 1949. The bedrooms are on the left, the fireplace is in the center, the living room is on the right. Photographed by Wayne Andrews and published in Architecture in Chicago & Mid-America, Andrews, 1973, P.131. Label pasted to verso: "The University Gallery. Northrop Memorial Auditorium, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Artist: Wright, Frank Lloyd. American, 1869 -. Location: Minneapolis, Minn. - 1952. Res. Neils, Grand View. Photo By Andrews. #1531." Hand written on verso: "1531." Frank Lloyd Wright visited the Neils in 1954 and 1956. Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0910.45.0220
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Henry J. Neils Residence, Minneapolis, Minn. Living Room 1952 (1949 - S.314). View of the Southeast corner of the Living Room. Frank Lloyd Wright designed in Neils House in 1949. The ceiling soars upward. The seating along the wall is built-in. The two tables in the center, short and tall, were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. fireplace is in the center, the living room is on the right. Photographed by Wayne Andrews and published in Architecture in Chicago & Mid-America, Andrews, 1973, P.131. Label pasted to verso: "The University Gallery. Northrop Memorial Auditorium, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Artist: Wright, Frank Lloyd. American, 1869 -. Location: Minneapolis, Minn. - 1952. Res. Neils Window Seat. Photo By Andrews. #1535." Hand written on verso: "1535." Frank Lloyd Wright visited the Neils in 1954 and 1956. Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0910.46.0220
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Henry J. Neils Residence, Minneapolis, Minn. Living Room 1952 (1949 - S.314). View of the Living Room Fireplace. Frank Lloyd Wright designed in Neils House in 1949. The seating along the wall to the left is built-in. The fireplace mass is cantilevered out over the opening. The stairs up to the main portion of the house is in the background just to the right of the fireplace. The Workspace is to the right. Label pasted to verso: "The University Gallery. Northrop Memorial Auditorium, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Artist: Wright, Frank Lloyd. American, 1869 -. Location: Minneapolis, Minn. - 1952. Res. Neils Fireplace. Photo By Andrews. #1536." Hand written on verso: "1536." Frank Lloyd Wright visited the Neils in 1954 and 1956. Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0910.47.0220
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Price Tower Model (1952 - S.355), Circa 1952. Four apprentices putting the finishing touches on the model of the "Price Tower, Bartlesville, Oklahoma." They are working in the drafting Room at Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship," Marty; Marty, 1999, p.83. 7.75 x 10 B&W photograph. 0910.27.0714
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Price Tower, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Office Table Plan 1952 (1952 - S.355). Plan for an office table and desk for the Price Tower. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1952. Text: Office Table & Desk for typing. Building for The H. C. Price Co. Frank L:loyd Wright Architect." FLLW No.: "5215.236." Text below table on left: "Office Table." Construction began on November 10, 1953 and was completed on February 9, 1956. The Price Tower has nineteen floors and 37,000 square feet. The first and second floors were designed for retail and office space. Floors of the Price Tower was designed in four quadrants, forming a pinwheel floor plan. Three quadrants or sections for professional offices, and one quadrant for a two-story apartment. Initially, there were eight apartments in the building, the Price Company occupying the top seven floors of the tower. Not only did Wright design the building, he took the opportunity to design built-in and free standing furniture (tables, desks, shelves), fixtures and textiles. The built-in and freestanding wood furniture was built on site. Tables, desks, shelves and built-in furniture for both the apartments and offices were trimmed on the edges with anodized aluminum tubes finished in gold. The tubes in the apartments were trimmed in the center of the edges... Continue...

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Price Tower, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Typing Table Plan 1952 (1952 - S.355). Plan for a typing table for the Price Tower. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1952. Text: Wood Typing Table. Building for The H. C. Price Co. Frank L:loyd Wright Architect." FLLW No.: "5215.168." Construction began on November 10, 1953 and was completed on February 9, 1956. The Price Tower has nineteen floors and 37,000 square feet. The first and second floors were designed for retail and office space. Floors of the Price Tower was designed in four quadrants, forming a pinwheel floor plan. Three quadrants or sections for professional offices, and one quadrant for a two-story apartment. Initially, there were eight apartments in the building, the Price Company occupying the top seven floors of the tower. Not only did Wright design the building, he took the opportunity to design built-in and free standing furniture (tables, desks, shelves), fixtures and textiles. The built-in and freestanding wood furniture was built on site. Tables, desks, shelves and built-in furniture for both the apartments and offices were trimmed on the edges with anodized aluminum tubes finished in gold. The tubes in the apartments were trimmed in the center of the edges. While the office shelves were trimmed on the center edges... Continue...

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Stanley Rosenbaum House, Florence, AL, Circa 1952 (1938 - S.267). Viewed from the Northwest. The new Utility Room, Kitchen and Bath are behind the brick wall on the left. The Entrance is under the .cantilevered carport roof. The Living Room and Study are on the right. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939, the floor plan was "L" shaped. The longer wing being three bedrooms, and the shorter the Kitchen, Living and Dining Rooms and Study. It was constructed of brick, wood and glass. An extensive cantilevered roof covered the carport. In 1948, the Rosenbaums approached Wright again for an addition. Lining up opposite the Living Room, the addition included a Bath, New Kitchen, Utility Room, Dining Room and Play room. Along the bedroom wing, a Hallway and Guest Bedroom. Floor to ceiling doors in the Living Room, Dining Room and Study open out to the Terrace. Photographed after the addition was completed. Label pasted to verso: "W 20 USA Arch. The University Gallery, University of Minnesota. Wright, Frank L:loyd. American, 1869 -----. Florance, Ala - 1939. Res. Stanley Rosenbaum. Photo by Andrews 1468." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0910.49.0420
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Stanley Rosenbaum House, Florence, AL, Circa 1952 (1938 - S.267). Viewed from the Southwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939, the floor plan was "L" shaped. It was constructed of brick, wood and glass. An extensive cantilevered roof covered the carport. The Entrance is under the .cantilevered carport roof. The Living Room is in the center, the Study is on the right. In 1948, the Rosenbaums approached Wright again for an addition. Photographed after the addition was completed. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "W 20, USA Arch. Wright, Frank L. Florance, Ala. S. Rosenbaum Res. Exterior - SW. Photo By Andrews 1469. " Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 10 x 8 B&W Photograph. 0910.56.0420
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Stanley Rosenbaum House, Florence, AL, Circa 1952 (1938 - S.267). Viewed from the South. The Study is on the left, Living Room in the center and Dining room on the right. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939, the floor plan was "L" shaped. The longer wing being three bedrooms, and the shorter the Kitchen, Living and Dining Rooms and Study. It was constructed of brick, wood and glass. An extensive cantilevered roof covered the carport. In 1948, the Rosenbaums approached Wright again for an addition. Lining up opposite the Living Room, the addition included a Bath, New Kitchen, Utility Room, Dining Room and Play room. Along the bedroom wing, a Hallway and Guest Bedroom. Floor to ceiling doors in the Living Room, Dining Room and Study open out to the Terrace. Photographed after the addition was completed. Label pasted to verso: "W 20 USA Arch. The University Gallery, University of Minnesota. Wright, Frank L:loyd. American, 1869 -----. Florance, Ala - 1939. Res. Stanley Rosenbaum. Photo by Andrews 1470." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0910.50.0420
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Seamour and Gerte Shavin Residence, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Circa 1952 (1950 - S.339). Viewed from Southeast, the Master Bedroom is on the left, additional bedrooms and bath in the center, and the Living Room on the right. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950, constructed of native Tennessee Crab Orchard sandstone and completed in 1952. There are many classic Wright details. Mitered glass corners, a wood framed corner glass doors that opens outward. A stunning example of a 12 x 16 x 16 foot cantilevered roof over the carport that is similar to the Goetsch-Winkler home. There are double clerestory windows with cut-wood light screens. A hidden entrance. The Shavins used native red cypress trim on both the interior and exterior of the house. Marvin Bachman, an apprentice of Wright, supervised the construction until his death in an automobile accident. Hand written on verso: "1658." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0910.53.0420
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Horace B. Sturtevant Residence, Oakland, California, Perspective 1952 (Project: FLLW #5209). Perspective view of the Sturtevant Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1952, the house was designed for a hillside in Oakland, California. The house was never built and remained a project. Frank Lloyd Wright resurrected the design for the Boulter Residence, lengthening the living room by one - four foot section. Like the Boulter Residence, it was to be constructed of concrete block. Text lower left: House for Mr. and Mrs. Horace B. Sturtevant, Oakland, California. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0910.80.0224
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Horace B Sturtevant House, Oakland, California, Perspective View 1952 (Project 1952 - FLLW #5209). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1952. Perspective view for the Horace B Sturtevant House. The two-story house is set on a steep hillside. The living room opens to level terrace. The drive circles up and around to the back of the house. The carport can be seen in the background to the right. Text: "House for Mr. And Mrs. B Sturtevant, Oakland, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." FLLW #5209.07. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.323. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0910.43.1219
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Horace B Sturtevant House, Oakland, California, Ground Plan 1952 (Project 1952 - FLLW #5209). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1952. Ground plan for the Horace B Sturtevant House. The two-story house is set on a steep hillside. The living room opens to level terrace. The drive circles up and around to the back of the house. The carport can be seen in the background to the right. Text: "House for Mr. And Mrs. B Sturtevant, Oakland, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." Additional illustrations published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.323. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0910.44.1219
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Taliesin, Spring Green 1952. Frank Lloyd Wright oversees the Apprentices as they gather rolls of hay to be stored at the Midway Barn. Similar view published in "Picturing Wright" Guerrero, 1994, p.57. Caption: "Here in 1953 Mr. Wright watches while rolls of hay are stacked." But, Curtis Besinger, "Working with Mr. Wright" 1995/1997, page 240, dates this groups of images, as well as the fire during 1952. Earl Nisbet, "Taliesin Reflections" 2006, p.77 and p.90, dates the fire1952, and farming photographs by Guerrero, 1951. The hat in these photographs give away the time period. Guerrero wrote, p.93, "...When I saw him I really wanted to say, "Would you please take off that damned crocheted cap and go get a hat?" But I did not have the nerve." Photographed at Taliesin, Spring Green, by Pedro E. Guerrero 1952. Written on contact: "2-4." Set of twenty 2.25 x 2.25 B&W proofs and 8 x 8 study B&W photographs.

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  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.   
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Unitarian Meeting House (1947 - S.291) Circa 1952. The Taliesin Fellowship dates the design for he Meeting House as 1947. Construction began in 1949 and on August 21, 1951, the church opened with a lecture by Frank Lloyd Wright and a performance by the Taliesin Fellowship musicians. In 1960, the American Institute of Architects designated it as one of 17 examples of Wright's contribution to American culture. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Photographed by Ezra Stoller. Published in the December 1952 issue of Architectural Forum, p.88. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0857.17.0513
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Unitarian Meeting House (1947 - S.291) Circa 1952. Text on face: "The First Unitarian Meeting-house of Madison, Wisconsin - originally intended by this Unitarian Society to be built downtown. Decentralization in mind, they were persuaded to go out into adjoining country to build a characteristic social center. The edifice is based upon the triangle (the symbol of aspiration in the form of prayer and symbolizes Unity above all. The singularly trussed roof is covered with copper. Walls are of native limestone." Stamped n verso: "Apr 10 1959". Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0798.11.0112
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Unitarian Meeting House (1947 - S.291) 1952. View of the Unitarian Meeting House from the North. Hand written on verso: "First Unitarian Church built by Frank Lloyd Wright. (Madison - Churches.)" Stamped on verso: "Filed Apr 30 1952." "William Wollin Studio. Madison, Wisconsin." Photographed by William Wollin. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0910.33.0417
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Usonia. Frank Lloyd Wright (right) and David Henken (left) Review Reisley Plans, 1952. Frank Lloyd Wright and David Henken review the Roland Reisley (center background) plans. David Henken was the driving force behind the Usonian Homes Cooperative. A Taliesin apprentice between 1942 and 1943, he formed the Rochdale Cooperative in 1944. It became Usonia Homes in 1945. It later became know as Usonia II, to distinguish between the first attempt at creating a Usonian Community in 1939, which eventually fell through. The only home completed was the Goetsch-Winkler Residence (1939 - S.269) in Okemos, Michigan. Usonian Homes - A Cooperative, purchased 97 acres in 1947. The Plan laid out fifty-five one-acre circular lots. The plan also included a Community House, eight Guest Cabins, Swimming Pool, and School on the North end. The South end included a Farm Unit. Three Wright designed homes were built: Sol Friedman (1948 - S.316); Edward Serlin (1949 - S. 317); Roland Reisley (1951 - S.318). Forty were built by Wright apprentices including David Henken. Photographed by Pedro Guerrero. Published in Picturing Wright, Guerrero, 1994, p.94. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0910.72.1121
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Mrs. Clinton Walker Residence, Carmel, CA, 1952 (1948 - S.306). Viewed from the Southwest, from the beach below. Built on a rocky outcrop in Carmel on the Pacific Ocean, the Living Room looks out over the ocean and the beach below. Designed using a triangle module, the hexagonal shaped living room walls and windows stair-step outward as they rise upward. Published in Architecture in America, Andrews, 1960, p.152. Label pasted to verso: "W 20, USA Arch. The University Gallery. Northrop Memorial Auditorium, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Wright, Frank Lloyd. American, 1869--. Carmel, Calif. 1952. Res. Walker. Photo by Andrews 1474." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0910.51.0420
1952
Wright at 85. 1952. Frank Lloyd Wright seated outside, in a chair, a cane propped against his leg, gesturing with his hand. World Wide Photo. Original 6.25 x 9 B&W photograph. 0910.19.1210
1952
Wright at 85. 1952. Wright and Olgivanna relaxing during a Sunday afternoon picnic June 8, 1952. Press photo for "Frank Lloyd Wright", a film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. "Frank Lloyd Wright and his Third Wife, Olgivanna Milanov Hinzenberg Wright, June 8, 1952. While Wright managed to forge an innovative harmony in his works, his personal life was tangle of scandal and chaos. Scarred by the murder of a mistress and the breakup of his first marriage, Wright was in the midst of a bitter separation from his second wife when he met 26 -year-old Olgivanna, who was less than half his age. Intelligent and focused, Olgivanna was the driving force in Wright's later years, urging him to lecture and write, and later, to set up the Taliesin Fellowship program." Two original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0910.23.1112 0910.39.0619 1998.109.0121 -5B
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Wright at 85. Circa 1952. Frank Lloyd Wright and apprentices on hillside at Taliesin, Spring Green. Possibly a Sunday afternoon picnic which he was known for. Apprentices unidentified. Wright is standing, white shirt, dark pants, fingers wrapped around his belt holding a white handkerchief. He is wearing a white cap. He was photographed between 1951 and 1956 wearing this type of white hap. (Picturing Wright, p. 57-8, 1953.) Original 5 x 7 B&W photograph. 0910.30.0215
1952

Frank Lloyd Wright photographed during the filming of the program, "Conversations with Elder Wise Men -- A Visit with Frank Lloyd Wright" Episode 105, filmed in Chicago and aired on Sunday, May 17, 1953. The host for the program was Hugh Downs. For a detailed description of the dating of this photograph see S#0910.40. Clipping pasted to verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright Gives His Views. Rugged Individualist Frank Lloyd Wright (right), famed stormy petrel of architecture, is shown being interviewed by Hugh Downs for Chapter of NBC's "Great Thinker' series. Scene is being filmed at Kling Studios in Chicago." Stamped on clipping: "Herald American Nov 23 1952." 10 x 8 B&W photograph.

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Frank Lloyd Wright photographed during the filming of the program, "Conversations with Elder Wise Men -- A Visit with Frank Lloyd Wright" Episode 105, aired on May 17, 1953, Chicago. The host for the program was Hugh Downs. For a detailed description of the dating of this photograph see S#0910.40. Clipping on verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright, brilliant American architect, will be presented in a conversation with Hugh Downs of NBC's Chicago staff, Sunday, May 17, at 2:30 p.m. CT over WNBQ - Channel 5 and NBC. This will be the fifth in a series of filmed conversations with distinguished figures of this age." Stamped on clipping: "May 20 1953." Note: Interesting to note the chair Wright brought to the interview. It appears to be a side chair designed in 1939 for the Lloyd Lewis Residence (S.265). This placed Wright much higher than Downs, forcing him to continually look up at Wright during the interview. 10 x 8 B&W photograph.

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Frank Lloyd Wright photographed during the filming of the program, "Conversations with Elder Wise Men -- A Visit with Frank Lloyd Wright" Episode 105, which aired on May 17, 1953, Chicago. The host for the program was Hugh Downs. Wright is sitting on a chair, facing to the left of the camera, a book is setting on his lap. For a detailed description of the dating of this photograph see S#0910.40. Caption pasted to verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright, brilliant American architect, will be presented in a conversation with Hugh Downs of NBC's Chicago staff, Sunday, May 17, at 2:30 p.m. CT over WNBQ - Channel 5 and NBC. This will be the fifth in a series of filmed conversations with distinguished figures of this age." 8 x 10 B&W photograph.

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Frank Lloyd Wright photographed during the filming of the program, "Conversations with Elder Wise Men -- A Visit with Frank Lloyd Wright" Episode 105, which aired on Sunday, May 17, 1953. The host for the program was Hugh Downs. Wright is seated in a chair, facing to the left. His legs are folded, he is holding a book on his lap. Clipping pasted to verso: "The Home should reflect the home owner's tastes." Hand written on clipping: "Frank Lloyd Wright." Stamped on clipping: "Herald American Nov 23 1952." Stamped on verso: "Eng Dept. 1952 Oct 20." Note: The episode with Wright and Downs aired on May 17, 1953. Hession and Pickrel, in their book "Frank Lloyd Wright in New York" indicate that: "Wright's segment, produced by NBC's Ben Park, was nearly nine months in the making..." p.85, which would indicate they began corresponding with Wright in September 1952. We have a total of five photographs taken during the filming of the program. Two other photographs, three in all have the date stamp "Nov 23 1952." We assumed that date to be incorrect. But this is the third image with the "1952" date. We have a copy of the NBC (Chicago) contract signed by Wright for this episode, which is dated Nov 14, 1952. The show was filmed at the Kling Studio in Chicago. Chicago Herald American... Continue... 0910.40.1119
1952

Frank Lloyd Wright seated in a chair, his legs are folded, holding a book on his lap. Photographed during the filming of the program, "Conversations with Elder Wise Men -- A Visit with Frank Lloyd Wright" Episode 105, which aired on Sunday, May 17, 1953. The host for the program was Hugh Downs. For a detailed description of the dating of this photograph see S#0910.40. Caption pasted to verso: "The City is Dated and the trend is toward decentralization." Hand written on verso: "Father of Modern Architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright." Stamped on clipping: "Herald American Nov 23 1952." Original 6 x 9 B&W photograph.

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Wright at 86 (1952). Mr. Wright facing right, leaning over a drawing board, wearing a pork pie hat, pencil in his right hand. Published in "Picturing Wright," 1994, page 7, Guerrero wrote "...numerous occasions arose to photograph him him as he inspected work in progress at various sites, including here at the Usonia homes in Pleasantville, New York in 1952. There always were revisions to be made and challenges posed by unforseen problems; sometimes he would simply a drawing that had a workman confused." Photographed by Peter Guerrero. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0910.29.0815
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Wright mid 80s, Early 1950, Circa 1952? Frank Lloyd Wright facing the camera, looking slightly to the right. "Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, June 9, 1869 - April 9, 1959. International Portrait Gallery. Gale Research Co. - Book Tower - Detroit - 1968. 8.5 x 11, portrait 6 x 8. 0910.26.0414
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Wright, David Wright House, Phoenix, AZ, 1952 (1950 - S.322). Viewed from the Southwest. The large circular kitchen is on the left . The solid wall with the three half-circular windows is the dining room. The living room is to the right. Three double doors open out to the long circular balcony. Between the living room and the master bedroom on the far right are two additional bedroom and two bathrooms. The circular ramp on the left, which wraps around the kitchen, leads to the rooftop sundeck above the living room. Camelback Mountain can be seen in the background. Label pasted to verso: "W 20, USA Arch. The University Gallery. Northrop Memorial Auditorium, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Wright, Frank Lloyd. American, 1869-1959. Phoenix, Arizona. Res, David Wright, 1952. West. Wayne Andrews Photo 1826." Additional photograph published in Architecture in America, Andrews, 1960, p.152. Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0910.54.0420
1952
"The Outcasts of Poker Flat" starring Anne Baxter, Dale Robertson, 1952. 52/141.  Published by 20th Century Fox Film Corp.  Anne Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana, on May 7, 1923.  She was the daughter of a salesman and his wife, Catherine, who herself was the daughter of Frank Lloyd Wright.  Anne was a young girl of 11 when her parents moved to New York City.  Original 8 x 10 vintage silver gelatin photograph. 0910.18.0307
1952
Unitarian Meeting House 1952 (1947 - S.291). View of the Unitarian Meeting House from the Southeast. The West Living Room is to the far left, the classrooms on the left, the Hearth Room and Auditorium in the center, and the Entrance to the right. Photographed before the Parsonage was added to the West (left) end. Hand written on verso: "Madison - Churches. Madison Wis. Unitarian Church designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. 1952." Stamped on verso: "Filed Apr 5 1952." "William Wollin Studio. Madison, Wisconsin." Photographed by William Wollin. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0910.34.0717
1952
First Unitarian Society - Unitarian Meeting House Interior 1952 (1947 - S.291). In 1952 Ezra Stoller photographed the Unitarian Meeting House for the December 1952 issue of Architectural Forum. Although this image was not published in that issue, it was photographed at that time. This photograph was included in the original documentation package for the pews/benches original sold in 1983, which we acquired in 2017. Note: this view shows the original cushions which were replaced in the mid to late 1950s. "For each regular double bench the original design used two, single seat cushions, made of denim-like, aqua blue fabric. That fabric did not wear well and also faded. A later version used a single, much thinner cushion of foam rubber covered with a longer wearing, textured, aqua blue fabric. The original covering included a flap of fabric over the bench seat back which formed a pocket for books. A later back covering system necessitated drilling holes in each bench to accommodate string ties. The benches provided the primary seating for the congregation for over 30 years, proving to be very adaptable to the multiple and varied uses of the auditorium space..." Descriptive sheet, 1983. "When the old fir plywood benches were later replaced with benches made of oak-veneer plywood (as Wright had intended), the...  Continue... 0910.35.0917 0910.36.0917
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Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity House (1952). View From Southeast. House For Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity. Gainesville, Florida. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in1952, working drawings were competed on January 20, 1954. The large two story Social Room is circular on one end, and included 13 doors that open out to the terrace. There are built-in seats inside, and out in the circular terrace, and a built-in a planter box. The back wall of the Dining area and kitchen include perforated light screens. Six doors lead out to the Roof Terrace which is directly above the Social Room. The front, back and side walls include perforated light screens. Wright placed the entrance toward the back of the lot. The Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity House remained a project. One 10 x 7.5 Color photograph. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 0910.32.0915
1953
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Benjamin Adelman Residence Set of 15 photographs, circa 1953-54 (1951 - S.344). Although the Benjamin Adelman was the first Usonian Automatic House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, it was not the first to be built. In 1952, one year after designing the Adelman house, Wright design the second Usonian Automatic for Arthur Pieper, an apprentice, who also became his son-in-law on June 18, 1954. Pieper built his home in early 1952. Designed in 1951, the home was not built until 1953. Benjamin Adelman purchased a lot and a half from Jorgine Boomer. "For the consideration of Ten Dollars, and other valuable considerations, I, Jorgine Boomer, a widow, do hereby convey to Benjamin E. Adelman and Regina B. Adelman, his wife..." Warranty Deed, March 30, 1953. This set of 15 photographs were taken after the home was completed and landscaped...  Continue...  For more information on the Adelman Residence see our Wright study. 0987.82-0415 1-15
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George Blossom Residence, Chicago, Illinois, Circa 1953 (1892 - S.014). Viewed from the Southeast. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Hickox Residence in 1892. According to Grant Manson, The Blossom House was Wright's third "Bootlegged" Houses. The George Blossom Residence is next to the McArthur Residence and three doors from the Harding Residence, all three clients of Frank Lloyd Wright. The Blossom house is Colonial Revival in design. In some respects, it blended into the neighborhood, unlike his prairie styled homes which stood out and attracted attention, as they do still today. This was intentional by Wright. He wrote: "Other debts pressing toward the end of the five-year term, I accepted several houses on my own account, one for Dr. Harlan, one for Warren McArthur and one for George Blossom, and did not try anything radical, because I could not follow them up. I could not "follow up" because I did these houses out of office hours, not secretly." An Autobiography, 1932, p.106. Stamped on verso: "Photo Wayne Andrews." Label pasted to verso: "The University Gallery. Northrop Memorial Auditorium, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Artist: Wright, Frank Lloyd. American, 1869-1959. Chicago, Illinois: Res. George Blossom, Side. 1892. Wayne Andrews Photo 1865... Continue... 0987.116.0420
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Edwin H. Cheney Residence, Oak Park, IL Circa 1953 (1903 - S.104). Detail view of the Southwest corner of the house. The front (West) elevation is on the left, the South elevation is on the right. The large Living Room runs the full length of the front of this four bedroom house. In 1899, Edwin Cheney, an electrical engineer, married Mamah Borthwick Cheney. They had two children: John (1902) and Martha (1905). Edwin commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design a home for them 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. The Cheney House is about six blocks from Wright's Home and Studio. Stamped on verso: "Photo Wayne Andrews." Label: "W 20, USA Arch. The University Gallery. Northrop Memorial Auditorium, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Wright, Frank Lloyd. American, 1869-1959. Oak Park, Illinois: Res. E.H. Cheney. Closeup. 1904. Wayne Andrews Photo 1872." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0987.114.0420
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Florida Southern College, Industrial Arts Building (1942 - S.254) Circa 1953. Originally designed in 1942 as a student center, it was redesigned in 1950 as the Ordway Industrial Arts Building. Wright visited the campus on October 24, 1951 and inspected the 30,000 square foot building. It was dedicated in March 1952 and called the Horsey Building, after J. William Horsey, a Canadian businessman, an early supporter of the building. It was rededicated in 1956 as the Lucius Pond Ordway Building. The center section of the building included the Pavilion and Amphitheater with an inner grass court yard on either side. Label on verso: "Exterior, The Industrial Arts Building, Florida Southern College, Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0987.63.0113
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Samuel and Harriet Freeman Residence 1953. (1923 - S.216). Viewed of the Living Room looking South. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1923, construction was supervised by Wright's son, Lloyd Wright. A two-story home, the Entrance, Living Room, Balcony and Kitchen are on the main floor. The lower level includes two Bedrooms, Lounge, Bath and Storage. Both the West and East corners of the South elevation are formed by mitered glass corners that run the full length of two floors. This was Wright's first use of mitered glass corners. Wright utilized this concept again in 1935 when he designed Fallingwater. Each textile block was 16" x 16". Wright continued the 16" measurement in the details of the design. Some blocks were perforated, glass was added, allowing additional light in, creating patters of light on the interior. The two center doors open out to the balcony. The floor to ceiling perforated textile blocks on the left and right are enclosed by a glass door. The floor is oak. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. Photographed by Julius Shulman. 0987.85.0216
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Samuel and Harriet Freeman Residence 1953. (1923 - S.216). Viewed of the Living Room and fireplace looking Northwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1923, construction was supervised by Wright's son, Lloyd Wright. A two-story home, the Entrance, Living Room, Balcony and Kitchen are on the main floor. The lower level includes two Bedrooms, Lounge, Bath and Storage. Both the West and East corners of the South elevation are formed by mitered glass corners that run the full length of two floors. This was Wright's first use of mitered glass corners. Wright utilized this concept again in 1935 when he designed Fallingwater. Each textile block was 16" x 16". Wright continued the 16" measurement in the details of the design. Some blocks were perforated, glass was added, allowing additional light in, creating patters of light on the interior. The floor is oak. The floor lamps on the far left and far right were designed by Wright for the Storer House. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. Photographed by Julius Shulman. 0987.86.0216
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Samuel and Harriet Freeman Residence 1953. (1923 - S.216). Viewed of the Living Room looking South. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1923, construction was supervised by Wright's son, Lloyd Wright. A two-story home, the Entrance, Living Room, Balcony and Kitchen are on the main floor. The lower level includes two Bedrooms, Lounge, Bath and Storage. Both the West and East corners of the South elevation are formed by mitered glass corners that run the full length of two floors. This was Wright's first use of mitered glass corners. Wright utilized this concept again in 1935 when he designed Fallingwater. Each textile block was 16" x 16". Wright continued the 16" measurement in the details of the design. Some blocks were perforated, glass was added, allowing additional light in, creating patters of light on the interior. The two center doors open out to the balcony. The floor to ceiling perforated textile blocks on the left and right are enclosed by a glass door. The oak floor has been covered in carpet. The floor lamps on the far right was designed by Wright for the Storer House. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. Photographed by Julius Shulman. 0987.87.0216
1953
Samuel and Harriet Freeman Residence 1953. (1923 - S.216). Viewed of the Living Room looking South. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1923, construction was supervised by Wright's son, Lloyd Wright. A two-story home, the Entrance, Living Room, Balcony and Kitchen are on the main floor. The lower level includes two Bedrooms, Lounge, Bath and Storage. Both the West and East corners of the South elevation are formed by mitered glass corners that run the full length of two floors. This was Wright's first use of mitered glass corners. Wright utilized this concept again in 1935 when he designed Fallingwater. Each textile block was 16" x 16". Wright continued the 16" measurement in the details of the design. Some blocks were perforated, glass was added, allowing additional light in, creating patters of light on the interior. The two center doors open out to the balcony. The floor to ceiling perforated textile blocks on the left and right are enclosed by a glass door. The oak floor has been covered in carpet. The floor lamps on the far right was designed by Wright for the Storer House. 10 x 8 Color photograph. Photographed by Julius Shulman. 0987.88.0216
1953
A. D. German Warehouse, Richland Center, Wisconsin, 1953 (1915 - S.183). Viewed from the Northeast. The perspective drawing gives a clear impression as to Frank Lloyd Wright's original intent for the building's design. With the added details, never completed: Corner flag poles with hanging light fixtures; Additional concrete lintel, faced with abstract patterns above the projecting roof over the clerestory windows that ran above the entrance; A single entrance with decorative concrete columns; And horizontal sash bars on either end of the plate glass windows. In total, these missing details complete the design. Text on warehouse: "Stock Inc. Gro Warehouse." Hand written on slide: "L. 143. 9-53. Same as #1." Set of two 35mm color slides of the A. D. German Warehouse. Text on slide: "21. Made in U.S.A.." Text on verso: Red Border "Kodachrome Transparency." Original 35mm color slide, and 8 x 5.5 high res digital image.
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Isidore Heller Residence, Chicago, Circa 1953 (1896 - S.038). View of the Heller Residence from the Northeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1896. Like the Winslow home, the Heller residence was an important step in Wright's development of a true Prairie Style. Like the Winslow, Roloson and Francis Apartments, distinct Sullivanesque elements remained, a merging of the old and new. Wright wrote of this in An Autobiography, "...saw the making of the Winslow plans... The Husser and Heller home, the Lexington Terraces, the Wolff Lake Resort. A number of other buildings all characterized to a certain extent by the Sullivanian idiom, at least in detail. I couldn't invent the terms of my own overnight. At that time there was nothing in sight that might be helpful. I had no Sullivanian models, even for any of these things." 1932, page 127. Stamped on verso: "Photo Wayne Andrews." Hand written on verso: "1867." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Published in Architecture in Chicago & Mid-America, Andrews, 1968, p.65. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0987.113.0420
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William Everett Martin Residence, Oak Park, Illinois, Circa 1953 (1902 - S.061). Viewed from the Southwest. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Martin Residence in 1902. William Everett Martin moved to Chicago in 1882 and formed Martin & Barton with his brother-in-law George F. Barton (1903 - S.103) which manufactured stove polish. He eventually established a partnership with his brother Darwin D. and formed the Martin & Martin, Inc. They manufactured polish under the brand E-Z Polish (1905 - S.114) for both stoves and shoes. Constructed of stucco and wood trim, it is a beautiful example of Wright's Prairie styled houses. Although three stories, it has many horizontal elements. Broad overhanging eves and dominate horizontal lines that incorporate the windows. William Martin would commission Wright again in 1909 to design a Pergola for his home. Stamped on verso: "Photo Wayne Andrews." Label pasted to verso: "The University Gallery. Northrop Memorial Auditorium, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Artist: Wright, Frank Lloyd. American, 1869-1959. Oak Park, Illinois: Res. W.E. Martin, 1903. Wayne Andrews Photo 1870." Published in Architecture in Chicago & Mid-America, Andrews, 1968, p.75. Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 10 x 8 B&W Photograph. 0987.117.0420
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Alvin Miller Residence (1946 - S.289), Charles City, Iowa. Circa 1953. Viewed from the hall leading to the Workspace (kitchen). Was designed as a small one bedroom home, built on the banks of the Red Cedar River. Built of natural stone and cypress. Built-in cabinets and shelves are on the left. The Dining Room table is built into the stone wall in the center. Dining Room chairs were designed by Wright. A coffee table is built into the wall in the background. The ceiling above the Living Room is raised and clerestory windows allow in additional non-direct light. Two sets of floor to ceiling doors and two singles open outward in the Living Room on the right. Although the home was only 1,000 square feet, Wright featured it in "The Natural House". This photograph appeared on page 192. Also published in House & Home - April1955, pages 120-121. Photographed by Marc Neuhof. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0987.45.0613
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Henry J. Neils Residence 1953 (1949 - S.314). View of the Living Room. Floor to ceiling windows and doors are on the left. Built-in seating is to the right. There is a small Wright designed table near the built-in seating, and two Wright designed hassocks or seats. Note the round kettle hanging in the fireplace. Label pasted to verso: "The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. The Neils House - Minneapolis, Minnesota." Stamped on verso: "Credit Photograph to P. E. Guerrero." and "Filed Oct 30 1953." Photographed by Pedro Guerrero. 9 photographs by Guerrero, of the Neils Residence were published in the November 1953 issue of House & Home. This image was printed in color p.125. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0987.96.0218
New York Usonian Exhibition House and Pavilion Construction 1953 (1953 - S.369 & 370)
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New York Usonian Exhibition House (1953 - S.369) and the New York Usonian Pavilion (1953 - S.370) Presentation Drawing. "Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Exhibition of Organic Architecture, Temporary Structure, Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." The Exhibition House is on the far left, with the entrance on E. 89th Street. The back of the Pavilion is centered and faces 5th Avenue. Viewed from the North looking South. The House and Pavilion were built on the Guggenheim Museum site. The New York exhibit opened on October 22 through November 29, 1953. Original 8 x 5 color photograph. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and the Guggenheim Museum. 0987.60.0913
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New York Usonian Exhibition House and Pavilion Construction 1953 (1953 - S.369 & 370). Set of seven contact sheets, 84 images documenting the construction of the Usonian Exhibition House and Pavilion. Photographed by Pedro Guerrero. Construction was overseen by David Henken. Guerrero wrote: "My greatest involvement with Mr. Wright at this time was during the construction of the Usonian model house and the pavilion for his Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition... This show, installed on the Guggenheim site... David Hanken, himself a former apprentice, had contracted to build the exhibit structure. We had been good friends since 1948. Through him and Mr. Wright, who was on hand nearly every day, I had entree to the site to photograph the project from start to finish..." Picturing Wright, Guerrero, 1994, p.137. July 24, 1953: "The Guggenheim Foundation decides...  Continue...
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Wright and Henken. Wright reviews plans with Henken for the Usonian Exhibition House (1953 - S.369) and the Pavilion (1953 - S.370) at the New York exhibition entitled "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" which was held at the site for the Guggenheim Museum from October 22 - November 29, 1953. Most likely photographed late summer, early fall. Label pasted to verso: "By-line Feature. Supplied by International News Photos, New York. For Release December 27, 1953. The Titan of Architects. Wright (A). "World's Greatest architect," Frank Lloyd Wright, goes over his designs for Solomon R. Guggenheim museum, New York, with its builder, David Henken, who studied under him. At 84, Wright considers museum showpiece in pioneering theories developed over 60-years career. (Picture by Guerrero. From International New Photos.)" Stamped on verso: "International New Photos." "Mr. Wright was always on hand at the site of his 1953 retrospective exhibition in New York City to solve construction problems as they arose. Here he reviews plans with David Henken, contractor for the Usonian model house, the centerpiece of the show." "Picturing Wright," Guerrero, 1994, page 144, also published in the same. Original 9.25 x 7 B&W photograph. 0987.46.0813
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Wright at 86 (1953). Frank Lloyd Wright overseeing the construction of the Pavilion at the New York exhibition entitled "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" which was held at the site for the Guggenheim Museum from October - November 1953. According to Pedro Guerrero in "Picturing Wright", pages 136-155, "fourteen apprentices came from Wisconsin and spent the better part of the summer and fall of 1953 construction a two-bedroom Usonian house... Next to it was constructed a huge pavilion to house Mr. Wright's models and drawings as well as photographs..." Most likely photographed in October 1953. Published in "Picturing Wright", page 145 (flipped horizontally). Guerrero explains, "Either with a wave of his cane or a few well-directed words, Mr. Wright would explain what had to be done next, When, many years later, Michael Zingg of Madison, Wisconsin saw the photograph shown here, he said, "For myself, it goes beyond a simple workman trying to grasp and understand Mr. Wright. That worker is all of us struggling with his ideas, with a new order, struggling in the end with the genius of the man himself." Clipping pasted to verso: "Detail in pavillion construction gets helpful comment from Mr. Wright. Building used glass in large amount, yet avoid the "indecent exposure" which the architect considers a perversion...  Continue... 0987.41.0811
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Wright visits the New York Usonian Pavilion (1953 - S.370). Construction of the Pavilion nears completion. The Pavilion was constructed on the site of the Guggenheim Museum. Frank Lloyd Wright poses next to a model of the museum. A model of the Malcolm Willey House, Scheme 1 (project 1932) sets on a table in the background. The left side of the Pavilion faces 5th Ave. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Original 10 x 7.5 color photograph. 0987.62.0913
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New York Usonian Pavilion (1953 - S.370). The opening reception for the New York Usonian Exhibition occurred on October 22,1953. Photographed by Pedro Guerrero just before the exhibition opened. He wrote, "A portrait of Mr. Wright standing at his Taliesin drafting table, one of my photographs, greeted visitors as they entered the exhibition pavilion. Mr. Wright had cropped this photograph at the level of the drafting board - to my vigorous protest. He responded: "I wanted the photograph to say, I am an architect - what'll you have?" What could I say?" "Picturing Wright", Guerrero, 1994, p.146-7. The show included sixteen models, 800 drawings and photographs, and a fully-finished four-room house. It was built on the site for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, in New York City. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0987.73.0115
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New York Usonian Pavilion (1953 - S.370). The opening reception for the New York Usonian Exhibition occurred on October 22,1953. Frank Lloyd Wright  in the Usonian Pavilion, holding a cup of tea, glancing at the camera. Photographed by Pedro Guerrero just before the exhibition opened. He wrote, "...he paused before a model of Wingspread. I had an assignment from the Ford Motor Company to shoot a portrait of him - but I did not have to pose him even for this one." Behind him to the right, is a model of the San Francisco Call Building model. " "Picturing Wright", Guerrero, 1994, p.148. The show included sixteen models, 800 drawings and photographs, and a fully-finished four-room house. It was built on the site for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, in New York City. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0987.74.0115
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New York Usonian Exhibition House (1953 - S.369) and the New York Usonian Pavilion (1953 - S.370). The Exhibition House is on the left, the Pavilion is on the right. Built on the Guggenheim Museum site. New York was the seventh stop in the traveling exhibit "Sixty Years of Living Architecture, The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright." The New York exhibit opened on October 22 through November 29, 1953. The exhibition moved next to Los Angeles and then to Chicago. The Exhibition House was dismantled and auctioned, but never reconstructed. Published on the back of "The Usonian House" (1953) exhibition catalog. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Original 8 x 5 B&W photograph. 0987.57.0913
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New York Usonian Exhibition House Interior (1953 - S.369). Viewed from the Terrace into the Dining area and Living Room. Sets of 12 foot doors open outward and extend to the full height of the Living Room. The cantilevered roof overhang is richly patterned with ornamental dentil bands. The dining area and work space are on the left, the living room to the right. The New York exhibit opened on October 22, 1953. Photographed by Ezra Stoller. Original 7.5 x 10 B&W photograph. 0987.59.0913
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New York Usonian Exhibition House Interior (1953 - S.369). Viewed from the living room fireplace, looking toward the dining area, kitchen and bedrooms. The fireplace is behind the camera. The Living Room's wall of floor to ceiling doors and windows open outward to the terrace, blending interior with exterior. The dining area and work space is in the center, and the entry to the far right. The brick is a deep red, and is complimented by a patterned ceiling of red oak plywood. The Dining table and chairs were designed and built specifically for this exhibition house. (Yes that is a television on the far right.) The New York exhibit opened on October 22, 1953, most likely photographed mid October, before the opening. Photographed by Berenice Abbott. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0987.58.0913
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New York Usonian Exhibition House Entrance (1953 - S.369). The pavilion is on the left, entrance to the home is on the right. The actual entrance to the exhibition on the corner of 5th and 89th was into the patio on the opposite site of the house. The Exhibition House was the first Wright building erected in New York City. The Chinese Stone Lion was part of Wright's collection. A mobile by Alexander Calder hangs at the entrance. The brick wall between the two structures in the background faces E. 89th Street. "In this 1,700 sq. ft. house lie Frank Lloyd Wright's suggestions to the average American who builds or buys a home - suggestions first made in 1900 when his houses embodying the same principles first appeared in the prairie outside Chicago." "The Usonian House." Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Original 10 x 7.5 B&W photograph. 0987.61.0913
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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. See our Wright Study on Sixty Years of Living Architecture. 0987.18.0207
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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. See our Wright Study on Sixty Years of Living Architecture. 0987.19.0207
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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. See our Wright Study on Sixty Years of Living Architecture. 0987.20.0207
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4) New York Usonian Exhibition House opening reception, October 22,1953.  Photographed by Pedro Guerrero.  Similar view "Man About TownMuschamp 1983, Page 129.  Built on the site for the Guggenheim Museum. Contact sheet 8 x 10, twelve images each 2.25 x 2.25. See our Wright Study on Sixty Years of Living Architecture. 0987.21.0207
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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. See our Wright Study on Sixty Years of Living Architecture. 0987.22.0207
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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. See our Wright Study on Sixty Years of Living Architecture. 0987.23.0207
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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. See our Wright Study on Sixty Years of Living Architecture. 0987.24.0207
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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. See our Wright Study on Sixty Years of Living Architecture. 0987.25.0207
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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. See our Wright Study on Sixty Years of Living Architecture. 0987.26.0207
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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. See our Wright Study on Sixty Years of Living Architecture. 0987.27.0207
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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. See our Wright Study on Sixty Years of Living Architecture. 0987.28.0207
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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. See our Wright Study on Sixty Years of Living Architecture. 0987.29.0207
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Wright visits the New York Usonian Pavilion, Price Tower Model (1953 - S.370). Model of the Price Tower sets on a base at the New York Usonian Pavilion. Frank Lloyd Wright uses his cane to point to the model as he explains aspects of the Price Tower. Caption pasted to verso: "A Dream in Steel and Glass. New York: - World famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright points with his cane to a model of the Price Tower in Oklahoma, which he designed and which is his ideal skyscraper. He first designed this type of sheltered-glass tower building in 1924 for Chicago and in 1929 for St. Mark's-in-the-Bouwerie in New York. Wright was ob hand to explain his architectural theories to members of the press at a special preview of "Sixty Years of Living Architecture," the first comprehensive retrospective exhibition of Wright's work. Show includes sixteen models, 800 drawings and photographs, and a fully-finished four-room house. It will be held in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, in New York City. (United Press Photo) 10-21-53." 7 x 9 B&W photograph. 0987.70.0115
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Wright with Guggenheim Model 1953. Wright standing to the left of the Guggenheim Model on October 25, 1953, holding Western Union cable. Label on verso: "Model Showing. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright stands beside a model of the new home he designed for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York on October 25, 1953. The model was displayed at an exhibition, "Sixty Years of living Architecture" tracing Wright's many innovations in architecture. AP Newsfeature photo. Please credit. (For use Sun., Aug 12, 1990 with Hugh Mulligan's Oak Park APN story slugged Wright's Stuff.) sav-7/25/90." Acquired from the archives of AP News. Original 11.5 x 8 B&W photograph. See our Wright Study on Sixty Years of Living Architecture. 0987.36.1010
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New York Usonian Exhibition House Dining Room (1953 - S.369). View of the corner dining room in the Usonian Exhibition House. The Usonian Exhibition House was built on the site for the Guggenheim Museum. New York was the seventh stop in the traveling exhibit "Sixty Years of Living Architecture. The work of Frank Lloyd Wright" The New York exhibit opened on October 22 through November 29, 1953. The exhibition moved next to Los Angeles and then to Chicago. The Exhibition House was dismantled and auctioned, but never reconstructed. The brick is a deep red, and is complimented by a patterned ceiling of red oak plywood. The Dining table and chairs were designed and built specifically for this exhibition house. Caption pasted to verso: "It's Wright. Frank Lloyd Wright, world-famous architect, is the designer of a house in New York City, for the first time in his long career. It was built as part of a retrospective exhibition, "Sixty Years of Living Architecture," at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The house is part of a pavilion which Wright also designed for his show. The architect describes the house as "characteristic of the so-called prairie house" which he first designed some 60 years ago. It incorporates many of the ideas which Wright has introduced in the housing exterior,,, Continue... 0987.108.0120
  Set of 15 photographs, most likely taken at the traveling exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture. The work of Frank Lloyd Wright", held in New York City, October 22 - November 29, 1953, at the temporary pavilion, constructed for the exhibition on the plot of ground that would become the Guggenheim Museum. Six models exhibited were photographed which included: #47: St. Mark's Tower, #53: Willey House (2), #59: Wingspread, #81: Jester, #83: Affleck, #106: New Theater. Also included are photographs of photos on display at the exhibition: Fallingwater (3), Anne Pfeiffer Chapel (1), Taliesin West (1); and two photographs of unidentified non-Wright buildings. Also one photograph of three males. Found in a dresser sold at an estate sale at a suburb North of New York City. Numbers correspond with the Catalog numbers from the exhibition catalog, "Sixty Yeats of Living Architecture" (New York). A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia (January 1951). The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy (June 1951) and ended in Chicago, October 1956.  
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1) #47: St. Mark's Tower Model, New York City, 1929. During the summer of 1935 Wright and his apprentices constructed a 12 foot square model of Broadacre City, including the large model of St. Marks Tower (1929 project), consisting of two-story apartments, built of copper, glass and concrete, constructed with a central core and cantilevered floor slabs. This model was exhibited in 1940, at the MOMA exhibited "Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect". Photograph of model is published in "Frank Lloyd Wright / Sixty Years of Living Architecture" (Zurich), 1952, page 24, "Frank Lloyd Wright: 60 Jabre Architektur" (Germany) 1952, page 33, and "The Future of Architecture" Wright, 1953, page 271. This later became the Price Tower (1952 - S.355). 3.25 x 4.5 sepia tone photograph, faded and out of focus. 0987.49.0813
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2) #53: Willey House Model (1), Project for the Willey House, Minneapolis, Miss, 1932. Malcolm Willey House, Scheme 1 (project 1932). Although not called a Usonian design in 1932, it could be called an early forerunner to the design. The description in the 1953 "Sixty Yeats" (New York) catalog is "Model for a "Usonian" house." Scheme 1 was two stories. The Malcolm Willey House (1933 - S.229), Scheme 2, built in 1933, was one story and built three years before the Jacobs Residence (1936 - S.234) which many call Wright's first Usonian House. Faded 4.5 x3.25 sepia tone photograph. 0987.50.0813
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3) #53: Willey House Model (2), Project for the Willey House, Minneapolis, Miss, 1932. Malcolm Willey House, Scheme 1 (project 1932). Although not called a Usonian design in 1932, it could be called an early forerunner to the design. The description in the 1953 "Sixty Yeats" (New York) catalog is "Model for a "Usonian" house." Scheme 1 was two stories. The Malcolm Willey House (1933 - S.229), Scheme 2, built in 1933, was one story and built three years before the Jacobs Residence (1936 - S.234) which many call Wright's first Usonian House. Faded 4.5 x3.25 sepia tone photograph. 0987.51.0813
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4) #59: "Wingspread" Model, Herbert F. Johnson Residence (1937 - S.239). During construction of the SC Johnson & Son Administration Building (1936 - S.237), H.F. Johnson commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design his expansive home in Wind Point, Wisconsin. This model of Wingspread was constructed during the summer of 1940, by the Taliesin apprentices for the exhibition "Frank Lloyd Wright: American Architect" held at The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), November 12, 1940 - January 5, 1941. See "The Show to End all Shows", 2004. The 1940 caption: "The latest and largest of the "Prairie Houses"." Large color photograph of model published in "Frank Lloyd Wright / Sixty Years of Living Architecture" (Zurich), 1952, page 81-82. Faded 4.5 x3.25 sepia tone photograph (notice little boy in the background looking at model). 0987.52.0813
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5) #81: Ralph Jester House Model, Project, Palos Verdes, CA. Designed in 1938. Jester graduated from Yale in 1924. He moved to Paris for five years to study sculpting, and met Wright's sister Maginel at an American Embassy Fourth of July party. After moving back to New York, he met Wright will they were both visiting Maginel. His first involvement with Hollywood was as a sculpture for the movie Cleopatra (1934). He was probably best known for his costume designs for such movies as The Ten Commandments (1956) and The Buccaneer (1958). Wright designed the home in 1938, but construction costs forced Jester to forgo building the home. The design was revived for Gerald Loeb "Hilltop House" (project) in 1946. Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer later constructed the home next to Taliesin West in 1971. This model was exhibited in 1943 at the exhibition "Masters of Four Arts", Fogg Museum of Art, and named the "Pacific House". This model appeared in the background of the 1940 photograph of Wright with the Wingspread model at Taliesin in 1940 (Show to End all Shows, page 39), and is photographed at the show (page 52), but does not appear on the list of models displayed at the 1940 show at MOMA, or the Catalogue of the Exhibition in November (pages 215-228). Faded 4.5 x3.25 sepia tone photograph. 0987.53.0813
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6) #83: George Affleck Residence Model (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Gregor Affleck, a chemical engineer, was born in Chicago and spend his younger years near Spring Green, Wisconsin. Elizabeth Affleck was fond of Fallingwater. The site they selected for their home was sloped, and traversed by a small stream that lead to a pond. Wright designed the raised Usonian home for the property. The living area cantilevers dramatically over the stream bed. This model was exhibited in 1940, at the MOMA exhibited "Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect". Photograph of model is published in "Frank Lloyd Wright / Sixty Years of Living Architecture" (Zurich), 1952, page 60. Faded 4.5 x3.25 sepia tone photograph. 0987.54.0813
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7) #106: New Theater Model for Hartford, Conn., Project, 1949. The design for this theater was first conceived for the New Theatre for Woodstock, New York (1931 Project). In 1938 Wright designed the Pfeiffer Chapel (S.251) at the Florida Southern College and utilized the original Woodstock floor plan. In 1949 the New Theater was revived again in Hartford, Connecticut. The model was first shown at a special exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum from January 26 - February 27, 1949. Photograph of model is published in "Frank Lloyd Wright / Sixty Years of Living Architecture" (Zurich), 1952, page 72. The concept for the "New Theatre for Woodstock" was finally executed in Dallas and the Dallas Theater Center opened with registration and classes on September 9, 1959 and its first production on December 27, 1959. Faded 4.5 x3.25 sepia tone photograph. 0987.55.0813
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8) Photograph of three males, possibly Wright apprentices, but unable to verify at this time. Contacted Roy Arnold, he was not at the show, and did not recognize the three. Most likely just three friends who visited the show. Faded 4.5 x3.25 sepia tone photograph. 0987.56.0813
 
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Guggenheim Museum Drawing 1953. Photograph of Wright's architectural rendering of the Guggenheim. Text written along the bottom of the drawing: "The Modern Gallery. Museum for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Holden and McLaughlin Associates." (Inside Square) "FLLW Aug 15 /47 or 51?" Caption pasted on verso: "The striking design of the Solomon R. Guggenheim museum reflects "one great space on a continuous floor" and gets away from the "box" building design disliked by Wright. The museum's floor is a continuous spiral to the top." Stamped Dec 27, 1953. Original 9 x 7 B&W print. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Sun-Times. 0987.35.1110
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Guggenheim Museum Drawing 1953. Photograph of Wright's architectural rendering of the Guggenheim. Text written along the bottom of the drawing: "The Modern Gallery. Museum for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Holden and McLaughlin Associates." (Inside Square) "FLLW Aug 15 /51" Caption pasted on verso: "December 27, 1953. The Titan of Architecture. Wright (C) Striking design of the Solomon R. Guggenheim museum reflects "one great space on a continuous floor." Mr. Wright commented on conflicts with city building code which ran contrary to his architectural concept and use of materials." Original 9 x 7 B&W photograph. 0987.94.1117
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Imperial Hotel (1915 - S.194) 1953. View of the main entrance from across the pool. Label on verso: "One of Japan's most famous hotels, the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, is scheduled to be reopened for civilian use in the near future. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, it is regarded as one of the most beautifully landscaped hotels in the world. From: American President Lines, San Francisco, California." Stamped on verso: "May 29, 1953". "Palmer Pictures, San Francisco, Calif." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0987.43.0612
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Price Tower Model 1953 (1952 - S.355). Clipping pasted to verso: "Radical Building: This is a model of an 18-story skyscraper that has set the architectural world agog. Construction is to begin in the summer in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The designer is Frank Lloyd Wright, long a controversial figure. The owner is the H. C. Price Co., which makes pipe lines. The building is designed in four sections, with offices in three of them and apartments down the fourth. The materials called for are concrete, steel, copper and gold-tinted glass. The structure will have a view of 800 square miles of Prairie and the foothills." Stamped on clipping: "Jun 9 1953." Stamped on verso: "Wide World Photo." Original 7.25 x 9 B&W photograph. 0987.99.0718
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Price Tower Model 1953 (1952 - S.355). View of the Price Tower model. Clipping pasted to verso: "Wisconsin's Frank Lloyd Wright designed an 18 story headquarters for a Bartlesville (Okla.) Oil company. Modern interiors match the advanced architectural lines of the exterior. This model is on display at a Tulsa petroleum expositions. Stamped on clipping: "May 15 1953." Stamped on verso: "United Press Association." Original 7.25 x 9 B&W photograph. 0987.104.1019
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S.C. Johnson Headquarters "Great Workroom" 1953. Caption on verso: "Pillars arranged in a unique pattern developed by Wright provide open areas in the Johnson Wax Co.'s administration offices at Racine, Wis. Wright cites this building as proof that an architect can obtain spaciousness in a building without making it appear awkward." Stamped on verso: "Dec 27, 1953. International Newsreel Photo, 235 East 65th Street, New York 17, N.Y." Original silver gelatin 9 x 7 photo. 0987.32.0510
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S.C. Johnson Headquarters Circa 1953. Viewed from the Southeast. The Research Tower complex is in the foreground, the Tower is in the background, the porte cochere is on the left. Photographed before the addition of the second and third floors over the east wing of the Research Tower complex, added in 1961. The car to the far right is a 1952 Ford Crestline Victoria. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0987.69.1114
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Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, Perspective View 1953 (Project - FLLW #5427). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1953. Perspective view for the Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition Pavilion. A temporary pavilion, similar to the pavilion in New York, was attached to the line of kennels that reached from the house to the garage. The entrance to the pavilion was through the Hollyhock House. (Wright, 1943-1959, p.346). Note: Although a Pavilion was constructed, Storrer does not include it as a completed project. Text: "Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition Pavilion for Los Angeles. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." FLLW #5427.02. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.346. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0987.105.1219
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Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, Ground Plan 1953 (Project - FLLW #5427). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1953. Ground plan for the Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition Pavilion. A temporary pavilion, similar to the pavilion in New York, was attached to the line of kennels that reached from the house to the garage. The entrance to the pavilion was through the Hollyhock House. (Wright, 1943-1959, p.346). Note: Although a Pavilion was constructed, Storrer does not include it as a completed project. Text: "Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition Pavilion for Los Angeles. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." FLLW #5427.04. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.346. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0987.106.1219
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Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, Construction Details 1953 (Project - FLLW #5427). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1953. Construction details for the Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition Pavilion. Upper illustration: "Plan of Typical Bay." Lower illustration: "Cross Section." A temporary pavilion, similar to the pavilion in New York, was attached to the line of kennels that reached from the house to the garage. The entrance to the pavilion was through the Hollyhock House. (Wright, 1943-1959, p.346). Note: Although a Pavilion was constructed, Storrer does not include it as a completed project. Text: "Construction Details of Pavilion. Sixty Years of Living Architecture. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." Additional illustrations published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.346. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0987.107.1219
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Leigh Stevens, Auldbrass Plantation, Yemassee, South Carolina, Main House, Bedrooms Circa 1953 (1940 - S.261-264). Detail of the bedrooms at Auldbrass. The down spouts are much more elaborate then those photographed and published in Frank Lloyd Wright Select Houses 5, Pfeiffer, 1990/96. Frank Lloyd Wright designed some of the first buildings on the property in 1939. " "Old Brass" was the name given to a tract of land in South Carolina that includes over 4,000 acres. "In the mid 1930s the Savanna River Lumber Co. Which owned the tract of land slid into bankruptcy. C. Leigh Stevens took over the responsibility of reorganizing the company, and ended up "with its shares held by Stevens." Old Brass was one of many holdings owned by the reorganized Savanna River Lumber Co. The modern history of "Auldbrass" which Wright adapted from Old Brass started in 1939 when C. Leigh Stevens commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to create a plantation complex of buildings for his southern home..." Auldbrass, The Plantation Complex Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1992. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: : "West 20, US Arch. Wright, Frank L. Yemassee, South Carolina. Auldbrass Plantation, 1940. Main House - Close Up. Photo by Andrews. #1925." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Published in Architecture in America, Andrews, 1960, p.144. Original 10 x 8 B&W Photograph. 0987.109.0420
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Leigh Stevens, Auldbrass Plantation, Yemassee, South Carolina, Main House, Bedrooms Circa 1953 (1940 - S.261-264). The Living room is in the background on the left, the Master Bedroom is in the foreground. The down spouts are much more elaborate then those photographed and published in Frank Lloyd Wright Select Houses 5, Pfeiffer, 1990/96. Frank Lloyd Wright designed some of the first buildings on the property in 1939. " "Old Brass" was the name given to a tract of land in South Carolina that includes over 4,000 acres. "In the mid 1930s the Savanna River Lumber Co. Which owned the tract of land slid into bankruptcy. C. Leigh Stevens took over the responsibility of reorganizing the company, and ended up "with its shares held by Stevens." Old Brass was one of many holdings owned by the reorganized Savanna River Lumber Co. The modern history of "Auldbrass" which Wright adapted from Old Brass started in 1939 when C. Leigh Stevens commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to create a plantation complex of buildings for his southern home..." Auldbrass, The Plantation Complex Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1992. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: : "West 20, US Arch. Wright, Frank L. Yemassee, South Carolina. Auldbrass Plantation, 1940. Main House - Grand View. Photo by Andrews... Continue... 0987.110.0420 0987.119.0920
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Leigh Stevens, Auldbrass Plantation, Yemassee, South Carolina, Saddle and Gun Room (Office) Circa 1953 (1940 - S.261-264). The Saddle and Gun Room, later used as an office is in the foreground. The Stables are to the right. The down spouts are much more elaborate then those photographed and published in Frank Lloyd Wright Select Houses 5, Pfeiffer, 1990/96. Frank Lloyd Wright designed some of the first buildings on the property in 1939. " "Old Brass" was the name given to a tract of land in South Carolina that includes over 4,000 acres. "In the mid 1930s the Savanna River Lumber Co. Which owned the tract of land slid into bankruptcy. C. Leigh Stevens took over the responsibility of reorganizing the company, and ended up "with its shares held by Stevens." Old Brass was one of many holdings owned by the reorganized Savanna River Lumber Co. The modern history of "Auldbrass" which Wright adapted from Old Brass started in 1939 when C. Leigh Stevens commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to create a plantation complex of buildings for his southern home..." Auldbrass, The Plantation Complex Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1992. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: : "West 20, US Arch. Wright, Frank L. Yemassee, South Carolina. Auldbrass Plantation, 1940. Office. Photo by Andrews. #1922." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Published in Architecture in America, Andrews, 1960, p.144. Original 10 x 8 B&W Photograph. 0987.111.0420
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Leigh Stevens, Auldbrass Plantation, Yemassee, South Carolina, Guest Cottage, Circa 1953 (1940 - S.261-264). View of a guest cottage or possibly the caretaker's quarters. A gate is to the left. Frank Lloyd Wright designed some of the first buildings on the property in 1939. "Old Brass" was the name given to a tract of land in South Carolina that includes over 4,000 acres. "In the mid 1930s the Savanna River Lumber Co. Which owned the tract of land slid into bankruptcy. C. Leigh Stevens took over the responsibility of reorganizing the company, and ended up "with its shares held by Stevens." Old Brass was one of many holdings owned by the reorganized Savanna River Lumber Co. The modern history of "Auldbrass" which Wright adapted from Old Brass started in 1939 when C. Leigh Stevens commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to create a plantation complex of buildings for his southern home..." Auldbrass, The Plantation Complex Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1992. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "Arch. U.S.A. 20th cent. Frank Lloyd Wright. Auldbrass Plantation, Yemassee, S.C. (1940). Guest cottage. Wayne Andrews #1924. Indiana University, Fine Arts Department." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the Indiana University. Original 9.5 x 7.5 B&W Photograph. 0987.118.0920
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Leigh Stevens, Auldbrass Plantation, Yemassee, South Carolina, Gate Circa 1953 (1940 - S.261-264). Detail of one of the gates at Auldbrass. Frank Lloyd Wright designed some of the first buildings on the property in 1939. " "Old Brass" was the name given to a tract of land in South Carolina that includes over 4,000 acres. "In the mid 1930s the Savanna River Lumber Co. Which owned the tract of land slid into bankruptcy. C. Leigh Stevens took over the responsibility of reorganizing the company, and ended up "with its shares held by Stevens." Old Brass was one of many holdings owned by the reorganized Savanna River Lumber Co. The modern history of "Auldbrass" which Wright adapted from Old Brass started in 1939 when C. Leigh Stevens commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to create a plantation complex of buildings for his southern home..." Auldbrass, The Plantation Complex Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1992. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: : "West 20, US Arch. Wright, Frank L. Yemassee, South Carolina. Auldbrass Plantation, 1940. Detail, Gate. Photo by Andrews. #1923." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Original 8 x10 B&W Photograph. 0531.85.0220
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George C. Stewart Residence, Montecito, California, C 1953 (1909 - S.160). Viewed from the East, the Dining room is on the left, the Living Room is in the center, and a porch is on the right. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1909 and built in 1910. It was Wright's first house and the only Prairie styled house built in California. FLLW Foundation #0907. In 1910, Frank Lloyd Wright included the Stewart Residence in his Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright, Plate XLIIIa. Stamped on verso: "Photo Wayne Andrews." Label: "W 20, USA Arch. The University Gallery. Northrop Memorial Auditorium, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Wright, Frank Lloyd. American, 1869-1959. Montecito, California: Res. Geo. C. Stewart, 1909. Wayne Andrews Photo 1840." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0987.112.0420
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
Malcolm E. Willey Residence 1953 (1933 - S.229). Designed in 1933 by Frank Lloyd Wright for Malcolm Willey and completed in 1934. Willey was an administrator at the University of Minnesota. This Usonian design was actually the second design Wright created for the Willeys. Stamped on Verso: "Oct 14 1953." Wiley sold the home in 1963. Clipping pasted to verso (1963): "A house in Minneapolis, one of Frank Lloyd Wright's most noted designs, was sold recently for far less than it could have brought. It's not that the late architect's work is now down-graded; on the contrary, although he was been dead more than four years, interest in his designs is as acute as ever. The house at 255 S.E. Bedford St. Was sold for a relative song because the original owner, Malcolm M. Willey, former academic vice president at the University of Minnesota, was mainly interested in finding someone who loved it to live in it." Stamped on verso: "Engraving. 1963 Nov 13." Also stamped on verso: "Artists. 1963 Nov 13." Clipping pasted to verso stamped Jul 30 1968: "There are two housed designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Minneapolis and seven others throughout the state. The house pictured, built in 1934, is at 255 S.E. Bedford St." Clipping pasted to verso stamped Nov 17 1968: "Bedford St. House: "It Dramatizes Distant Vistas." " Original 10 x 7.75 B&W Photograph. 0987.95.1217
1953
William H. Winslow House, River Forest, IL, Circa 1953 (1894 - S.024). Viewed from the South West. Designed in 1894, this was Frank Lloyd Wright's first major commission after leaving Sullivan's office. A friend of Winslow's, Wright worked with Winslow and another client Chauncey Williams producing The Eve of St, Agnes in 1896. Wright and Winslow produced The House Beautiful in 1898. Published in Architecture in Chicago & Mid-America, Andrews, 1968, p.66. Stamped on verso: "Photo Wayne Andrews." Label: "W 20, USA Arch. The University Gallery. Northrop Memorial Auditorium, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Wright, Frank Lloyd. American, 1869-1959. River Forest, Illinois: Res. W.H. Winslow, 1895. Grand View. Wayne Andrews Photo 1875." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0987.115.0420
1953
Wright at 86. 1953. Portrait of Wright seated behind his drafting table at Taliesin, dressed in a white suit facing to the right. Has a small leaf pinned to his lapel. Photographed on June 8, 1953 by James Roy Miller shortly before his birthday party. Published in "Truth Against The World", Meehan, 1987, page 230. Courtesy of the Ryerson & Burnham Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago. 8 x 6.75 B&W photograph. 0987.30.0509
1953
Wright at 86, June 8, 1953. Frank Lloyd Wright  celebrates his 86th birthday at Taliesin Spring Green, photographed during the presentation of box projects. Wright is seated, dressed in a white suit and white shoes, facing to the left. He has a small leaf pinned to his lapel, and a gold chain hanging from his breast pocket. He points a pencil as he critiques the work of one of his apprentices, possibly the work of Nancy D'Astous, seated on the floor in the foreground. She and her husband David were apprentices in the 1950s. Both were from Canada. Wright appears to be seated in a chair similar to one he designed for Herman T. Mossberg. The carpet design has a variation of the Japanese Chrysanthemum crest within an octagon. Photographed by David Mann, photographer for the Sun Times. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0987.78.0215
1953
Wright at 86, June 8, 1953. Frank Lloyd Wright celebrates his 86th birthday at Taliesin Spring Green, photographed during the presentation of box projects. Wright is seated, dressed in a white suit facing to the left. He has a small leaf pinned to his lapel, and a gold chain hanging from his breast pocket. He points a pencil as he critiques the work of one of his apprentices. Little girl to Wright's left bits her finger nail. Publicity photograph made for an exhibition at the Kelmscott Gallery, Chicago, held in early 1980s. This is from an original silver gelatin photograph, with Wright's signature on the image lower left hand corner of the print. Photographed by David Mann, photographer for the Sun Times. Acquired from Kelmscott Gallery. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0798.07.1206
1953
Wright at 86, June 8, 1953. Frank Lloyd Wright celebrates his 86th birthday at Taliesin Spring Green, photographed during the presentation of box projects. Wright is seated, dressed in a white suit and white shoes, facing to the right. He has a small leaf pinned to his lapel, a cap on his lap, and a gold chain hanging from his breast pocket. He has a pencil in his right hand as he critiques the work of one of his apprentices, possibly the work of Nancy D'Astous, seated on the floor to his right. She and her husband David were apprentices in the 1950s. Both were from Canada. The young girl to his left is Celeste Davison (leg brace), daughter of Kay and Davy Davison. Wright appears to be seated in a chair similar to one he designed for Herman T. Mossberg. The carpet design has a variation of the Japanese Chrysanthemum crest within an octagon. Photographed by David Mann, photographer for the Sun Times. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0987.79.0215
1953
Wright at 86, June 8, 1953. Frank Lloyd Wright celebrates his 86th birthday at Taliesin Spring Green, photographed during the presentation of box projects. Wright is seated, dressed in a white suit, facing to the left. He has a small leaf pinned to his lapel, a cap on his lap, and a gold chain hanging from his breast pocket. He has a pencil in his right hand as he critiques the work of one of his apprentices. Wright appears to be seated in a chair similar to one he designed for Herman T. Mossberg. Possibly photographed by Marya Lilien. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0987.80.1121
1953
Wright at 86 (Circa 1953). Frank Lloyd Wright on the street in New York City. Facing toward the right, looking at the camera. Wearing a porkpie hat and suit. Overcoat is draped over his right arm, he is holding his cane in his right hand. His glasses are in his breast pocket. Photograph by Halley Erskine. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright in New York", Hession; Pickrel, 2007, p.123. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0987.66.0714
1953
Wright at 86. 1953. Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, facing the camera but turned slightly and looking to the right. His left arm is outstretched. He is wearing a suit coat and short tie. His eyeglasses are hanging from a chain and in his breast pocket. He appears to be wearing the same suit jacket as in the twelve images of"The Hands of Frank Lloyd Wright by Pedro Guerrero (S#0987.101). He appears to have the same chain for his glasses in a candid photograph of Frank Lloyd Wright on the streets of New York City (S#0987.66). Stamped on verso: "Received Apr 28 1953. Salt Lake Tribune Library. Acquired from the archives of The Salt Lake Tribune. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0987.131.0223
1953
Wright at 86. 1953. Wright's Hands #3. Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright demonstrating with his hands the difference of between organic architecture and conventional architecture, photographed at Mr. Wright's suite at the Plaza Hotel. "Ben Raeburn of Horizon Press, the publisher of Mr. Wright's forthcoming book The Future of Architecture, alerted me in 1953 to be prepared to photograph Mr. Wright in New York. During a television interview with Hugh Downs on the Today Show some months earlier he had demonstrated with his hands the differences between organic and conventional architecture. Raeburn wanted to use the series to accompany the complete text of Mr. Wright's conversation in the book. There was no videotape then to capture the event, so Raeburn needed reenactments of each technique as illustrations. I met him at Mr. Wright's suite at the Plaza Hotel, and step-by-step we recreated the television lesson. The resulting twelve images... (3) cutting and slashing partitions." Picturing Wright, Guerrero, 1994, p.156-7. Published in Pedro E. Guerrero, Guerrero, 2007, p.98-9. Also published in The Future of Architecture, Wright, 1953, p.19-20. Label pasted to verso: "Kelmscott Gallery, Chicago, IL. Pedro Guerrero. One of Twelve images in "The Hands of Frank Lloyd Wright... Continue... 0987.101.0918
1953
Wright at 86 (Circa 1953). Mr. Wright with His attorney A. C. Newlin and colleague Arthur C. Holden. Frank Lloyd Wright (Right), wearing a porkpie hat, having a conversion with both men. Caption pasted to verso: "Wright chatted with his lawyer, A. C. Newlin (left) and his colleague, Arthur C. Holden (center), before the meeting with the city board of standards and appeals." Stamped on clipping: "Jul 29 1953." Both Newlin and Holden worked with Wright in connection with the Guggenheim Museum. Original 9 x 6 B&W photograph. 0987.103.0619
1953
Wright at 86 (Circa 1953). Frank Lloyd Wright facing right. Clipping pasted on verso, (Stamped Oct 17 1957): "Architect Frank Lloyd Wright... will join five businessmen in the forum at 2 p.m. Oct. 30, in the Museum of Science and Industry. "Today, Chicago is launching a billion-dollar rebuilding program," said Edward L. Logelin, chairman of the Chicago Dynamic Committee. "Each of us is affected by the way our cities build, so it is vital that forums such as ours bring together the men who know, to give us direction," he said." Includes photograph. Second clipping of photo only stamped Nov 8, 1957. Third clipping pasted on verso, (Stamped Apr 11 1959): "The word nonconformist might have been invented to describe Frank Lloyd Wright. Both in his profession and in his personal life he defied convention at every turn. He had no doubt that he was the world's greatest architect, and once said so in court. Twitted about his conceit, he retorted, "Well, I was under oath, wasn't I?" Not everyone agreed with Wright's estimate of himself. From first to last he carried on a running battle with his fellow architects. In the cases where his competitors finally came reluctantly..." Published in 1953 on the back cover of "The Future of Architecture". Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Daily News. Original 8 x 10 B&W print and 4x5 B&W negative. 0987.34.1010 0987.44.0413
1953
Wright at 86 (Circa 1953). Mr. Wright facing right. Produced in 1960 as a promotion. "Frank Lloyd Wright: Writings and Buildings, the first compilation containing the full range of Wright's thinking, will be published simultaneously on June 15 by Meridian Books as a paperback and Horizon Press in hard covers. Along with 150 photographs and drawings, editors Edgar Kaufmann and Ben Raeburn have included the first complete list of 500 Wright-executed structures keyed to a map of America." Published on the back cover of "The Future of Architecture", Wright, 1953. Also published in "Sixty Years of Living Architecture. The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright", Wright, 1954, inside front cover; "An American Architecture", Wright, 1955, Back cover and page 2; "Frank Lloyd Wright Selects the Taliesin Palette in Martin-Senour Paints", Martin-Senour Company, 1955, Cover (image flopped horizontally). Original B&W photograph. 5 x 7.2. 0987.31.1209
1953
Wright at 86. 1953. Portrait of Wright seated behind his drafting table at Taliesin. Photographed by Guerrero. Caption: "Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright in his private study at Taliesin". Published in "Picturing Wright", Guerrero, 1994, pages 62-63. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune. Original 10 x 8.8 B&W Print. 0987.33.0910
1953 (C)
Wright at 86, 1953. A) 1957 (90);  B) 1951 (84);  C) 1953 (86);  D) 1954 (87).
A) Top Left: Wright at 90. 1957. Frank Lloyd Wright inspects construction of the Guggenheim in 1957. Ground was broken on August 14, 1956. Wright visited the site many times. Wright pasted away April 9, 1959, six months before the grand opening. Grand opening October 21, 1959. Published in "The Guggenheim", 2009, p 1, and a similar image taken at the same time, "Frank Lloyd Wright in New York", Hession, Pickrel, 2007, p 104. Photographed by John Engstead. Original 3.75 x 4.75 B&W photograph.
B) Top Right: Wright at 84, 1951. Wright in drafting room, Taliesin West in 1951. Photographed by Ezra Stoller. Similar image in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West", Stoller, 1999, p 8. Original 3.75 x 4.75 B&W photograph.
C) Bottom Left: Wright at 88, 1955. Frank Lloyd Wright at drafting table with a large image of the V.C. Morris Gift Shop (S.310 - 1948) in the background. Photographed by John Engstead. Published on the cover of "Frank Lloyd Wright Decorative Designs Collection", 1990. Original 3.75 x 4.75 B&W photograph.
D) Bottom Right: Wright at 87, 1954. Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, facing right, looking to the left. Photographed by Al Ravenna. Original 3.75 x 4.75 B&W photograph.
Montage of four portraits of Frank Lloyd Wright. Stamped on verso: "Nov 9 1998". Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. Two copies.
0857.06.0911 0857.07.0911
C 1953
Wright at 86, circa 1953. Frank Lloyd Wright is seated, dressed in a white suit and blue tie, facing to the right. He has a gold chain hanging around his neck, hooked to his breast pocket. Published on the cover of the Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, Spring 2000. Caption reads: "Frank Lloyd Wright talks with apprentices at Taliesin West in the 1950s. Photo courtesy Aaron G. Green." The white suite seems to match the suit he wore to his daughter Iovanna's wedding to Arthur Pieper at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, in Chicago on June 18, 1954. Original 8 x 10 color photograph. 0987.81.0215
1953
David Wright Residence 1953, (1950 - S.322). Viewed from the Southwest. Photographed for the June issue of House & Home 1953 by Pedro E. Guerrero. Published on page 99. Caption: "This new desert house for his son is a magnificent coil of concrete block." Hand written on verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright - Building Designed By." Label pasted to verso: "The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. 1952. David Wright House, Phoenix, Arizona.." Stamped on verso: "Oct 30 1953." Stamped on verso: "P. E. Guerrero." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0987.97.0218
1953 
David Wright Residence (1950 - S.322) 1953. Viewed from the Southwest. Photographed for the June issue of House & Home 1953 by Pedro E. Guerrero. Label pasted to verso: "By-line Feature. Supplied by International News Photos, New York. For Release December 27, 1953. The Titan of Architects. Wright (F) "Son's house, designed by Mr. Wright for David Wright at Phoenix, Ariz., uses some of the sweeping lines and "openness" which the architect believes takes greatest advantage to add to "living freedom" with modern materials. (International New Photos.)" Stamped on verso: "International New Photos." Original 9.25 x 7 B&W photograph. 0987.48.0813
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 right. Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph proof. 0987.17.0207
1953
8) David Wright House 1953.  Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Interior view of the Master Bedroom from the fireplace which is on the left. Original 4 x 5 silver gelatin photograph proof. 0987.16.0207
1953
David Wright Residence 1853. (1950 - S.322). Viewed from the Southeast. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the David Wright house in 1950. The circular ramp rises to the upper main level. The cantilevered master bedroom is seen on the upper left. Camelback Mountain can be seen in the background on the far right. Wright called the design "How to live in the Southwest". These were photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero for the June issue of House & Home 1953. Guerrero wrote, "This is the essence of the house. We don't need any others," Mr. Wright told me. House and Home thought otherwise." Published in "Picturing Wright" Guerrero 1994, P.131. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0987.76.0215
1953
David Wright Residence 1853. (1950 - S.322). View of the Living Room. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the David Wright house in 1950. The Dining area is to the far left. The Entrance to the home, at the top of the ramp, is to the right of the circular fireplace, behind the built-in seating. Door to ceiling glass doors on the far right, lead to a balcony over looking the courtyard. Wright designed furniture is seen in the foreground on the far right. The David Wright house was constructed in 1950. Wright called the design "How to live in the Southwest". Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero for the June issue of House & Home 1953. Guerrero wrote, "The exterior curves of David's Wright house are mirrored inside in features such as the living room fireplace and the furnishings," p.130. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright" Treiber 1995, Page 109: Similar views in "Picturing Wright" Guerrero 1994, Page 130. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0987.77.0215
1953
Robert Llewellyn Wright Residence Bethesda, Maryland (1953 - S.358). Perspective, Scheme 1. A two-story "Hemicycle" designed house sets on a cantilevered circular lily pad like terrace. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1953 for his youngest son Robert Llewellyn Wright. On a visit to the Robert Llewellyn Wright House in Bethesda, Maryland on November 6, 2020, Thomas Wright, Llewellyn's son, who is now the owner, and lives in the home, gave us a tour of the home. Hanging on the wall were three drawings by Frank Lloyd Wright: A) Perspective, Project 1945; B) Ground plan and elevation for the 1945 project; C) This perspective of the house that was built in Bethesda, Scheme 1, 1953. Text: "House For Mr. And Mrs. Robert Llewellyn Wright. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Published in Monograph 1951-1959, Pfeiffer, 1990, p.85. Additional illustrations published in Wright 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.350. 10 x 7 Color photograph. 0987.121.1220
1953
Robert Llewellyn Wright Residence Bethesda, Maryland (1953 - S.358). Perspective on tissue, Scheme 1. A two-story "Hemicycle" designed house sets on a cantilevered circular lily pad like terrace. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1953 for his youngest son Robert Llewellyn Wright. Text: "House For Mr. And Mrs. Robert Llewellyn Wright. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Published in Monograph 1951-1959, Pfeiffer, 1990, p.85. Additional illustrations published in Wright 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.350. 10 x 6.75 Color photograph. 0987.122.1220
1953
Robert Llewellyn Wright Residence Bethesda, Maryland (1953 - S.358). Elevation, Scheme 1. A two-story "Hemicycle" designed house sets on a cantilevered circular lily pad like terrace. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1953 for his youngest son Robert Llewellyn Wright. Text: "Elevations. House For Mr. And Mrs. Robert Llewellyn Wright. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Signed: "FLLW. July 10, 1953." Additional illustrations published in Monograph 1951-1959, Pfeiffer, 1990, p.85, and Wright 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.350. 10 x 7 Color photograph. 0987.123.1220
1953
Robert Llewellyn Wright Residence Bethesda, Maryland (1953 - S.358). North Elevation, Scheme 1. A two-story "Hemicycle" designed house sets on a cantilevered circular lily pad like terrace. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1953 for his youngest son Robert Llewellyn Wright. Text: "North Elevation." Additional illustrations published in Monograph 1951-1959, Pfeiffer, 1990, p.85, and Wright 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.350. 10 x 6.5 Color photograph. 0987.124.1220
1954
1954
Jorgine Boomer Residence (1953 - S.361). Copy print of page 212 in "The Natural House", Wright, 1954. Caption pasted on verso, "The desert house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright." Stamped on verso, "Free Press, Feb 16 1955, Photo". Original 10 x 8 B&W Print.  For more information on the Boomer Residence see our Wright Study. 1092.39.0211
1954
Aline Barnsdall Hollyhock House Living Room Fireplace (1917 - S.208) 1954. In 1926, Aline Barnsall donated Hollyhock House to the City of Los Angeles, with a lease going to the California Art Club. By 1942, the city had condemned the house and ordered it to be vacated, due to structural damage. The home was left in shambles. A minor restoration project was undertaken in 1945. In 1954 Frank Lloyd Wright designed a Master Plan for Barnsdall Park which included a museum which remained a unbuilt. (Monograph 8, p.146-7). Also in 1954, Barnsdall Park was the one of the stops for Wright's traveling exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture." The premiere of the exhibit in Los Angeles was held at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Center at Barnsdall Park on June 1, 1954. A temporary pavilion, similar to the pavilion in New York, was attached to the line of kennels that reached from the house to the garage. The entrance to the pavilion was through the Hollyhock House. (Wright, 1943-1959, p.346). Photographed on May 27, 1954, days before the exhibition opened. Note the pond in front of the fireplace which has been filled in. Female is seated on a Frank Lloyd Wright designed living room chair. Stamped on verso: "Mirrorfoto by Bob Martin, Staff Photographer. May 27, 1954." (Two copies) 11 x 14 1045.40.0916 1045.41.0916
C 1954
George Barton Residence, Buffalo, New York, Circa 1954 (1903 - S.103). View of the Barton Residence from the South East. The Entry Terrace is on the left, the Living Room is on the right. Mrs. Barton was Darwin Martin's sister, and the house was built on an adjacent lot to the Martin Complex. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1903, it was constructed of the same material and designed to blend with the Martin complex. In 1910, Wright included it in Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright. Plate XXVI (26): Masonry dwelling for Mr. Martin, Buffalo, N.Y. Adjoining the Martin residence. Published by Ernst Wasmuth, A.-G. Berlin. Perspective and floor plan for the ground level and second floor. It was also included on Plate XXXII (32), Dwelling of D. D. Martin, Buffalo, N.Y. Aerial perspective of the Darwin Martin Residence, which included the placement within the Martin complex. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "W 20 US Arch. Wright, F.L.. Buffalo, New York. George Barton House, 1903. Exterior. Andrews Photo 2567. Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 7.5 x 8.5 B&W photograph. 1045.58.0420
1954
Cedric G. and Patricia Boulter Residence, Cincinnati, Ohio, Perspective 1954 (FLLW #5403.01) (1954 - S.379). Perspective view of the Boulter Residence from the South. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1954, the house is built on a hillside in the Clifton neighborhood of Cincinnati. In 1952, Frank Lloyd Wright designed a house for Horace Sturtevant in Oakland Californica. Like the Boulter Residence, it also was designed for a hillside. Working drawings were completed, but the house remained a project. Frank Lloyd Wright resurrected the design for the Boulter Residence, lengthening the living room by one - four foot section. It is constructed of concrete block, Philippine mahogany and glass. Construction was completed in 1956. Text lower left: View... Continue...
1045.70.0224
1954
John E. & Catherine Christian Residence, Samara, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1954 (1954 - S.375). Set of 2 - 35mm slides. Planting plan for the Christian Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1954. Text on sleeve: "A-20-Wr-185.1-1. John E. Christian . Planting plan." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount.
1045.59.0720
1045.60.0720
1954
Dr. Richard & Madelyn Davis Residence, Woodside, Marion, Indiana, Proposed Wing 1954 (FLLW #5037.13) (1954 - S.324). Proposed wing for the Davis residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1954. From the carport, the front door leads into the entryway. The small windows cut into the front door mimic the hexagonal shape of the houses Teepee foot print. To the right of the entry is the workspace and utility room, both set inside masonry walls, the studio and the bedroom wing. Dividing the entry from the living room is a shelf, cabinet and built-in seating. In the center of the teepee is a massive chimney that forms the core of the teepee. As you continue through the living room, the dining room table was originally on the left side of the fireplace, balanced by the built-in seating on the right side. The bedroom wing held the studio, two childrens bedroom separated by a folding partition, the master bedroom and two bathrooms. The Davises contacted Wright in 1954 to design a second bedroom wing whick was completed after Wrights death in 1960. Lower text: Proposed Wing for Davis Residence. Hand written lower right: Oct 21 1954. Text Lower left: 5037.13. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library, Columbia University. 8 x 10 B&W Photograph. 1045.76.1024
1926/1954
Charles Ennis Residence, Los Angeles, CA, Illustration 1954 (1923 - S.217). Diagram of the cement block construction for the Ennis House. Illustration published in The Natural House, Wright, 1954, p.203. This illustration was first published in German in Frank Lloyd Wright: Aus dem Lebenswerke eines Architekten, De Fries, 1926, p.63. Caption: "Representation of the cement block construction by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright." In 1921 Frank Lloyd Wright prepared a "Study for Block House in Textile Block Construction," Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1914 - 1923., Pfeiffer, 1990, p.204-205. According to Sweeney, Wright attempted to obtain a patent for the system in 1921, Wright in Hollywood, 1994, p.43-44. A blueprint was prepared of this drawing in German for De Fries, and is published in Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1914 - 1923., Pfeiffer, 1990, p.242. The blueprint is also published in Wright 1917-1942, Pfeiffer, 2010, p.90. Copy 9.25 x 8 B&W photograph. 0992.10.0721
Circa 1954
Florida Southern College, Administration Buildings and Water Dome. Emile E. Watson (1945 - S.255B), Benjamin Fine (1945 - S.255C); Edgar Wall Water Dome (1938, 1948 - S.255A) Circa 1954. Viewed from the Northeast. The Administration Buildings, two separate buildings, joined by the Esplanades, were completed in 1948. The Water Dome, a 160 foot in diameter circular pool, was first filled in early 1948. The Water Dome is in the foreground. The Benjamin Fine Administration Building is on the water's edge, the Emile E. Watson Administration Building is in the background on the right. Bernard Elmo Fulghum (1898-1972) was the contractor. Plant life can be seen growing in the pond. Published in the 1955 "Interlachen", Florida Southern College's yearbook, p. 2. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1045.21.0113
1954
Louis B. Fredrick Residence, Barrington Hills, Illinois, Perspective Scheme 1, 1954 (1954 - S.378). Perspective view of the Fredrick Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1954. Wright's first design for the Fredricks was a Usonian Automatic. Constructed of inexpensive concrete blocks. The modular blocks could be assembled in a variety of ways. The basic concrete block of the Usonian Automatic system is 12 x 24 inches. Wright presented the drawings of the Usonian Automatic to the Fredricks in 1954. The plans were modified and the revised floor plan was dated November 28, 1954. Even with the revisions, they remained unimpressed with the concept of concrete blocks. Text: "View from Southwest. House for Mr. & Mrs. Louis B. Fredrick. Barrington, Illinois. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Text lower left hand corner: "5426.01." FLLW #5426.001. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 5.75 B&W photograph. 1045.63.0821
1954
Louis B. Fredrick Residence, Barrington Hills, Illinois, Ground Plan Scheme 1, 1954 (1954 - S.378). Ground Plan for the Fredrick Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1954. Wright's first design for the Fredricks was a Usonian Automatic. Constructed of inexpensive concrete blocks. The modular blocks could be assembled in a variety of ways. The basic concrete block of the Usonian Automatic system is 12 x 24 inches. Wright presented the drawings of the Usonian Automatic to the Fredricks in 1954. The plans were modified and the revised floor plan was dated November 28, 1954. Even with the revisions, they remained unimpressed with the concept of concrete blocks. Text: "Revised Nov. 28, 1954. Plan. Walls on 12" x 24" Precast Concrete Block units. House for Mr. & Mrs. Louis B. Fredrick. Barrington, Illinois. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Hand written: "(Desire for Pattern Blocks.)" FLLW #5426.002. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1045.64.0821
1954
Imperial Hotel and Marilyn Monroe 1954 (1915 - S.194). Marilyn Monroe sitting in a chair designed by Frank Lloyd Wright while on her honeymoon at the Imperial Hotel. On January 14, 1954, Marilyn Monroe and retired major-league baseball player Joe DiMaggio were married at the San Francisco City Hall. On February 1, 1954, Monroe and DiMaggio, flew to Tokyo, combining a honeymoon with a business trip, and spent several nights in the Imperial Hotel's VIP Suite. From there, Monroe traveled alone to Korea, performing songs from her films as part of a USO show to 60,000 U.S. Marines over a four-day period. In October 1954 she announced that she was filing for divorce from DiMaggio after only nine months of marriage. On June 29, 1956 Monroe and Arthur Miller were married in a civil ceremony at the Westchester County Court in White Plains, New York. In 1957 Wright designed a home for Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller, and visited their property in Connecticut. Photographed by Kim Goodwin. Stamped on verso: "The Kim Goodwin Collection." Original silver gelatin 8 x 10. 1045.48.0818
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Imperial Hotel and Ava Gardner, Tokyo, Japan 1954 (1915 - S.194). Ava Gardner is sitting on the arm of a chair designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Imperial Hote. She is on a round-the world tour to raise funds for CARE. Actress Ava Gardner speaks during a press conference at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan, November 29, 1954. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1045.69.1023
1954
Imperial Hotel Circa 1954 (1915 - S.194). Set of three 35mm slides. View of the main entrance from across the pool. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Imperial Hotel in 1915. Stamped on sleeve: "12. Made in the U. S. A." Printed on sleeve verso: "Kodachrome Transparency." Original 35mm Color slide and 5 x 8 high res digital image.
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1954
S.C. Johnson Administration Building (1936 - S.237) and Tower (1944 - S.238), Racine, Wisconsin, 1954. Construction of globe that was installed at the S.C. Johnson Administration Building in Racine, Wisconsin. Caption affixed to verso: It's a Small World. A worker affixes the names of cities to the largest plastic globe ever constructed. Inspired by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the huge globe will be erected near the entrance of the Johnson Wax plant in Racine, Wis., as a directory of the company's far-flung operations. Two years in the making, the globe lights up from within and shows the world's land masses and sea areas in glowing beige and green. 3/5/54. Acquired from the United Press archives. Original 7 x 7.5 B&W photograph. 1045.75.0724
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S.C. Johnson Headquarters Circa 1954. Viewed from the West. According to SC Johnson, the globe in the foreground was installed in 1954. Johnathan Lipman dates it to 1954, "Frank Lloyd Wright and the Johnson Wax Building," 1986, page 130. The Research Tower and complex is on the left. The opening Ceremony for the Research Tower was November 17, 1950. The Great Workroom is on the right. Stamped on verso: "S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., Photographic Department, No. 10982-6." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0987.68.1114
1954
Arthur J. Levin House, Palo Alto, California, Elevations 1954 (Project - FLLW #5633). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1954. Two elevations for the Arthur J. Levin House. Wright designed a Usonian Automatic for the Levins. A L-shaped plan, the carport, bedrooms and Workspace run the length, with the Living Room at 90 degrees. The Living Room has floor to ceiling windows and doors, and the Workspace exceeds the height of the Living Room. Upper illustration: "North Elevation." Lower illustration:""West Elevation." Text: "Usonian Automatic for Mr. And Mrs. Arthur J. Levin House. Palo Alto, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." Additional illustrations published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.373. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1045.55.1219
1954
Monona Terrace Civic Center 1953, Madison, Wisconsin (Project). Areal view of the Monona Terrace Civic Center from Monona Avenue. Frank Lloyd Wright originally conceived this design for "Olin Terrace - The Dream Civic Center" in 1938, presenting extensive drawings, perspectives and even a model to the County Board Meeting. Like other large project, obstacle stood in the way and it fell by the wayside. The project was resurrected again in 1953 and Wright created additional drawings and on October 29, 1953 presented his plan to the citizens of Madison. Wright's original 1939 perspective, published in Frank Lloyd Wright's Monona Terrace, Mollenhoff, Hamilton, 1999, p.98-99, was tattered, so this illustration was redrawn for the 1953 presentation. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright's Monona Terrace, p.124-125. Text in the drawing: "Extension and Terminal of Monona Avenue. Seven Acres of Made over Existing Railroad Tracks for Parking. Lake Water Thrown up into Monumental Fountains. Civic Auditorium Seating 10,000, Fronting Olin Terrace. County Jail and Offices, City Hall, Union Railroad Depot. Monona Avenue. The City Goes to the Lake. Seven Months Water Domes. Five Months Evergreens. Cost $17,500,000." Clipping pasted to verso: "This is the Civic Center that Frank Lloyd Wright... Continue... 1045.62.0721
1954
Arch Oboler House "Continuation," Malibu, CA, Elevations 1954, (Project 1954 - FLLW #5508). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1954. Two elevations for the Arch Oboler House "Continuation." The house Wright designed was attached to the Gatehouse (1940 - S.275), hence "Continuation." A long pergola extended from the existing building to the new house. Oboler was a film producer, so Wright also included a theater. Upper illustration: "South Elevation." The pergola is on the right. Lower illustration: "East Elevation." Text: "Continuation, Arch Oboler. Santa Monica Mountains, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Sheet No. 4." Additional illustrations published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.375. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1045.56.1219
1954
Arch Oboler House "Continuation," Malibu, CA, Main Floor Plan 1954, (Project 1954 - FLLW #5508). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1954. Main floor plan for the Arch Oboler House "Continuation." The house Wright designed was attached to the Gatehouse (1940 - S.275), hence "Continuation." A long pergola extended from the existing building to the new house. Oboler was a film producer, so Wright also included a theater. The design included three pools. Text: "Continuation, Arch Oboler. Santa Monica Mountains, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Sheet No. 2." Additional illustrations published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.375. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1045.57.1219
1954
Price Tower Model 1954 (1952 - S.355). View of the Price Tower model with dark background. 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. Clipping pasted to verso: "Shown above is a night view of the model of the Price Tower which the H. C. Price Co. soon will erect in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The wide expanse of windows reflects the brilliant illumination in the new building designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright." Stamped on verso: "Mar 16 1954." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1045.52.0619
1954
Wright at the Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition, Los Angeles 1954 (Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation project #5427). Wright stands next to Price Tower model. Construction of the Exhibition nears completion. Photographed from the ground looking up at the model of the Price Tower and Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright is wearing a grey suit, tie and pork-pie hat. The premiere of the exhibit in Los Angeles was held at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Center at Barnsdall Park on June 1, 1954. A temporary pavilion, similar to the pavilion in New York, was attached to the line of kennels that reached from the house to the garage. The entrance to the pavilion was through the Hollyhock House. (Wright, 1943-1959, p.346). Important set of five photographs, photographed by Gene Barnes. Courtesy of Gene Barnes and his daughter Christina Barnes. 5 x 7 B&W photograph. 1045.28.0115
1954
Wright at the Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition, Los Angeles 1954 (Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation project #5427). Wright stands next to illustration of Price Tower. Construction of the Exhibition nears completion. Wright is wearing a grey suit, tie and pork-pie hat. Displayed to his left is an illustration of the Price Tower. To his right is a photograph of the Robie House. The premiere of the exhibit in Los Angeles was held at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Center at Barnsdall Park on June 1, 1954. A temporary pavilion, similar to the pavilion in New York, was attached to the line of kennels that reached from the house to the garage. The entrance to the pavilion was through the Hollyhock House. (Wright, 1943-1959, p.346). Important set of five photographs, photographed by Gene Barnes. Courtesy of Gene Barnes and his daughter Christina Barnes. 7 x 5 B&W photograph. 1045.29.0115
1954
Wright at the Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition, Los Angeles 1954 (Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation project #5427). Wright adds the finishing touches to the Ralph Jester illustration. Construction of the Exhibition nears completion. Wright is wearing a grey suit, tie and pork-pie hat. Behind Wright to the left is a photograph of the Imperial Hotel. To his right is the model of the Ralph Jester Residence. The premiere of the exhibit in Los Angeles was held at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Center at Barnsdall Park on June 1, 1954. A temporary pavilion, similar to the pavilion in New York, was attached to the line of kennels that reached from the house to the garage. The entrance to the pavilion was through the Hollyhock House. (Wright, 1943-1959, p.346). Important set of five photographs, photographed by Gene Barnes. Courtesy of Gene Barnes and his daughter Christina Barnes. 5 x 7 B&W photograph. 1045.30.0115
1954
Wright at the Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition, Los Angeles 1954 (Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation project #5427). Wright studies the Ralph Jester Residence Model. Construction of the Exhibition nears completion. Wright is wearing a grey suit, tie and pork-pie hat. Wright is looking down at the model of the Ralph Jester Residence. Behind him to the left is an illustration of the Gordon Strong Automobile Objective and Planetarium. To his right is the Elizabeth Noble Apartment House, Los Angeles, CA. The premiere of the exhibit in Los Angeles was held at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Center at Barnsdall Park on June 1, 1954. A temporary pavilion, similar to the pavilion in New York, was attached to the line of kennels that reached from the house to the garage. The entrance to the pavilion was through the Hollyhock House. (Wright, 1943-1959, p.346). Important set of five photographs, photographed by Gene Barnes. Courtesy of Gene Barnes and his daughter Christina Barnes. 6 x 5 B&W photograph. 1045.31.0115
1954
Wright at the Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition, Los Angeles 1954 (Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation project #5427). Wright jesters with a pencil with his left hand. Construction of the Exhibition nears completion. Wright is wearing a grey suit, tie and pork-pie hat. Behind him is a photograph of the Avery Coonley Playhouse. The premiere of the exhibit in Los Angeles was held at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Center at Barnsdall Park on June 1, 1954. A temporary pavilion, similar to the pavilion in New York, was attached to the line of kennels that reached from the house to the garage. The entrance to the pavilion was through the Hollyhock House. (Wright, 1943-1959, p.346). Important set of five photographs, photographed by Gene Barnes. Courtesy of Gene Barnes and his daughter Christina Barnes. 5 x 7 B&W photograph. 1045.32.0115
1954
Wright at the Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition, Los Angeles 1954 (Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation project #5427). View of the pavilion during the Grand opening June 1, 1954. In the foreground on the left is a model of the Ralph Jester Residence. The premiere of the exhibit in Los Angeles was held at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Center at Barnsdall Park. A temporary pavilion, similar to the pavilion in New York, was attached to the line of kennels that reached from the house to the garage. The entrance to the pavilion was through the Hollyhock House. (Wright, 1943-1959, p.346). Photographed by Los Angeles photographer Paegel. Courtesy of the University of Southern California Libraries. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1045.33.0115
1954
Wright and Anne Baxter at the Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition, Los Angeles 1954 (Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation project #5427). Frank Lloyd Wright points to a photograph of La Miniatura (1923 - S.214). He and Baxter are facing to the left of the camera. Wright has a cane over his right arm and he is holding his hat. Baxter, Wright's granddaughter is standing to the right. To their right is a photograph of the interior of the Larkin Building (1903 - S.093). The premiere of the exhibit in Los Angeles was held at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Center at Barnsdall Park. A temporary pavilion, similar to the pavilion in New York, was attached to the line of kennels that reached from the house to the garage. The entrance to the pavilion was through the Hollyhock House. (Wright, 1943-1959, p.346). Photographed by Los Angeles photographer Paegel. Courtesy of the University of Southern California Libraries. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1045.34.0115
1954
Wright and Anne Baxter at the Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition, Los Angeles 1954 (Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation project #5427). Frank Lloyd Wright and Anne Baxter are facing the camera. Wright has a cane over his right arm and he is holding his hat. Baxter, Wright's granddaughter is standing to the left. In the background is a photograph of La Miniatura (1923 - S.214). The premiere of the exhibit in Los Angeles was held at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Center at Barnsdall Park. A temporary pavilion, similar to the pavilion in New York, was attached to the line of kennels that reached from the house to the garage. The entrance to the pavilion was through the Hollyhock House. (Wright, 1943-1959, p.346). Photographed by Los Angeles photographer Paegel. Courtesy of the University of Southern California Libraries. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1045.65.1121
1954
Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition, Los Angeles 1954 (Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation project #5427). Set of 41 B&W and color photographs by Loch Crane, Wright apprentice from 1941-42. Note: this is one of the most extensive set of images for the Los Angeles exhibition we have seen to date. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia (January 1951). The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy (June 1951). In "Sixty Years" (New York)...  Continue...
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1954

Usonian Automatic House Construction Illustration 1954. Diagram of the concrete block construction for the Usonian Automatic House. Illustration published in The Natural House, Wright, 1954, p.201. In 1921 Frank Lloyd Wright prepared a "Study for Block House in Textile Block Construction," Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1914 - 1923., Pfeiffer, 1990, p.204-205. According to Sweeney, Wright attempted to obtain a patent for the system in 1921, Wright in Hollywood, 1994, p.43-44. In 1923, Frank Lloyd Wright designed four textile block homes in Los Angeles. 1) Millard (La Miniatura) (1923 - S.214); 2) Storer (1923 - S.215); 3) Freeman (1923 - S.216); 4) Ennis (1923 - S.217). Circa 1934, Wright designed a Usonian Concrete Block House for Broadacre City. In 1936, Wright developed a series of homes he called Usonian. They were designed to control costs. Wright's Usonian houses had no attics, no basements, and little ornamentation. He continued to develop the concept, and in the early 1950s he first used the term Usonian Automatic to describe a Usonian style house made of inexpensive concrete blocks. The modular blocks could be assembled in a variety of ways. Wright hoped that home buyers could save money by building their own Usonian Automatic houses... Continue...

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1954
Wright visits Henry J. Neils Residence 1954 (1949 - S.314). Frank Lloyd Wright speaks at the University of Minnesota, October 5, 1954, then visits the Neils Residence. Label pasted to verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright, center... house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Neils (Niles) of 2801 Burnham Blvd. He's chairman of the board and treasurer, Flour City Ornamental Iron Company. Date: 5 October 54. Time 10:30-10:45. About: Frank Lloyd Wright in town for lecture at University of Minnesota." Stamped on verso: "Oct 7 1954." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1045.26.1114
1954
Wright visits Henry J. Neils Residence 1954 (1949 - S.314). Frank Lloyd Wright speaks at the University of Minnesota, October 5, 1954, then visits the Neils Residence. Label pasted to verso: "Made by: Ted. Date: 5 October 54. Time: 1030-1045. Ordered by: pafiolis. Where Made: 2801 Burnham Blvd. What is it About? Frank Lloyd Wright in town for lecture at University of Minnesota. Names: Frank Lloyd Wright - stands in front of one of 3,500 fireplaces he's designed into 670 projects." Stamped on label: "Oct 6-1954." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1045.39.0416
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Hillside Home School, Taliesin Fellowship Complex Circa 1954 (1932- - S.228). The Southeast corner of the assembly hall, viewed from the Northeast. The assembly hall became the Living room. When FL Wright began the Taliesin Fellowship in 1932, he began restoring and remodeling the building. The building was constructed of light rose colored sandstone, heavy oak beams and red roof tiles. In the Spring of 1952, a fire devastated the Theater on the west end of the facility and the two story section in the center of the complex. Wright took the opportunity to make changes. He completely changed the Theatre that was destroyed, retaining the masonry walls, but lowering the height of the roof. He lowered the center section, lowering to a single story. He also extended the lower level of the assembly hall to the south (seen to the left in this photograph. Judging from the landscape, this photograph appears to have been taken around 1954. (Note: the original photograph was flopped horizontally, we have corrected it.) Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. (See progression of the Hillside Home School / Taliesin Complex) 1045.35.0215
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Hillside Home School, Taliesin Fellowship Complex Circa 1954 (1932- - S.228). Example of stonework at the Taliesin Fellowship Complex. When FL Wright began the Taliesin Fellowship in 1932, he began restoring and remodeling the building. The building was constructed of light rose colored sandstone, heavy oak beams and red roof tiles. In the Spring of 1952, a fire devastated the Theater on the west end of the facility and the two story section in the center of the complex. Wright took the opportunity to make changes. He completely changed the Theatre that was destroyed, retaining the masonry walls, but lowering the height of the roof. He lowered the center section, lowering to a single story. He also extended the lower level of the assembly hall to the south. This photograph was taken on the North side of the complex, looking North. In the center of the image is the Romeo and Juliet Windmill, located halfway between the Fellowship Complex on the South and Taliesin on the North. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1045.36.0215
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Wright at 87, 1954. A) 1957 (90);  B) 1951 (84);  C) 1953 (86);  D) 1954 (87).
A) Top Left: Wright at 90. 1957. Frank Lloyd Wright inspects construction of the Guggenheim in 1957. Ground was broken on August 14, 1956. Wright visited the site many times. Wright pasted away April 9, 1959, six months before the grand opening. Grand opening October 21, 1959. Published in "The Guggenheim", 2009, p 1, and a similar image taken at the same time, "Frank Lloyd Wright in New York", Hession, Pickrel, 2007, p 104. Photographed by John Engstead. Original 3.75 x 4.75 B&W photograph.
B) Top Right: Wright at 84, 1951. Wright in drafting room, Taliesin West in 1951. Photographed by Ezra Stoller. Similar image in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West", Stoller, 1999, p 8. Original 3.75 x 4.75 B&W photograph.
C) Bottom Left: Wright at 86, 1953. Frank Lloyd Wright at drafting table with a large image of the V.C. Morris Gift Shop (S.310 - 1948) in the background. Photographed by John Engstead. Published on the cover of "Frank Lloyd Wright Decorative Designs Collection", 1990. Original 3.75 x 4.75 B&W photograph.
D) Bottom Right: Wright at 87, 1954. Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, facing right, looking to the left. Photographed by Al Ravenna. Original 3.75 x 4.75 B&W photograph.
Montage of four portraits of Frank Lloyd Wright. Stamped on verso: "Nov 9 1998". Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. Two copies.
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1954
Frank Lloyd Wright at 87. Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, facing right, looking to the left. His hands are folded, he is resting his head on his hands. He is wearing a suit and bow tie. Photographed by Al Ravenna while he was a staff photographer for the New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. 4.5 x 6 B&W photograph and High-res digital image. 0998.02.0706
1954
Frank Lloyd Wright at 87. 1954. Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, facing right, looking to the right. He is resting his head on his left hand. He is wearing a suit and bow tie, and has a gold chain around his neck. Photographed by Al Ravenna while he was a staff photographer for the New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1045.66.1121
1954
Frank Lloyd Wright at 87. 1954. Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, facing right, looking up to the right. He is wearing a suit and bow tie, and has a gold chain around his neck. The gold chain is between his fingers. Photographed by Al Ravenna while he was a staff photographer for the New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1045.67.0322
1954
Wright at 87. 1954. Frank Lloyd Wright speaks at Northwestern University. Label on verso: "Chicago Sun-Times. Date: 5/17/54. Photographer: Mann. Title: Frank Lloyd Wright speaks at N.U. Desc: L.to R.: Mrs. George Haight, Pres. of the University Guild, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mr. Arthur Bohnen, Art chairman." Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Sun Times. Original 10x8 B&W print. 1045.12.0310
1954
Iovanna Lloyd Wright Wedding. Iovanna Lloyd Wright married apprentice Waring Howe, March 20, 1945. She married apprentice Arthur Pieper (1952 - S.349), June 18, 1954, her second marriage. Clipping on verso: "The famed architects and Mrs. Wright attend their daughter's wedding. Bridegroom, son of the Chester Piepers of St. Louis, studied under Wright." Second clipping on verso: "Eric Lloyd Wright, best man, and Heloise Schweizer, maid of honor, place crowns on newlyweds at climax of traditional ceremony preformed by the Rev. Emilian Solanka. Couple will honeymoon in Turkey. (Sun-Times Photo by Howard Lyon)." Stamped on clippings, "Jun 19, 1954". Label on verso: "Chicago Sun-times. Date: 6/18/54. Photographer: Lyon. Names L. to R.: Rev. Emilian Solanka; Mr. And Mrs. Arthur Pieper; Eric Lloyd Wright, Best Man; Heloise Schweizer, Maid of Honor." Original 8 x 10 B&W photo. 1045.18.1212
1954
Iovanna Lloyd Wright Wedding. Iovanna Lloyd Wright married apprentice Waring Howe, March 20, 1945. She married apprentice Arthur Pieper (1952 - S.349), June 18, 1954, her second marriage. Clipping on verso: "Iovanna Wright. Mr. And Mrs. Arthur Pieper leave Holy Trinity Russian Cathedral after wedding. She is the former Iovanna Wright, daughter of the Frank Lloyd Wrights." Stamped on verso, "Jun 19, 1954". Label on verso: "Chicago Sun-times. Date: 6/18/54. Photographer: Lyon. Names L. to R.: Mr. And Mrs. Arthur Pieper; she was Iovanna Wright." Original 8 x 10 B&W photo. 1045.19.1212
1954
Iovanna Lloyd Wright Wedding. Iovanna Lloyd Wright married apprentice Waring Howe, March 20, 1945. She married apprentice Arthur Pieper (1952 - S.349), June 18, 1954, her second marriage. Clipping on verso: "Mr. And Mrs. Arthur Pieper leave Holy Trinity Russian Cathedral Friday on way to reception at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Lewis (1939 - S.265) in Libertyville. With the newlywed couple are Mr. And Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wrights, parents of the bride, the former Iovanna Wright." Stamped on clipping, "Jun 19, 1954". Original 8 x 10 B&W photo. 1045.20.1212
1954
Wright at 87. 1954. Wright attends the wedding of his daughter Iovanna, to Arthur Pieper (1953 - S.349) at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, 1121 Leavitt Street in Chicago on June 18, 1954. Iovanna's second marriage. Label on verso: "Chicago Sun-Times. Date: 6/18/54. Photographer: Lyon. Title: Social Wedding. 1121 Leavitt. Mr and Mrs Frank Lloyd Wright." Holy Trinity Cathedral was designed by Louis Sullivan and constructed in 1903, ten years after Wright left Sullivan's office. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Sun Times. Original 8 x 10 B&W print. 1045.11.0310
1954
Wright at 87. Portrait of Wright in 1954, leaning against a doorway, holding hat, other hand in pocket. Photographed by Berenice Abbott, 50 Commerce Street, New York 14, N.Y. Stamped July 13, 1954 on verso. 4.5 x 5.75 Print. High res digital image. 1045.10.0509
1954
Wright at 87. 1954. Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright in 1954, leaning against a doorway, holding his hat in his left hand, his right hand thumb inserted in his suit pocket. Photographed by Berenice Abbott. Photographed in July, 1954. Original 11 x 14 photograph. 1045.17.0912
1954
Wright at 87. 1954. Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, gazing out of a window during the remodel of his Hotel Plaza Apartment (1954 - S.381) in New York City. While the Guggenheim Museum was under construction, Wright took up residence at the Plaza Hotel, remodeling it to his tastes. Work began on the Suite in the Spring of 1954. Photographed by Lisa Larsen. Published on the cover of "Frank Lloyd Wright in New York," Hession; Pickrel, 2007, p.cover. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1045.53.0619
1954
Wright at 87. 1954. Frank Lloyd Wright being presented an award by Gordon Fox. "Frank Lloyd Wright, dean of modern American architects, was awarded the "Son of Wisconsin" medallion by the Wisconsin Society of Chicago at a dinner Tuesday night. E. Gordon Fox, president of the University Wisconsin Alumni Association, presented the medallion, which was mounted on a plaque shaped in the form of the state of Wisconsin. Medallion on plaque reads: "Wisconsin Society of Chicago. Son of Wisconsin Medallion. 1954." Plaque reads: "Awarded to Frank Lloyd Wright, October 26, 1954, For International Fame, In The Field of Architecture." Typed on 4x5 negative sleeve: "Wright - Fran k Lloyd. 10-27-54. Being presented an award by Fox - Gordon for his work in architecture." Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Daily News. Original 4 x 5 B&W negative, one 46 x 34" High Res Digital image, one 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1045.37.0915
1954 
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. 1045.14.1202
1954
Wright at 87. 1954. Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, face turned slightly to the right, looking straight into the camera. Typed on verso: "Wright, Frank Lloyd 11-13-54". Acquired from the archives of the Associated Press. Original 4.6 x 6.25 B&W print. 1045.15.1110
1954
Frank Lloyd Wright at 87. 1954. Wright is facing and looking to the left. He is wearing an overcoat, porkpie hat and has a smile on his face. Appears to be photographs at Taliesin West. Published in the January 1955 issue of House and Home, p.166. Published in January, it would have been taken in 1954. Press photograph for "The Drawings of Frank Lloyd Wright," Drexler, Horizon Press, 1962. Label affixed to verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright. (Drawings of Frank Lloyd Wright. Horizon Press. $15.) Credit: Helen Levitt." Hand written on verso: "1956" and ""62." Photographed by Helen Levitt. Original 5.5 x 4.25 B&W photograph. 1045.61.0321
1954
Frank Lloyd Wright at 87. 1954. Frank Lloyd Wright in the Drafting Room at Taliesin West. He is leaning forward over the drawing board, a pencil is in his right hand. An apprentice looks on over his right shoulder. Hand written on verso: "Frank L. Wright - Homes of Arizona. 54 - 3/14." Original 4 x 4.75 B&W photograph. 1045.46.0215
1954
Frank Lloyd Wright montage of eight portraits, 1954. Photographed by Al Krescanko (1927-2005), staff photographer for S. C. Johnson. Frank Lloyd Wright touring the S.C. Johnson Headquarters Great Room. Reproduction of a montage of Wright prints initialed five times in the photograph: "FLLW / 54." Three of the photographs published in "Apprentice to Genius," Tafel, 1978, p.185-187. Background is a photograph of the glass dome in the Advertising Department. Note: We originally dated this photograph 1957, but after further study we dated it 1954. Two Copies. Original 11 x 14 B&W photograph. 1205.81.0817 1045.68.0922
1954
Unity Temple (1904 - S.096), Oak Park 1953. Viewed from Northeast, the exterior of Unity Temple's main sanctuary. Lake Street is in the foreground, North Kenilworth Avenue is on the right. Reader board reads: "Unitarian Universalist Church. September 13, Welcome. Robert M. Rice, Minister." Clipping on Verso: "Poured concrete walls of Unity Universalist church at 845 Lake St. in Oak Park are only one of many unique features incorporated in the structure by its designer, Frank Lloyd Wright. The 50 years old church acts as a magnet for architectural students, said Dr. Leslie W. Beebe, Oak Park physician and surgeon and chairman of the church house committee." Stamped on clipping: "Sep 6 1953". Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune. Original 10.5 x 8 B&W photograph. 0987.42.0212
1954
1) Price Tower 1954 (1952 - S.355). Frank Lloyd Wright meets with Howard Price, Jr. and Haskell Culwell in his office at Taliesin West. Haskell Culwell (standing) is pointing out problems on the blueprints that arose during construction. Frank Lloyd Wright is listening, his hand over his chin, deep in thought. Text accompanying five photographs: "Latest Stopper. An 18 story office and apartment building which will cost more per square foot than probably any other such structure ever built is the latest Wright design causing comment. The "skyscraper," now going up in Bartlesville Okla., for the H. C. Price Co., a pipeline construction firm, is expected to bring so much publicity that it will turn out to be a cheap investment. Basically, the tower is built around four separate, hollow concrete fins set together like a pinwheel. Wright is shown in discussion with Haskell Culwell (standing), the Oklahoma City contractor, and Howard Price, Jr., son of the pipe firms head, as they talk over some problems which arose in the construction. Wright listens to the problems in his office, make some tentative suggestions and hears others, then settles back happily. The building supposedly is a design Wright has had in mind and worked over for 20 years." Hand written on verso: "Frank L. Wright - Roto 54 - 3/14." Original 3.25 x 4.5 B&W Photograph. 1045.45.0218 -1
1954
2) Price Tower 1954 (1952 - S.355). Frank Lloyd Wright meets with Howard Price, Jr. and Haskell Culwell in his office at Taliesin West. Frank Lloyd Wright leaning over, is making notes on the blueprints. Hand written on verso: "Frank L. Wright - Roto 54 - 3/14." Original 3.25 x 4 B&W Photograph. 1045.45.0218 -2
1954
3) Price Tower 1954 (1952 - S.355). Frank Lloyd Wright meets with Howard price, Jr. and Haskell Culwell in his office at Taliesin West. Frank Lloyd Wright reviews the notes he made on the blueprints with Howard Price, Jr. and Haskell Culwell and gesturing with his left hand. Hand written on verso: "Frank L. Wright - Roto 54 - 3/14." Original 3.25 x 4 B&W Photograph. 1045.45.0218 -3
1954
4) Price Tower 1954 (1952 - S.355). Frank Lloyd Wright meets with Howard Price, Jr. and Haskell Culwell in his office at Taliesin West. Frank Lloyd Wright reviews the notes he made on the blueprints as contractor Haskell Culwell (standing) and Howard Price, Jr. look on. Hand written on verso: "Frank L. Wright - Roto 54 - 3/14." Original 3.25 x 4 B&W Photograph. 1045.45.0218 -4
1954
5) Price Tower 1954 (1952 - S.355). Frank Lloyd Wright meets with Howard Price, Jr. and Haskell Culwell in his office at Taliesin West. Frank Lloyd Wright sits back with a smile on his face, satisfied he has resolved any issued that came up. Hand written on verso: "Frank L. Wright - Roto 54 - 3/14." Original 3.25 x 4 B&W Photograph. 1045.45.0218 -5
     
  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 set of nine photographs that were displayed in the Price Tower and were produced for the Landmark Preservation Council.  
1954
1) Price Tower Construction 1954. "First form work begins around a dense thicket of steel rods and mesh." Published in "The Story of the Tower", Wright 1956, page 44.  Photograph by Joe D. Price. Original silver gelatin photograph. 16 x 16. 1045.06.0707
1954
2) Price Tower Construction 1954. Construction detail of worker building scaffold.  Note the fold up ruler in his left hand.  Photograph by Joe D. Price. Original silver gelatin photograph. 16.75 x 16. 1045.07.0707
1954
3) Price Tower Construction 1954. "Interlace of floor levels can be seen in this view from the west. An office quadrant is at the left in this photo, and the small projecting sections will house laboratories and closets serving the offices. At the right is the building quadrant occupied by duplex apartments. The lower floor of each duplex apartment is the main living floor.  The upper apartment floor is the bedroom mezzanine, seen in this photo as the alternate parapets slanting backward. Each of the apartment floors corresponds to one office floor.  Glass will sheath the building, extending from one main floor level to the next. The bedroom mezzanine extends through the glazing as an outdoor balcony." Similar photograph published in "The Story of the Tower", Wright 1956, page 77. Photograph by Joe D. Price. Original silver gelatin photograph. 18 x 16. 1045.08.0707
1954
4) Price Tower Construction 1954. "The season has turned and snow lies on the ground as the seventeenth floor of the tower is poured." Published in "The Story of the Tower", Wright 1956, page 81. Photograph by Joe D. Price. Original silver gelatin photograph. 16.75 x 16. 1045.09.0707
1955
5) Price Tower Construction 1955. Concrete work is virtually finished. View from the northwest. "...Tower now stands in iridescent splendor gracing the flat horizon of the Oklahoma prairie." Similar photograph published in "The Story of the Tower", Wright 1956, page 90-92. Photograph by Joe D. Price. Original silver gelatin photograph. 16 x 20. 1092.17.0707
1956
6) Price Tower Living Room 1956. Most of the furniture and shelving is built in and designed by Wright, including the fabric.  "...Note the copper fireplace hood and gas-fired fireplace unit - an appropriate note in a region where so much of life is based on oil and the natural gas found with it. Similar photograph published in "The Story of the Tower", Wright 1956, page 127. Photograph by Joe D. Price.  Original silver gelatin photograph. 16 x 20. 1095.01.0707
1956
7) Price Tower Dining Room 1956. Most of the furniture and shelving is built in and designed by Wright, including the fabric and dining room chairs. Similar photograph published in "The Story of the Tower", Wright 1956, page 127. Photograph by Joe D. Price.  Original silver gelatin photograph. 16 x 20. 1095.02.0707
1956
8) Price Tower at Night 1956. Night time view from the southwest shows dramatic sweep of the sparkling tower against the encircling Oklahoma prairie. Illuminated television spire can be seen at top at night.  Similar day time photograph published in "The Story of the Tower", Wright 1956, page 116-117. Photograph by Joe D. Price. Original silver gelatin photograph. 16 x 20. 1095.03.0707
1956
9) Price Tower Dedication Ceremony February 10, 1956, followed by three days of free tours for the public. Shown left to right, Harold C. Price, Jr., Harold C. Price, Sr. and Wright. Photograph by Joe D. Price. Original silver gelatin photograph. 16.5 x 16. 1095.04.0707
1954
Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity House (1952). Set of 17 photographs of original 1954 drawings of the House Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity, University of Florida, Gainesville. Frank Lloyd Wright's design of the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity House is similar to a design for Wright's second design for a Fraternity house, the Walter L. Fisher Memorial Chapter House, Chi of Sigma Chi, 1941. Wright's first project for a fraternity house was in 1924, for the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, University of Wisconsin. The Zeta Beta was commissioned in 1952, and progressed to the working drawings which Wright dated January 20, 1954. Wright placed the building diagonally at a 32 degree angle on a trapezium shaped lot, placing the entrance toward the back of the lot. The ground floor included a large circular terrace which included a...  Continue...
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1955
1955
Nazam K. Amery Circa 1955. Portrait of Nazam Amery by Ed Obma. Amery is facing to the right, but looking directly into the camera. He is dress in traditional Iraqi attire. Nazam K. Amery was born Tehran in 1926. He earned a Bachelors degree in Architecture at Kent State University in Ohio. During his time at Kent State he became fascinated with the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. He visited and interviewed with Wright and was accepted into the Taliesin Fellowship as an apprentice in 1953. After two years, he returned to Iran, and in 1956 opened up his own office in Tehran in 1956. In 1957, at Wright's invitation, he traveled to Baghdad and became Wright's representative in the Middle East and supervised Wright's Baghdad projects; Opera House, Gardens, Post and Telegram Building. In 1958, with the outbreak of the Iraqi Revolution the project cam to an end. He returned to Tehran and resumed his architectural practice again. Edgar Obma had a photo studio in Dodgeville, Wisconsin from 1941 until his death in 1976. Text stamped on verso: "An Obma Studio Photo. Edgar L. Obma, A. P. S. A. Dodgeville, Wisconsin." Hand Written on verso: "Nezan Ameri (sic) - Iran." Acquired from the estate of Cary Caraway. Included in a lot related to Cary Caraway. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1092.179.1121
1955
E. Clark Arnold Residence, Columbus, Wisc. 1955 (1954 - S.374). Viewed from the West. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1954. About 20 miles Northwest of Madison Wisconsin, the Arnold Residence is constructed of native Wisconsin limestone, redwood board and batten, and glass. Designed using a diamond shaped equilateral parallelogram module, it is formed with 60-120 degree angles. The four sides of the diamond module are four feet long. The original design had two wings, the bedroom wing and the living/dining wing, set at 120 degrees. In 1959, John Howe (TAA) designed an additional wing, creating a footprint forming a "Y". Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "West 20, US Arch. Wright, Frank Lloyd. Columbus, Wisc. Cark Arnold Res. 1955. General View. Andrews Photo 2779." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 10 x 8 B&W Photograph. 1092.136.0420
C 1955
Emil Bach Residence, Chicago, Illinois, Circa 1955 (1915 - S.193). Viewed from the Southwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1915. Constructed of wood and plaster, a portion of the second floor is cantilevered out past the first. Published in Architecture in Chicago & Mid-America, Andrews, 1968, p.75. Note: miss identified as the "Emil Balch House." Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "W 20, USA Arch. Wright, F. L. Chicago, Ill. Emil Balch (sic) House, 1915. Exterior. Photo: Andrews 1962." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 9.25 x 7.75 B&W Photograph. 1092.139.0420
1955
R. W. Coats House, Hillsborough, California, Elevations 1955 (Project 1955 - FLLW #5503). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. Four elevations for the R. W. Coats House. The Coats House is a long house that is circular on both ends. One end is a large circular living room which includes the dining room and kitchen. The bedrooms are in the center, with the master bedroom and carport tied into the quarter circle on the other end. Upper illustration: "Northwest Elevation." Center illustration: "Southeast Elevation." Lower left: "Northeast Elevation." Lower Right: "Southwest Elevation." Text: "House For Mr. And Mrs. W. R. Coats, Hillsborough, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Elevations, Sheet No. 4." Additional illustrations published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.389. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.122.1219
1955
R. W. Coats House, Hillsborough, California, General Plan 1955 (Project 1955 - FLLW #5503). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. General Plan for the R. W. Coats House. The Coats House is a long house that is circular on both ends. One end is a large circular living room which includes the dining room and kitchen. The bedrooms are in the center, with the master bedroom and carport tied into the quarter circle on the other end. Text: "House For Mr. And Mrs. W. R. Coats, Hillsborough, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. General Plan , Sheet No. 3." FLLW #5503.03. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.389. Two original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.123.1219 (A&B)
1955
1) Dallas Theatre Center, Dallas, TX, Plan 1955 (1955 -S.395). Ground and floor plan for the Auditorium Level. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Humphreys Th., 1-1. Kalita Humphreys Theater, Plan of auditorium level. Dallas, TX, USA, 1955. Dallas Theater Center. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1092.162.0520
1955
2) Dallas Theatre Center, Dallas, TX, Section 1955 (1955 -S.395). Section for the Dallas Theatre Center. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Humphreys Th., 2-1. Kalita Humphreys Theater, Sect. A - A. Dallas, TX, USA, 1955. Dallas Theater Center. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1092.163.0520
1955
3) Dallas Theatre Center, Dallas, TX, Perspective 1955 (1955 -S.395). Perspective for the Dallas Theatre Center. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Humphreys Th., 3-1. Kalita Humphreys Theater, Persp. Dwg exterior view. Dallas, TX, USA, 1955. Dallas Theater Center. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1092.164.0520
1955
Dallas Theatre Center, Kalita Humphreys Theater, Dallas, TX, Theatre Seat Design for rear section 1955 (1955 -S.395). Rear theatre seat drawing for the Dallas Theatre Center's, Kalita Humphreys Theater. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. Text bottom left: "Dallas Theatre Center, Dallas, Texas. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." "5514.100." Text bottom right: "Sheet B-16. Built-in Seating." Text below drawing: "Typical Rear Seat Section." The Dallas Theater Center opened with registration and classes on September 9, 1959 and its first production on December 27, 1959. The base is a single vertical tube. Executed in steel, fabric, maple topped with laminate. Courtesy of the Avery Library, Columbia University. 10 x 7 B&W photograph. 1092.174.1021
1955
George Dlesk (Fredrick) Residence, Mainstee, Michigan, Scheme 1, Elevations 1955 (Project / Louis B. Fredrick Residence) (1955 - FLLW #5519). Four elevations of the George Dlesk Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. Elevations include Southeast, Northwest, Southwest and Northeast. A number of sheets in the Avery Library were revised on May 27, 1956 (FLLW#5519.004, Sheet 2, Revised May 27, 1956; FLLW#5519.006, Sheet 4, Revised May 27, 1956). Dlesk rejected this design and Wright presented a second design in 1957, Scheme 2, FLLW#5703. It also remained a project. Wright resurrected the Dlesk Scheme 1, dating the drawings August 26, 1956, and Fredrick accepted this design with modifications. The house was completed in 1957 at a construction cost of nearly $100,000. Text: "Southeast Elevation, Northwest Elevation, Southwest Elevation and Northeast Elevation." Text along the bottom: "Elevations. House for Mr. & Mrs. George Dlesk. Mainstee, Michigan. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." FLLW #5519.001. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.169.0821
1955
George Dlesk Residence, Mainstee, Michigan, Scheme 1, General Floor Plan1955 (Project / Louis B. Fredrick Residence) (1955 - FLLW #5519). General Floor Plan for the George Dlesk Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. A number of sheets in the Avery Library were revised on May 27, 1956 (FLLW#5519.004, Sheet 2, Revised May 27, 1956; FLLW#5519.006, Sheet 4, Revised May 27, 1956). Dlesk rejected this design and Wright presented a second design in 1957, Scheme 2, FLLW#5703. It also remained a project. Wright resurrected the Dlesk Scheme 1, dating the drawings August 26, 1956, and Fredrick accepted this design with modifications. The house was completed in 1957 at a construction cost of nearly $100,000. Text: "General Floor Plan. Sheet 3.." Text along the bottom: "House for Mr. & Mrs. George Dlesk . Mainstee, Michigan. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." FLLW #5519.005. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.170.0821
1955
Raymond W. Evans Residence (1908 - S.140), 1955. Originally surfaced in stucco, it was resurfaced in stone. Based on Wright's "Fireproof House for $5,000", published in Ladies Home Journal, April 1907, but extended out on both sides. Clipping pasted to verso: "Modern home, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, built in 1908!" Stamped on verso: "1955 Jul 15". Original 10.75 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.42.0811
1955
Randall Fawcett House, Los Banos, California, Perspective View 1955,  FLLW #5418 (1955 - S.385). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. Perspective view for the Randall Fawcett House. The House is somewhat "U" shaped, with two wings at 120 degrees from the Living and Dining Rooms and Workspace which is in the center. The design uses a triangle module. The entrance is between the living room and the Bedrooms which are in the left wing. A large Playroom is in the right wing. The Carport forms a third wing. Text: "Ranch House For Mr. And Mrs. Randall Fawcett. Merced Country, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Elevations, Sheet No. 4." FLLW #5418.01. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.394. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.124.1219
Circa 1955
Florida Southern College, Polk County Science Building, Lakeland, Florida Circa 1955 (1953 - S.256). Three quarter view of alternative scheme. Pitched roof replaced with flat roofs. Addition of a circular room on the first floor adjacent to the Planetarium. Walls of the Planetarium were also rounded on the first floor. Wright called it the Cosmography Building. The Polk County Science Building was the last Wright designed structure built on the Florida Southern College campus and was completed on March 11, 1958. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.55.0113
1955
Florida Southern College, Polk County Science Building, Lakeland, Florida 1955 (1953 - S.256). Wright inspects the Polk County Science Building November 4, 1955. Exterior view, facing to the right, pointing with his cane that is in his right hand. The Polk County Science Building was the last Wright designed structure built on the Florida Southern College campus and was completed on March 11, 1958. Original 5 x 7 silver gelatin B&W photograph. 1092.54.0506
1955
Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida.  (1955) 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
1955
Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida (Circa 1950's) Wright at construction site. He is signing a copy of "Florida Southern College, Lakeland: The Frank Lloyd Wright Campus", published by FSC in 1953, and includes a reprinted article about the campus from the September 1952 Architectural Forum. Wright's first visit to the campus after the publication of the booklet was November 1955. Most likely the construction site for the Danforth Chapel which was completed in 1955. Original B&W 5x7 print. Acquired from the archives of the "News Bureau, Fla. So. College". 1092.40.0511
1955 
Florida Southern College, Danforth (Minor) Chapel, Lakeland, Florida 1955 (1954 - S.258). Exterior Viewed from the Southwest. The chapel is named after Dr. William H. Danforth. It is adjacent to the larger Annie Pfeiffer Chapel. Ground-breaking ceremonies were held in May 1954. It was the only building in which Frank Lloyd Wright used traditional leaded glass on campus. The chapel was dedicated on March 4, 1955. The 1955 "Interlachen" includes a photograph of the Chapel with Nils Schwizer, Wrights architectural representative on campus for the chapel (P. 257) and Dr. Danford (p. 259). Label on verso: "Exterior, The William H. Danforth Chapel, Florida Southern College, Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Stamped on verso: "Photograph by Paul Wille." Wille was the college photographer for 29 years. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.56.0113
1955
Florida Southern College, Danforth (Minor) Chapel, Lakeland, Florida 1955 (1954 - S.258). Interior view looking Southwest. The chapel is named after Dr. William H. Danforth. It is adjacent to the larger Annie Pfeiffer Chapel. Ground-breaking ceremonies were held in May 1954. It was the only building in which Frank Lloyd Wright used traditional leaded glass on campus. Wright used bands of red, gold and frosted glass. The chapel was dedicated on March 4, 1955. The 1955 "Interlachen" includes a photograph of the Chapel with Nils Schwizer, Wright's architectural representative on campus for the chapel (P. 257) and Dr. Danford (p. 259). Label on verso: "Interior, The William H. Danforth Chapel, Florida Southern College, Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Stamped on verso: "Photograph by Paul Wille." Wille was the college photographer for 29 years. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.57.0113
C 1955
Samuel and Harriet Freeman Residence Circa 1955. (1923 - S.216). View of the Living Room from the Southwest corner. The Entrance is down the hallway, the Kitchen is to the right. The built-in seating and attached shelves were designed by Rudolf Schindler. The octagonal table was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as a Dining table to be placed between the Kitchen and Living Room. Hand written on sleeve: "Wright, Frank Lloyd. Freeman House, LA, 1924. Los Angeles." Original glass 35mm B&W slide and 10 x 8 high res digital image. 1092.104.0418
1955
Heritage-Henredon Honeycomb Lounge Chair Drawing 1955. Presentation drawing for the Heritage-Henredon Honeycomb Lounge Chair. "Heritage Henredon Fine Furniture. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. The Honeycomb Lounge Chair." Signed "FLLW April 1955." According to Jane King Hession and Debra Pickrel, "...an array of mass-produced home furnishings products (were) designed by Wright but orchestrated by (Elizabeth) Gordon herself ... Wright designed three furniture lines for Heritage-Henredon: "The Honeycomb," based on triangular shapes; "The Burberry," on circular forms; and "The Four Square," on rectilinear geometries... In the end, only "The Four Square" was produced. Incorporating elements of the other two lines, it was renamed "The Taliesin Line." Frank Lloyd Wright in New York: The Plaza Years, 1954 - 1959, 2007, p.57-62. Views include: Front, Side, Section, Back and from the top. At least one prototype was produced and is on display at Taliesin, Spring Green (2016.26.0218 -146). For additional information see The Chairs of Frank Lloyd Wright, Yale, 1987. Thank you to Stafford Norris lll for identifying this chair for us. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.116.0619
1955
1) Heritage-Henredon Four Square Dining Room Furniture, Perspective Illustration, 1955 (FLLW #5529.05). Perspective illustration of the Heritage-Henredon Four Square dining room furniture, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955, FLLW #5529.05. One of the items in this drawing is the design for the Tall Hexagonal Weed Vase, seen on the top left. Wright commissioned Minic to produce a prototype of the Tall Hexagonal Vase, which never became part of the full line of Wright designed Heritage-Henredon furniture. Minic produced all the prototypes for the line of furniture, Heritage-Henredon produced the line of furniture. The Tall Hexagonal Weed Vase remained a well preserved prototype. Lower text: The Four Square, Heritage Henredon Fine Furniture. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Text lower left: 5529.05. Text in square, lower right: FLLW April 55. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 7.5 B&W photograph. 1092.268.0824
1955
2) Heritage-Henredon Honeycomb Bedroom Furniture, Perspective Illustration, 1955 (FLLW #5529.41). Perspective illustration of the Heritage-Henredon Honeycomb bedroom furniture, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955, FLLW #5529.41. One of the items in this drawing is the design for the Tall Hexagonal Weed Vase, seen just to the left of the headboard. Wright commissioned Minic to produce a prototype of the Tall Hexagonal Vase, which never became part of the full line of Wright designed Heritage-Henredon furniture. Minic produced all the prototypes for the line of furniture, Heritage-Henredon produced the line of furniture. The Tall Hexagonal Weed Vase remained a well preserved prototype. Lower text: The Honeycomb, Heritage Henredon Fine Furniture. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Text lower left: 5529.41. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.269.0824
1955
3) Heritage-Henredon Honeycomb Living Room Furniture, Perspective Illustration, 1955 (FLLW #5529.42). Perspective illustration of the Heritage-Henredon Honeycomb dining room furniture, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955, FLLW #5529.42. One of the items in this drawing is the design for the Tall Hexagonal Weed Vase, set in the center of the coffee table. Wright commissioned Minic to produce a prototype of the Tall Vase, which never became part of the full line of Wright designed Heritage-Henredon furniture. Minic produced all the prototypes for the line of furniture, Heritage-Henredon produced the line of furniture. The Tall Hexagonal Weed Vase remained a well preserved prototype. Lower text: The Honeycomb, Heritage Henredon Fine Furniture. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Text lower left: 5529.42. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.270.0824
1955
4) Heritage-Henredon Honeycomb Dining Room Furniture, Perspective Illustration, 1955 (FLLW #5529.43). Perspective illustration of the Heritage-Henredon Honeycomb dining room furniture, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955, FLLW #5529.43. One of the items in this drawing is the design for the Tall Hexagonal Weed Vase, set on the cabinet to the far right. Wright commissioned Minic to produce a prototype of the Tall Hexagonal Vase, which never became part of the full line of Wright designed Heritage-Henredon furniture. Minic produced all the prototypes for the line of furniture, Heritage-Henredon produced the line of furniture. The Tall Hexagonal Weed Vase remained a well preserved prototype. Lower text: The Honeycomb, Heritage Henredon Fine Furniture. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Text lower left: 5529.43. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.271.0824
1955
Heritage-Henredon Ornamental Vases, Details, 1955 (FLLW #5529.39). Detail plans for four Heritage-Henredon Four Square ornamental vases. 1) Tall Vase. 2) Duo Vase. 3) Square Vase. 4) Hex Vase.
       Duo Vase: There are two variations of the Duo Vase. On the top plan the neck, between the vase and the base, is thicker than the vases. See the Brooklyn Museum prototype. On the lower plan, the neck, between the vase and the base, is thinner than the vases. See the Metropolitan Museum of Art Prototype. Minic produced all the prototypes for the line of furniture, Heritage-Henredon produced the line of furniture. Lower text: Heritage Henredon Fine Furniture. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Text lower right: Ornamental Vases. The Four Square. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
1092.279.1024
1955
Heritage-Henredon Four Square Living Room Furniture, Perspective Illustration, 1955 (FLLW #5529.04). Perspective illustration of the Heritage-Henredon Four Square living room furniture, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955, FLLW #5529.04. One of the items in this drawing is the design for the Double Vase, set on a cabinet on the right. Wright commissioned Minic to produce prototypes of the Double Vase, which never became part of the full line of Wright designed Heritage-Henredon furniture. Minic produced all the prototypes for the line of furniture, Heritage-Henredon produced the line of furniture. Lower right text: The Four Square, Heritage Henredon Fine Furniture. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Text lower left: 5529.04. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.280.1024
1955
1) Heritage-Henredon Living Room Furniture, 1955. Copy photograph of Heritage-Henredon living room furniture designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. One of the items in this photograph is the prototype of the Tall Hexagonal Weed Vase, set on the end table on the far left. Wright commissioned Minic to produce a prototype of the Tall Hexagonal Vase, which never became part of the full line of Wright designed Heritage-Henredon furniture. Minic produced all the prototypes for the line of furniture, Heritage-Henredon produced the line of furniture. A second tall rectangular vase can be seen in the background between the couch and chair. The Tall Hexagonal Weed Vase remained a well preserved prototype. Published in House Beautiful, November 1955, p.338. Caption: All Wright's furniture is designed to group and re-group in interesting combinations, as this picture shows. Note how edge of sofa was made to receive the hexagonal hassock, which in turn composes with two others, as well as with other pieces in room. Note harmony of Wright accessories. A similar photograph is published in color in Tastemaker. According to Penick, this was photographed at the Chicago Merchendise Mart, Tastemaker, 2017, p.146. Courtesy of the House Beautiful. 8 x 10 B&W photograph 1092.272.0824
1955
 2) Heritage-Henredon Line of Accessories, 1955. Copy photograph of Heritage-Henredon line of accessories designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. One of the items in this photograph is the prototype of the Rectangular Planter, set on the cabinet to the right. Wright commissioned Minic to produce a prototype of the Rectangular Planter, which never became part of the full line of Wright designed Heritage-Henredon furniture. Minic produced all the prototypes for the line of furniture, Heritage-Henredon produced the line of furniture. A tall rectangular vase and a square planter, both prototypes, can be seen on the left. The Rectangular Planter remained a well preserved prototype. Published in House Beautiful, November 1955, p.290. Caption: Mr. Wright has designed a line of accessories in exotic woods (with metal liners) to hold flowers, branches of foliage, fruit, shells, or whatever you might want to display. Some match the mahogany furniture; others are of walnut, ebony, rosewood and holly. Courtesy of the House Beautiful. 8 x 8.25 B&W photograph. 1092.273.0824
1955
Wright designed Heritage-Henredon furniture (June 29, 1955). In 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright developed the "Taliesin Ensemble", a line of furnishings for those that did not live in one of his homes. Partnerships were formed with five companies: 1) Heritage-Henredon, a line of furniture designed by Wright. 2) Karastan, Rugs. 3) The Martin-Senour Company, the Taliesin Palette, 36 personally selected paint colors. 4) Minic, Accessories. 5) F. Schumacher & Co., Fabrics & Wallpaper designed by Wright. Clipping pasted to verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright, internationally famous architect, has designed his first line of furniture for the general public, it was learned last week. Rumors to that effects were verified when Wright conferred with officials of Heritage-Henredon..." Stamped on verso: "1955 Jun 29". Stamped on face; "Fran Byne, Photography". Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. Image restored by Douglas M. Steiner. 1092.41.0811
1955 
Heritage-Henredon furniture 1955. Wright designed Heritage-Henredon line of furniture in 1955. Dining and Living Room furniture includes (L to R): Moveable Bookshelf atop a chest of drawers shows versatility of Frank Lloyd Wright's design; Dining room table with six side chairs; Expandable sofa (four pieces); Square cocktail table, original price $89.75 each. Just behind the left end of the sofa is a tall weed holder or vase. Of note is the Nakomis Sculpture, top left on the bookshelf. In 1924 Frank Lloyd Wright was commissioned to design the Memorial Gateway to the Nakoma subdivision, which at the time was on the outskirts of Madison. Wright's plans were well received by the Madison Realty Company. Wright created models of the Nakoma and Nakomis sculptures which were photographed on August 3, 1926 at Taliesin, Spring Green. In 1929-30, Charles L. Morgan created terra-cotta models of the Nakoma and Nakomis. Could this be a copy of one of the terra-cotta figures? (Left side of the room. See 1092.60 for right side.) 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.61.0314
1955
Heritage-Henredon furniture 1955. Wright designed Heritage-Henredon line of furniture in 1955. Living Room furniture includes: Expandable sofa (four pieces); Square cocktail table, original price $89.75 each (five pieces); Round cushioned revolving stool, original price $89 (single piece far right). Of note is the white Nakoma Sculpture to the right, atop the table. In 1924 Frank Lloyd Wright was commissioned to design the Memorial Gateway to the Nakoma subdivision, which at the time was on the outskirts of Madison. Wright's plans were well received by the Madison Realty Company. Wright created models of the Nakoma and Nakomis sculptures which were photographed on August 3, 1926 at Taliesin, Spring Green. In 1929-30, Charles L. Morgan created terra-cotta models of the Nakoma and Nakomis. Could this be a copy of one of the terra-cotta figures? Clipping pasted to verso: "Sofas, fabrics and occasional stock-on tables all are included in the new furniture designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Backs of sofas are customary height, but seats are a little lower than most. Tables can be used singly, in pairs or stacked to make a lamp table, as are at end of sofa." Stamped on clipping: "Oct 18 1955." (Right side of the room. See 1092.61 for left side.)10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.60.0314
1955
Heritage-Henredon furniture 1955. Wright designed Heritage-Henredon line of Living Room furniture in 1955. Living Room furniture includes (L to R): Hexagonal hassock, original price $129 each (three pieces); Hexagonal accessory table, short, original price $$82.50 (two pieces); End tables, tall (two pieces, left and right of sofa); Sofa - Bumper end piece, original price $349 (two pieces); Hexagonal table with six triangle tables that can double as seats when equipped with small cushion (two cushions shown); Lounge chair, original price $237, (two shown). A tall weed holder or vase, sits atop the end table to the right of the sofa. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.62.0314
1955
Heritage-Henredon furniture 1955. Frank Lloyd Wright designed Heritage-Henredon line of furniture in 1955. Living Room furniture includes (L to R): Expandable sofa (two pieces); two Lounge Chairs, foreground: two Triangular seat-tables on either side of hexagonal coffee table. two triangular cushions, one triangular seat-table in window. Clipping pasted to verso: "Triangular seat-tables store under hexagonal coffee table, point up versatility of Frank Lloyd Wright's new collection. (Heritage-Henredon)." Stamped on verso: "Oct 18 1955." Original 9 x 7.1 B&W photograph. 1092.68.0414
1955
Heritage-Henredon furniture 1955. Frank Lloyd Wright designed Heritage-Henredon line of furniture in 1955. Four-tiered shelf doubles as a dining room hutch and as a room divider. Shelves sit atop rectangular coffee table. Triangular seat-table is in the foreground. Bed frame can be seen in the background. Clipping pasted to verso: "Four-tiered deck atop rectangular coffee table makes an attractive room divider. Other side of deck has glass-enclosed shelves. (Heritage-Henredon)." Stamped on verso: "Oct 18 1955." Original 9 x 7.1 B&W photograph. 1092.69.0414
1955
Wright designed Heritage-Henredon furniture. Press Release photograph for promotion of the Heritage-Henredon line of Wright designed furniture. In 1955, Wright developed the "Taliesin Ensemble", a line of furnishings for those that did not live in one of his homes. Partnerships were formed with F. Schumacher & Co. to produce the Taliesin Line of fabrics and wall coverings designed by Wright. Martin-Senour developed the Taliesin Palette, 36 personally selected Martin-Senour Colors. Karastan manufactured rugs. Minic manufactured Accessories, and Heritage-Henredon developed a line of furniture designed by Wright. For more information and ads for each of the companies, see the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Photographed by Wesley Bowman Studio, Chicago. Stamped on verso: "Jan 6 - 1956", "Wesley Bowman Studio, Chicago". Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. Acquired from the archives of the Baltimore-Sun. 1147.46.0411
1955
Heritage-Henredon furniture 1955. Rectangle Dining Room Table and chairs. The edge of the dining room table repeats an engraved pattern. Chair fabric, table cloth and curtains are by Schumacher fabrics, part of the Frank Lloyd Wright designed "Taliesin Ensemble." Wright designed the Heritage-Henredon line of furniture in 1955. Clipping pasted to verso: "Chairs upholstered in green linen of Frank Lloyd Wright's design complement lower-than-usual dining table in this grouping. (Heritage-Henredon)." Stamped on verso: "Oct 18 55." Typed on verso: "Furniture designed by Frank Lloyd Wright." Original 9 x 7.1 B&W photograph. 1092.76.1014
1955
Heritage-Henredon Dining Room furniture 1955. Frank Lloyd Wright resting his arm on a piece of Heritage-Henredon dining room furniture. A cane is hanging on his left arm, a hat in his hand. His reflection is in a Heritage-Henredon mirror. Caption pasted to the verso: "Some people think it's "Western," but that's because of its natural matte finish on mahogany and carving at the edges. The carving is based on the Greek key design and that's hardly "Western." Some critics think it harkens back to the dark age of furniture design, specifically, the first 25 years of this century. Again, that's because some of the lines are so strong and so perfect in scale that they seem to some to be in poor taste. We're not used to seeing velvet upholstery on modern furniture and Wright has used it on some occasional chairs. It reminds many people of the poorly designed velvet chair grandmother kept in her parlor, the one nobody dared use." Stamped on clipping: "Oct 18 1955." Stamped on verso: "Heritage Furniture Inc." 8 x 6.5 B&W photograph. 1092.78.0115
1955
Heritage-Henredon furniture 1955. Wright seated at a Heritage-Henredon dining room table. Table and chair designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. This is actually two photographs glued together in 1955. Background image is a photograph of Schumacher wallpaper design No. 103. Image is published in "Schumacher's Taliesin Line," page 3, bottom. Hidden behind the photograph of Wright is a side chair and end table from the Heritage-Henredon line of furniture designed by Wright in 1955. Hand written on verso, "17/11/55" (November 17, 1955). Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1092.70.0514
1955
Heritage-Henredon Minic Double Vase, created 1953-1954, House Beautiful, November 1955. Copy of photograph published in House Beautiful, November 1955, p.289. Setting on the table is a Minic prototype of the Double Vase designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Taliesin Ensemble. This vase is the version that matches the vase in the Brooklyn Museum collection. This vase differs from the Metropolitan Museum of Art prototype. The neck, between the vase and the base, is thicker than the vases.
       Although Minic produced prototypes of the accessories and furniture, Heritage Henredon was selected to mass produce the furniture line. The accessories, vases and planters, were not mass produced nor did not become part of the Heritage Henredon line.
       This prototype was produced by Minic Custom Woodwork Inc., New York in a collaboration with Frank Lloyd Wright. Courtesy of House Beautiful. 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1092.278.1024
1955
Hoffman Auto Showroom 1955 (1954 - S.380). When the showroom opened in 1955, Hoffman displayed Porsches, BMWs and other cars. The showroom featured a revolving display on which three to four cars could be displayed. The ramp rose from the back and wrapped around the left side. The ramp allowed for additional displays as well as viewing cars from above. The Hoffman inspired Porsche emblem sits atop the circular planter. The circular emblem just to the right reads "Hoffman, Largest selling organization of fine European cars in the U.S.A." Photographed by Ezra Stoller. 10 x 8 B&W Photograph. 1092.59.0314
1955
Hoffman Auto Showroom 1955 (1954 - S.380). Hoffman began importing Jaguars in 1948, and selected Wright to design the interior of the showroom. It featured a revolving display on which three to four cars could be displayed. The ramp rose from the back and partially wrapped around the ramp. The ramp allowed for additional displays as well as viewing cars from above. In 1953, when Hoffman began importing Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar opened their own showroom. Although designed as a Jaguar Showroom, it was never used as such. When the showroom opened in 1955, Hoffman displayed Porsches, BMWs and other cars. The circular emblem which sits atop the circular planter, just to the left of the BMW logo reads, "Hoffman, Largest selling organization of fine European cars in the U.S.A." Mercedes Benz, who held the lease, vacated the space, and in March, 2013, the building owners covered the windows and demolished the Wright designed showroom. Photographed by Ezra Stoller. 10 x 8 B&W Photograph. 1092.74.1014
1955
Patrick Kinney Residence Circa 1955 (1951 - S.342). Designed in 1951, Patrick Kinney coordinated the construction of the home. The main living portion of the house is a hexagon with a bedroom wing on the south side. Constructed of limestone on the interior and exterior that Kinney quarried himself. Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Label pasted to face: "University of California, Berkeley. 20c (20th Century) United States. Wright, Frank Lloyd. Kinney House, 1953. Lancaster, Wisconsin. Andrews 2781. Department of Architecture." Not dated. Acquired from the archives of the University of California, Berkeley. Mounted to 14 x 11 gray board. Original 9.5 x 7.25 B&W print. 1092.110.1218
1955
Clinic For Dr. Kundert and Dr. Fogo, Scheme 1, San Luis Obispo, California. Perspective View 1955, FLLW #5640 (1955 - S.396). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. Perspective view for the Dr. Kundert and Dr. Fogo Clinic. Wright utilized his concept for the Usonian Automatic. The L-shaped design wraps around a large waiting room which opens out to a Terrace. Text: "Medical Building For Dr. Kundert and Dr. Fogo. San Luis Obispo, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. View From Southeast." FLLW #5640.02. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.408. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.125.1219
1955
Clinic For Dr. Kundert and Dr. Fogo, Scheme 1, San Luis Obispo, California. Ground Plan 1955, FLLW #5640 (1955 - S.396). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. Ground plan for the Dr. Kundert and Dr. Fogo Clinic. Wright utilized his concept for the Usonian Automatic. The L-shaped design wraps around a large waiting room which opens out to a Terrace. Text: "Medical Building For Dr. Kundert and Dr. Fogo. San Luis Obispo, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Plan." FLLW #5640.01. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.408. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.126.1219
1955
1) Kenneth & Phyllis Laurent Residence, Rockford, Illinois, Exterior 1955 (1949 - S.319). View of the Laurent Residence from the Northwest. Set of six images photographed by Maynard Parker in 1955 for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Two of the images were published. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1949, it was the third "hemicycle" designed by Wright. The first was the Jacobs II (1944). He also designed the Meyer (1948), Laurent (1949), Pearce (1950), Lewis (1952), Marden (1952), Llewellyn Wright (1953), Cooke (1953), Rayward (1955) and the Spencer (1956). Kenneth Laurent was a paraplegic, so the home was designed with ease of accessibility for a wheelchair. Part of a set of six photographs by Maynard Parker in May 1955. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1092.182.1121
1955
2) Kenneth & Phyllis Laurent Residence, Rockford, Illinois, Exterior 1955 (1949 - S.319). View of the Laurent Residence Terrace from the Northeast. Set of six images photographed by Maynard Parker in 1955 for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Two of the images were published. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1949, it was the third "hemicycle" designed by Wright. The first was the Jacobs II (1944). He also designed the Meyer (1948), Laurent (1949), Pearce (1950), Lewis (1952), Marden (1952), Llewellyn Wright (1953), Cooke (1953), Rayward (1955) and the Spencer (1956). Kenneth Laurent was a paraplegic, so the home was designed with ease of accessibility for a wheelchair. Part of a set of six photographs by Maynard Parker in May 1955. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.183.1121
1955
3) Kenneth & Phyllis Laurent Residence, Rockford, Illinois, Exterior and Interior 1955 (1949 - S.319). View of the Laurent Residence Terrace and Interior from the Southwest. Set of six images photographed by Maynard Parker in 1955 for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Two of the images were published. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1949, it was the third "hemicycle" designed by Wright. The first was the Jacobs II (1944). He also designed the Meyer (1948), Laurent (1949), Pearce (1950), Lewis (1952), Marden (1952), Llewellyn Wright (1953), Cooke (1953), Rayward (1955) and the Spencer (1956). Kenneth Laurent was a paraplegic, so the home was designed with ease of accessibility for a wheelchair. Published in the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful, p.349. Caption: "Solid wood walls, instead of 2 x 4 framing, express their beauty in the open and flowing plan of the 1952 residence of the Kenneth Lawrence of Rockford, Illinois. Made with a central core of plywood with boards screwed on each side, these laminated handles gain structural strength and beauty through curves and angles." Part of a set of six photographs by Maynard Parker in May 1955. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.184.1121
1955
4) Kenneth & Phyllis Laurent Residence, Rockford, Illinois, Interior 1955 (1949 - S.319). View of the Laurent Residence Garden Room (living room) and Dining area from the Southwest. The furniture was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Set of six images photographed by Maynard Parker in 1955 for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Two of the images were published. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1949, it was the third "hemicycle" designed by Wright. The first was the Jacobs II (1944). He also designed the Meyer (1948), Laurent (1949), Pearce (1950), Lewis (1952), Marden (1952), Llewellyn Wright (1953), Cooke (1953), Rayward (1955) and the Spencer (1956). Kenneth Laurent was a paraplegic, so the home was designed with ease of accessibility for a wheelchair. Published in the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful, p.349. Caption: "Solid wood walls, instead of 2 x 4 framing, express their beauty in the open and flowing plan of the 1952 residence of the Kenneth Lawrence of Rockford, Illinois. Made with a central core of plywood with boards screwed on each side, these laminated handles gain structural strength and beauty through curves and angles." Part of a set of six photographs by Maynard Parker in May 1955. Original 10 x 8 Color photograph. 1092.185.1121
1955
5) Kenneth & Phyllis Laurent Residence, Rockford, Illinois, Interior 1955 (1949 - S.319). View of the Laurent Residence Garden Room (living room) and Dining area from the Southwest. The furniture was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Set of six images photographed by Maynard Parker in 1955 for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Two of the images were published. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1949, it was the third "hemicycle" designed by Wright. The first was the Jacobs II (1944). He also designed the Meyer (1948), Laurent (1949), Pearce (1950), Lewis (1952), Marden (1952), Llewellyn Wright (1953), Cooke (1953), Rayward (1955) and the Spencer (1956). Kenneth Laurent was a paraplegic, so the home was designed with ease of accessibility for a wheelchair. Published in the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful, p.349. Caption: "Solid wood walls, instead of 2 x 4 framing, express their beauty in the open and flowing plan of the 1952 residence of the Kenneth Lawrence of Rockford, Illinois. Made with a central core of plywood with boards screwed on each side, these laminated handles gain structural strength and beauty through curves and angles." Part of a set of six photographs by Maynard Parker in May 1955. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.186.1121
1955
6) Kenneth & Phyllis Laurent Residence, Rockford, Illinois, Interior 1955 (1949 - S.319). View of the Laurent Residence Cove and Fireplace from the East. The furniture was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Set of six images photographed by Maynard Parker in 1955 for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Two of the images were published. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1949, it was the third "hemicycle" designed by Wright. The first was the Jacobs II (1944). He also designed the Meyer (1948), Laurent (1949), Pearce (1950), Lewis (1952), Marden (1952), Llewellyn Wright (1953), Cooke (1953), Rayward (1955) and the Spencer (1956). Kenneth Laurent was a paraplegic, so the home was designed with ease of accessibility for a wheelchair. Part of a set of six photographs by Maynard Parker in May 1955. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.187.1121
1955
Factory For The Lenkurt Electric Building, San Carlos, California, Aerial View 1955 (Project 1955 - FLLW #5520). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. Aerial view for the Lenkurt Electric Factory Building. The company manufactured microwave and telephone equipment. Wright incorporated the dendriform column similar to the S.C. Johnson Building. He raised the first level above the ground, allowing for parking beneath the whole building. Text: "Lenkurt Electric Company. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." Additional illustrations published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.409-412. Two original 10 x 8 B&W photographs. 1092.127.1219 (A&B)
1955
Factory For The Lenkurt Electric Building, San Carlos, California, Cafe and Pavilion 1955 (Project 1955 - FLLW #5520). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. Cut-away view of the Cafe and Pavilion for the Lenkurt Electric Factory Building. The company manufactured microwave and telephone equipment. Wright incorporated the dendriform column similar to the S.C. Johnson Building. He raised the first level above the ground, allowing for parking beneath the whole building. Text: "Cafe and Pavillion (sic). The Lenkurt Electric. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." FLLW #5520.04. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.411. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.128.1219
1955
Factory For The Lenkurt Electric Building, San Carlos, California, Typical Section and Elevation 1955 (Project 1955 - FLLW #5520). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. Typical Section and Elevation for The Lenkurt Electric Building. Main illustration: Typical Section. Lower level - Parking. Second level - Workroom level for manufacturing. Third level - Mezzanine. Tower - Offices. Small Upper illustration: Typical elevation. The company manufactured microwave and telephone equipment. Wright incorporated the dendriform column similar to the S.C. Johnson Building. He raised the first level above the ground, allowing for parking beneath the whole building. Text: "Typical Section. Lenkurt Electric. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." Upper text: "Typical Elevation." FLLW #5520.02. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.409. Two original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.129.1219 (A&B)
1955
Factory For The Lenkurt Electric Building, San Carlos, California, Typical Section 1955 (Project 1955 - FLLW #5520). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. Detail of typical section for The Lenkurt Electric Building. Typical Section. Lower level - Parking. Second level - Workroom level for manufacturing. Third level - Mezzanine. Tower - Offices. The company manufactured microwave and telephone equipment. Wright incorporated the dendriform column similar to the S.C. Johnson Building. He raised the first level above the ground, allowing for parking beneath the whole building. Text: "Typical Section. Lenkurt Electric. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." Additional illustrations published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.409-412. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.130.1219
1955
Factory For The Lenkurt Electric Building, San Carlos, California, Office Interior 1955 (Project 1955 - FLLW #5520). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. View of the office interior for The Lenkurt Electric Building. The company manufactured microwave and telephone equipment. Wright incorporated the dendriform column similar to the S.C. Johnson Building. He raised the first level above the ground, allowing for parking beneath the whole building. Hand written text: "Note: In the open center framing of the chair backs - a metal emblem of Lenkurt could be set. FLW." FLLW #5520.12. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.412. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.131.1219
1955
Factory For The Lenkurt Electric Building, San Carlos, California, Office Interior 1955 (Project 1955 - FLLW #5520). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. View of the office interior for The Lenkurt Electric Building. The company manufactured microwave and telephone equipment. Wright incorporated the dendriform column similar to the S.C. Johnson Building. He raised the first level above the ground, allowing for parking beneath the whole building. Hand written text: "Dear Len Kurt. The floor coverings can have a touch of color in design of you (sic) say so." "The upholstery would be deep... The metal aluminum or... Etc. Etc. FLW." Additional illustrations published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.409-412. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.131.1219
1955
Factory For The Lenkurt Electric Building, San Carlos, California, Tower Floor Plan 1955 (Project 1955 - FLLW #5520). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. View of the tower floor plan for The Lenkurt Electric Building. The company manufactured microwave and telephone equipment. Wright incorporated the dendriform column similar to the S.C. Johnson Building. He raised the first level above the ground, allowing for parking beneath the whole building. Additional illustrations published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.409-412. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.132.1219
  Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet.  February 10, 1955.  In 1954 the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Wright owed $10,000 in back taxes on Taliesin.  For years he had argued that Taliesin was primarily a school and therefore tax exempt. He was so mad he threatened to destroy Taliesin and move from the state. Cary Caraway, a former apprentice suggested that Wright's friends express their appreciation and take up a collection. Mary Lescohier and Helen Groves made it happen. 380 supporters gathered in the Great Hall of the U.W. Memorial Union for a tribute. Wright took the opportunity to display the new Monona Terrace model. At the end of the program, he received a check for $10.000.  Set of eight 8x10 B&W photographs. Possibly shot by a Capital Times Staff Photographer.  Frank Lloyd Wright's Monona Terrace, page 140.  
1955
Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet.  February 10, 1955.  Head table.  Possibly shot by a Capital Times Staff Photographer.  Seated at the head table (L to R) Wisconsin Governor Walter Kohler, Oligivanna Wright, Wright, William Evjue (friend, editor and published of the Capital Times), Ralph Walker (former president of the AIA) and Wright's Daughter.  Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Monona Terrace", page 140.  Original silver gelatin photo.  8x10. 1092.04.0606
1955
Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet.  February 10, 1955.  Close-up of head table. Possibly shot by a Capital Times Staff Photographer.  Wisconsin Governor Walter Kohler, Oligivanna Wright and Wright (L to R).  Original silver gelatin photo.  8x10. 1092.05.0606
1955
Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet.  February 10, 1955.  Wright looks over program before guests arrive.  Possibly shot by a Capital Times Staff Photographer.  Frank Lloyd Wright.  Model on right.  Published in "Monona Terrace: Frank Lloyd Wright's Vision on the Lake", page 6 & 16.  Published in The Master Architect: Conversations with Frank Lloyd Wright, Meehan, page 171.  Original silver gelatin photo.  8x10. 1092.06.0606
1955
Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet.  February 10, 1955.  Wright talks with Ralph Walker about plans.  Possibly shot by a Capital Times Staff Photographer.  Ralph Walker (former president of the AIA) and Wright.  Original silver gelatin photo. 8x10. 1092.07.0606
1955
Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet.  February 10, 1955.  A lighter moment with Kohler and Evjue.  Possibly shot by a Capital Times Staff Photographer.  Wisconsin Governor Walter Kohler, Wright and William Evjue (friend, editor and published of the Capital Times) (L to R).  Original silver gelatin photo. 8x10. 1092.08.0606
1955
Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet.  February 10, 1955.  A moment with Mr. Evjue. Possibly shot by a Capital Times Staff Photographer.  William Evjue and Wright first met in 1914. Evjue was a long time friend and supporter, as well as editor and published of the Capital Times, Madison.  Original silver gelatin photo. 8x10. 1092.09.0606
1955
Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet.  February 10, 1955.  Photo op.  Possibly shot by a Capital Times Staff Photographer.  Photo op (L to R) Ralph Walker (former president of the AIA), Unknown, Unknown, Wright, William Evjue, Unknown.  Original silver gelatin photo. 8x10. 1092.10.0606
1955
Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet.  February 10, 1955.  Wright chats with Governor. Possibly shot by a Capital Times Staff Photographer.  Wright (L) chats with Wisconsin Governor Walter Kohler (R).  Other guest unknown.  Original silver gelatin photo. 8x10. 1092.11.0606
1955
V.C. Morris House "Seacliff," Scheme 2, San Francisco, CA, Elevation 1955 (Project 1955 - FLLW #5412). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Elevation from sea level for the V.C. Morris House "Seacliff," Scheme 2. This revision to the first design from 1945, lowered the house and placed it closer to the beach. Text: "Elevation." Additional illustrations published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.417. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.134.1219
1955
Nakomis Sculpture, gilded concrete, 1955. During the early 1950s, when he was 21, Prince Giovanni Del Drago became an apprentice at Taliesin. His interests were architecture and the arts. As an apprentice, he reproduced the Nakoma and Nakomis sculptures. "I remember working on them in Arizona during the winter of 1955-1956 under Mr. Wright's guidance, casting them in concrete and gilding them in the studio of a sculptor in Phoenix," he recalled. Photographed in 2013 at Taliesin, Spring Green, by Tom Waddell. This Nakomis Sculpture stands 44 inches tall. Acquired from and courtesy of Tom Waddell, Spring Green, Wisc. 8 x 10 Color photograph. See our Wright study on the Nakoma Clubhouse & Sculptures. 1092.66.0314
1955
Nakoma Sculpture, gilded concrete, 1955. During the early 1950s, when he was 21, Prince Giovanni Del Drago became an apprentice at Taliesin. His interests were architecture and the arts. As an apprentice, he reproduced the Nakoma and Nakomis sculptures. "I remember working on them in Arizona during the winter of 1955-1956 under Mr. Wright's guidance, casting them in concrete and gilding them in the studio of a sculptor in Phoenix," he recalled. Photographed in 2013 at Taliesin, Spring Green, by Tom Waddell. This Nakoma Sculpture stands 36 inches tall. Acquired from and courtesy of Tom Waddell, Spring Green, Wisc. 8 x 10 Color photograph. See our Wright study on the Nakoma Clubhouse & Sculptures. 1092.67.0314
C 1955 
Loren B. Pope Residence, Falls Church, Va. Circa 1955 (1939 - S.268). View of the Pope Residence from the South. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "Arch. U.S.A. 20th cent. Frank Lloyd Wright. Res. Loren Pope, Falls Church, Va. (1940). Wayne Andrews #1941. Indiana University, Fine Arts Department." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the Indiana University. Original 9.5 x 7.5 B&W Photograph. 1092.168.0920
C 1955
Harold Price Sr. Residence, Paradise Valley, Ariz, C 1955 (1954 - S.378). View of the center atrium, South elevation, from the Southwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1954. Constructed of concrete block. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "Arch. U.S.A. 20th cent. Frank Lloyd Wright. Res. H.C. Price, Phoenix, Arizona (1955). East. Wayne Andrews #1828. Indiana University, Fine Arts Department." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the Indiana University. Original 9.5 x 7.5 B&W Photograph. 1092.166.0920
C 1955
Harold Price Sr. Residence, Paradise Valley, Ariz, C 1955 (1954 - S.378). View of the North elevation from the West. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1954. Constructed of concrete block. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "Arch. U.S.A. 20th cent. Frank Lloyd Wright. Res. H.C. Price, Phoenix, Arizona (1955). West. Wayne Andrews #1829. Indiana University, Fine Arts Department." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the Indiana University. Original 9.5 x 7.5 B&W Photograph. 1092.167.0920
C 1955
1) Isabel Roberts Residence, River Forest, IL, . Exterior View Circa 1955 (1908 - S.150). General view from the Southwest. The Dining Room is on the left, Living Room on the right. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Isabel Roberts House, 4-2. Isabel Roberts House. Ext., view from the street. River Forest, IL., USA., 1908, 1955. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1092.145.0520
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2) Isabel Roberts Residence, River Forest, IL, . Exterior View Circa 1955 (1908 - S.150). General view from the Southwest. The Dining Room is on the left, Living Room on the right. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Isabel Roberts House, 4-3. Isabel Roberts House. Ext., view from the street. River Forest, IL., USA., 1908, 1955. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1092.146.0520
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3) Isabel Roberts Residence, River Forest, IL, . Exterior View Circa 1955 (1908 - S.150). General view from the Northwest. The Dining Room is on the left, Living Room is on the right. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Isabel Roberts House, 4-5. Isabel Roberts House. Ext., view from driveway. River Forest, IL., USA., 1908, 1955. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1092.148.0520
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4) Isabel Roberts Residence, River Forest, IL, . View of Entrance Circa 1955 (1908 - S.150). View of the entrance from the Northwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Isabel Roberts House, 4-12. Isabel Roberts House. Ext., entrance detail. River Forest, IL., USA., 1908, 1955. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1092.155.0520
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5) Isabel Roberts Residence, River Forest, IL,. View of Entrance Circa 1955 (1908 - S.150). View of the entrance from the Northwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Isabel Roberts House, 4-13. Isabel Roberts House. Ext., entrance detail. River Forest, IL., USA., 1908, 1955. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1092.156.0520
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6) Isabel Roberts Residence, River Forest, IL, . View of Entrance Circa 1955 (1908 - S.150). View of the entrance from the Northwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Isabel Roberts House, 4-11. Isabel Roberts House. Ext., entrance detail. River Forest, IL., USA., 1908, 1955. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1092.154.0520
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7) Isabel Roberts Residence, River Forest, IL, . Exterior View Circa 1955 (1908 - S.150). General view from the West. The Dining Room is on the left, Living Room in the center, and the covered porch is on the right. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908. The car in the drive is a 1955 Cadillac Coupe Devile. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Isabel Roberts House, 4-4. Isabel Roberts House. Ext., view from street. River Forest, IL., USA., 1908, 1955. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1092.147.0520
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8) Isabel Roberts Residence, River Forest, IL, . Exterior View Circa 1955 (1908 - S.150). General view from the Southeast. The Living Room is on the left, screened porch on the right. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Isabel Roberts House, 4-1. Isabel Roberts House. Ext., general view. River Forest, IL., USA., 1908, 1955. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1092.144.0520
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9) Isabel Roberts Residence, River Forest, IL, . Exterior View Circa 1955 (1908 - S.150). General view from the Southwest. The Living Room is on the left, the covered porch is on the right. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Isabel Roberts House, 4-6. Isabel Roberts House. Ext., southwest corner. River Forest, IL., USA., 1908, 1955. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1092.149.0520
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10) Isabel Roberts Residence, River Forest, IL, . Exterior View Circa 1955 (1908 - S.150). General view from the Southwest. The Dining Room is on the far left, the Living Room is in the center, the covered porch is on the right. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Isabel Roberts House, 4-8. Isabel Roberts House. Ext., southwest corner. River Forest, IL., USA., 1908, 1955. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1092.151.0520
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11) Isabel Roberts Residence, River Forest, IL, . Exterior View Circa 1955 (1908 - S.150). General view from the Southwest. The Living Room is on the left, the covered porch is on the right. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Isabel Roberts House, 4-7. Isabel Roberts House. Ext., southwest corner. River Forest, IL., USA., 1908, 1955. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1092.150.0520
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12) Isabel Roberts Residence, River Forest, IL,. View of covered porch and South elevation Circa 1955 (1908 - S.150). View of the covered porch and South elevation from the Southwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Isabel Roberts House, 4-16. Isabel Roberts House. Ext., detail of porch roof. River Forest, IL., USA., 1908, 1955. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1092.159.0520
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13) Isabel Roberts Residence, River Forest, IL,. View of Cover Porch South elevation Circa 1955 (1908 - S.150). View of the South elevation of the covered porch from the Southwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Isabel Roberts House, 4-17. Isabel Roberts House. Ext., detail of roof overhang. River Forest, IL., USA., 1908, 1955. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1092.160.0520
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14) Isabel Roberts Residence, River Forest, IL, . Exterior View Circa 1955 (1908 - S.150). View of the covered porch from the East. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Isabel Roberts House, 4-9. Isabel Roberts House. Ext., east porch and tree. River Forest, IL., USA., 1908, 1955. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1092.152.0520
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15) Isabel Roberts Residence, River Forest, IL, . Exterior View Circa 1955 (1908 - S.150). View of the covered porch from the East. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Isabel Roberts House, 4-10. Isabel Roberts House. Ext., east porch and tree. River Forest, IL., USA., 1908, 1955. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1092.153.0520
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16) Isabel Roberts Residence, River Forest, IL,. View of covered porch and South elevation Circa 1955 (1908 - S.150). View of the covered porch and South elevation from the Southwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Isabel Roberts House, 4-14. Isabel Roberts House. Ext., distant view of porch and roof. River Forest, IL., USA., 1908, 1955. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1092.157.0520
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17) Isabel Roberts Residence, River Forest, IL,. Detail View of Covered Porch Circa 1955 (1908 - S.150). Detail View of the Southwest corner of the Covered Porch. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Isabel Roberts House, 4-15. Isabel Roberts House. Ext., distant view of porch and roof. River Forest, IL., USA., 1908, 1955. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1092.158.0520
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18) Isabel Roberts Residence, River Forest, IL,. View of Garden Circa 1955 (1908 - S.150). View of the Garden. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Isabel Roberts House, 4-18. Isabel Roberts House. Ext., view of garden. River Forest, IL., USA., 1908, 1955. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1092.161.0520
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Robie House, South Side by Richard Nickel (1906 - S.127) C1955-60. Possibly photographed in 1957 during talks of possible demolition. Stamped on Verso: Jun 1974, Field Enterprises, Inc. Clipping on verso stamped June 6 "86: "The Robie House, designed in 1909 by Frank Lloyd Wright, is one of the city's most famous residential works. Illustrating the perfection of Wright's Prairie Style, the house is located on a narrow city lot. The house, now a Registered National Landmark is featured on both Hyde Park Tours sponsored by the Chicago School of Architecture Foundation. The walking tour departs at 2 p.m. Sunday June 16, July 7 and 21, August 4 and 18, September 1 and 15 and October 6 and 20, from Rockefeller Chapel, 59th Street and Woodlawn Avenue. The bike tour leaves at 2 p.m. Sunday July 21, August 18 and October 20, from Harper Court, 52nd Street and Harper Avenue. Both tours cost $2. For more information, call the Glessner House at 326-1393. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House", Hoffmann 1984, page 18. Original 10 x 8 silver gelatin photograph. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Daily News. 1092.35.0310
1955
Schumacher/Heritage-Henredon Dining Room 1955. This is a copy of the photograph published in the "Schumacher's Taliesin Line of Decorative Fabrics and Wallpaper," Schumacher/Wright, 1955, as an example of "Design No. 705" fabric and wallpaper. A similar design was used in 2001 at the Nakoma Clubhouse, Cleo, CA. The furniture was produced by Heritage-Henredon, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The buffet cabinet in the background is a combination of three small chests, No. 2002 (L), 2003 and 2001 (R). The table appears to be possibly a prototype of the dining room tables to come. The legs are correct, with the bullnose outer edge and carved patterned design. The round table top has the bullnose edge, but no design. To date, we have seen rectangular table tops as well as other furniture with the decorative design, but the round table tops, No. 2000 and 2001, are trimmed with copper moulding. The chairs do not appear to be designed by Wright, and were possibly used due to the lack of samples at the time. There is a note in House Beautiful, November, 1955, p.282 which might shed some light in explaining the discrepancies. "Much of this merchandise was not available for photograph as this issue went to press..." (Thanks to Peter Kelley, MassModern for his insight.) 10 x 8 B&W photograph. See additional information about the Nakoma Clubhouse. 1092.93.0416
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Schumacher/Heritage-Henredon Dining Room 1955. This is a copy of the photograph published in House Beautiful, November, 1955, p.283. Drapes and wallpaper are "Design No. 705", "Schumacher's Taliesin Line of Decorative Fabrics and Wallpaper," Schumacher/Wright, 1955, fabric and wallpaper. A similar design was used in 2001 at the Nakoma Clubhouse, Cleo, CA. The furniture was produced by Heritage-Henredon, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The buffet cabinet in the background is a combination of four small chests (L to R), No. 2003, 2002, 2003 and 2001. The shelf was an optional add-on. The table appears to be possibly a prototype of the dining room tables to come. The legs are correct, with the bullnose outer edge and carved patterned design. The round table top has the bullnose edge, but no design. To date, we have seen rectangular table tops as well as other furniture with the decorative design, but the round table tops, No. 2000 and 2001, are trimmed with copper moulding. The bench is No. 1904. There is a note in House Beautiful, November, 1955, p.282 which might shed some light in explaining the discrepancies. "Much of this merchandise was not available for photograph as this issue went to press..." (Thanks to Peter Kelley, MassModern for his insight.) 8 x 10 Color photograph. See additional information about the Nakoma Clubhouse. 1092.94.0416
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J. L. Smith Elevations Blueprint 1955. "House For Mr. & Mrs. J. L. Smith. Kane County, Illinois. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Frank Lloyd Wright, Jan 20 / 55. Elevations. Scale 1/4" = 1' - 0"." Upper: "Southeast Elevation." The Terrace is on the far left. The ceiling in the Workspace is lowered for the first three feet, then raises up to the height of the Living Room. The Loggia is to the right of the Living Room, and lines up with the Carport in the foreground. The Gun Shop is to the far right, embedded into the hillside. Lower: "Southwest Elevation." The two Bedrooms are on the left. Both have corner doors that open outward. The Workspace is to the right of the Bedrooms, the ceiling has been lowered. The Living room has four sets of floor-to-ceiling doors that open outward, set between two foot wide columns. The carport is to the far right. There are handwritten notes in pencil toward the bottom right. "Print of Preliminary Plans for Grading Prints on Forms as Soon as Possible. Workshop - Dry - Gun Shop. Fireplace Storage. No Cabinets over Sink. Carport. View out of Kitchen... Laundry Equip, deep sink. Canoe Storage. Lanai Larger. Laundry Larger." The notes on both sheets, and the fact that Gun Shop was relocated, would indicate that the Smiths were very serious about completing...  Continue...  See Wright Study on J. L. Smith Residence Project. 1092.100.0317 -1
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J. L. Smith General Plan Blueprint 1955 (Project) . "House For Mr. & Mrs. J. L. Smith. Kane County, Illinois. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Frank Lloyd Wright, Jan 20 / 55. General Plan. Scale 1/4" = 1' - 0"." The home is built into a hillside and faces Southwest. The elevation at the South corner of the Terrace is 92 feet. The elevation of the North corner of the Gun shop is 110 feet, a change of 18 feet. As in other Usonian Automatic homes, these blocks are 1' x 2' in size, and the floor plan is designed in 2' x 2' modules. The home is built on two levels. As you drive up to the graveled forecourt, and park in the Carport, a covered walk leads to the Entrance which is along the back of the house. The Lanai is on the right, the Gun Shop is embedded into the hillside. Double doors lead to the Entryway which is on the upper level. The Gallery on the right leads to two Bedrooms, the Bath, and a thin passageway leading down five stairs to the Workspace on the lower level. As you walk down the Loggia to the left, there are built-in bookshelves on the left, low built-in cabinets on the right. The wall on the right side is open, creating the Loggia. At the end, five stairs lead down to the Living Room. The bookshelves that cover the right side of the Loggia wrap around the end, then continue into the Living...  Continue...  See Wright Study on J. L. Smith Residence Project. 1092.100.0317 -2
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Snow Flake Motel, Project Circa 1955. Aerial perspective of Snow Flake Motel. Text bottom left corner, "Snow Flake." Red Square. Copy photograph of illustration. Published in "The Art of Frank Lloyd Wright, Krasl Art Center," Scott Elliot, 1994. Caption: "Aerial perspective of Snow Flake Motel, St. Joseph, Michigan, Ca. 1955. Pencil and pastel on brown tissue, 36 x 60 inches." In a recent e-mail from Scott Elliott, "Mrs. Sarkesian, the wife of the original client, confirmed that it (the drawing) was done in 1955. It's sometimes hard to tell who the actual draughtsman was by the mid 50s. Could be Peterson or Howe. Sometimes Wright just added trees, foliage and other atmospherics. Of course, he would have considered it entirely his, and rightly so. I happen to think this one could be all or mostly by his hand." From 2006: According to Scott Elliott: "(He) believes the Snowflake Motel in Lincoln Township was designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, contrary to what most people think. Many people believe the building was designed around 1960 by William Wesley Peters of Taliesin Associates. Peters was Wright's son-in-law and a draftsman for Wright. But Elliott has a detailed drawing from Wright's office showing the Snowflake Motel, and said that drawing was completed around 1955. Elliott said Sahig...  Continue... 1092.107.0618
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Louis Sullivan Bungalow (1890 - S.005) Ocean Springs, MS, 1955. In 1890 Wright designed the Bungalow (S.005), Stable and Servant's Quarters (S.006). In 1955, Richard Nickel made a trip in search of Sullivan architecture. Part of that trip included Ocean Springs. Arriving exhausted from his extensive trip, he took only a few photographs and left for home. "The Sullivan and Charley cottages have been painted over and the stables have been demolished and all that remains of Sullivan's proud rose garden is an elliptical scar of dead shoots," Nickels wrote. "The tall pines and the exotic plants, once controlled, now grow wild but the care once rendered this place is easily sensed." "They All Fall Down," Cahan, 1994, p.72. That same year, 1890, Wright designed a Bungalow (S.007), Guesthouse and Stable Cottage (S.008) for James Charnley. One year later Wright designed the Charnley Residence (1891 - S.009) in Chicago. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.73.0714
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1) Gerald Sussman Residence, Scheme I, Poundridge, New York, Perspective 1955 (FLLW #5524.01) (Project 1955). Perspective view from the South. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. He defined the concept as a Usonian Automatic. Not much has been written concerning Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Sussman. But they are synonymous with the traveling exhibition In The Realm of Ideas, that toured eight cities from 1988-1991. It included a full-scale model house of the Sussman Residence Scheme I. Preliminary sketches for the Sussman Scheme I, were sent from Frank Lloyd Wrights office at Taliesin Spring Green to the Sussmans on October 4th, 1955. Eugene Masselink wrote: Dear Mr. And Mrs. Sussman: The preliminary sketches for you house were sent to...  Continue...
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Taliesin, Spring Green Loggia (Taliesin III 1925 - S.218) Circa 1955. Photographed by Maynard L. Parker. "Loggia Room overlooking low rolling hills of Wisconsin." Published in "House Beautiful" November 1955, page 234 in color. Hand written on verso: "Loggia, Taliesin, Spring Green, Wis., Credit: House Beautiful Magazine." This room is a space between the living room on one end of the house and Wright's private quarters on the other. For a 1952 view of the room see "Picturing Wright" Guerrero 1994, Page 80. Original 8 x 10 B&W Print. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Sun Times. 1092.36.0310
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Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin, 1955, (Taliesin III 1925 - S.218). Set of 55 imaged by Maynard Parker photographed at Taliesin in May 1955 for the November issue of House Beautiful. In 1955, Elizabeth Gordon, editor of House Beautiful, dedicated the November issue to the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. "Frank Lloyd Wright, His Contribution to the Beauty of American Life." "House Beautiful is devoting this entire issue to Frank Lloyd Wright. He has created a new beauty in architecture and a new idea of beauty for our time... And now at last, America has found a framework equal to the greatness of its concept in the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, in the work he has done with such integrity, beauty and freedom all the long, dedicated years... Continue...
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Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois Circa 1955 (1904 - S.096). Viewed from the East, Unity House is on the left, Unity Temple is on the right. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1904. The walls were executed in poured concrete. Lake Street is on the right. Soft indirect lighting floods the inner sanctuary. The automobile on the left is a 1955 Pontiac Star Chief. The automobile on the right is a 1955 Oldsmobile. Stamped on verso: "Photo Wayne Andrews." Hand written on verso: "1874." Published in Architecture in America, Andrews, 1960, p.129. Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 10 x 8 B&W Photograph. 1092.137.0420
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Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois Circa 1955 (1904 - S.096). View of the entrance on the West side. The sanctuary is on the left, Unity House is to the right. The text reads "For The Worship of God, And The Service of Man." Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1904. The walls were executed in poured concrete. Stamped on verso: "Photo Wayne Andrews." Hand written on verso: "1873." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 10 x 8 B&W Photograph. 1092.138.0420
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Unity Temple Sanctuary (1904 - S.096), Oak Park 1955. The lower level viewed from Northeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1904, Unity Temple is lit mainly from the top through large skylights, filtered through art glass. A band of horizontal art-glass windows, just beneath the ceiling, adds additional light to the Temple. The walls are poured concrete, Wright's first use of the material. The lower portion of the Temple is unbroken by doors and windows. Stamped on verso: "July 25, 1955," "Maynard Parker Photography, Los Angeles, Calif." Photographed by Maynard Parker. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1092.91.0216
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Unity Temple Sanctuary (1904 - S.096), Oak Park 1955. The upper level viewed from Northeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1904, Unity Temple is lit mainly from the top through large skylights, filtered through art glass. A band of horizontal art-glass windows, just beneath the ceiling, adds additional light to the Temple. The walls are poured concrete, Wright's first use of the material. The lower portion of the Temple is unbroken by doors and windows. Stamped on verso: "July 25, 1955," "Maynard Parker Photography, Los Angeles, Calif." Photographed by Maynard Parker. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.92.0216
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Duey & Julia Wright Residence, Wausau, Wisconsin, Scheme 1, Perspective 1955 (1956 - S.420) (FLLW #5727.02). Perspective view of the Duey & Julia Wright Residence from below. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. In 1938, Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Ralph Jester home, but construction costs forced Jester to forgo building the home. Wright revived the design in 1944 for Gerald Loeb "Hilltop House." It too remained unbuilt. The design was utilized again for the Dr. Paul V. Palmer Residence (1947) in Phoenix, Arizona, but again, remained unbuilt. In 1955, Wright utilized design elements for the Duey & Julia Wright Residence, Scheme 1. Large circular columns supporting the roof, beginning at the carport, and in a long continuous line, to the entrance of the house, continuing around the perimeter of the living room, creating a pergola between the two. Off the corner of the of the living room was a large circular terrace. Again, due to cost factors, it too remained unbuilt. Text: "House for Mr. And Mrs. Duey E. Wright , Wausau, Wis. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. FLLW, (Jan) 55." Lower left: "5727.02." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.180.1221
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Duey & Julia Wright Residence, Wausau, Wisconsin, Scheme 1, Plan 1955 (1956 - S.420) (FLLW #5727.02). General Plan for the Duey & Julia Wright Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd wright in 1955. In 1938, Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Ralph Jester home, but construction costs forced Jester to forgo building the home. Wright revived the design in 1944 for Gerald Loeb "Hilltop House." It too remained unbuilt. The design was utilized again for the Dr. Paul V. Palmer Residence (1947) in Phoenix, Arizona, but again, remained unbuilt. In 1955, Wright utilized design elements for the Duey & Julia Wright Residence, Scheme 1. Large circular columns supporting the roof, beginning at the carport, and in a long continuous line, to the entrance of the house, continuing around the perimeter of the living room, creating a pergola between the two. Off the corner of the of the living room was a large circular terrace. Again, due to cost factors, it too remained unbuilt. Text: "Plan. House for Mr. And Mrs. Duey E. Wright , Wausau, Wis. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Lower left: "5727.01." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives. 8 x 8.25 B&W photograph. 1092.181.1221
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"Wright and apprentices at the Hillside Drafting Room in 1955."  Unknown Photographer. Photographed in 1955, printed in 1998 as part of the press kit for the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick film "Frank Lloyd Wright".  Seated, from left to right, John Howe of Illinois;  Frank Lloyd Wright; Wright's grandson Eric Lloyd Wright of California; Wes Peters of Indiana and John Amarantides of Michigan. First five standing from left to right, Mark Heyman of New York; Gene Masselink of Michigan; Raja Aederi of Kashmir; John Watson or James Pfefferkorn and Alan Wool. Standing just to the right of Wright: Ling Po of China; David Dodge of England; Tom Casey of California and Donald Brown of Vermont.  Standing to the right of Eric Wright: Stephen Oyakawa of Hawaii and Kenneth Lockhart of Iowa.  Original silver gelatin photo.  See "Letters to Apprentices" Wright 1982, Page 106 for a similar image. 8x10. Three copies. 1092.12.1006 1092.50.0213 1998.109.0121 -5D
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Wright plays piano before Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet. Caption on face: "Madison, Wis. Feb. 11 - Versatile Genius - Frank Lloyd Wright, renowned architect, relaxes at piano before Feb. 10 testimonial dinner when he was given $10,000 to help pay taxes on his studio-home at Spring Green, Wis. Wright said he plans to stay in Wisconsin, not move away and he threatened last fall when tax case came to fore. (AP Wirephoto) 1955." Stamped on verso: Associated Press Wirephoto". Stamped on verso: "Feb 14 1955". Original 7.5 x 10 B&W photograph. 1092.43.0911
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Wright at 88 (1955). Frank Lloyd Wright is keynote speaker at the annual Wisconsin Architects' Association dinner. Clipping pasted to verso: "Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (right) was the speaker at the annual dinner of the Wisconsin Architects' Association at the Pfister Hotel Friday night. He examined an exhibit with Fritz von Grossmann (left), secretary of the architects' group, and William Kaeser, a Madison architect. - Journal Staff." Stamped on verso: "1955 Feb 11." Acquired from the archives of the Milwaukee Journal. Original 10 x 7.75 B&W photograph. 1092.115.0619
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Wright at 88 (Circa 1955). Frank Lloyd Wright in the drafting Room, Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin. Facing and looking to the right. Detail of the truss support is to the right. The center drawing on his left is possibly the Tracy Residence (1954-5 - S.389). The drawing of the Price Tower (1952 - S.355) is on his right. See "Story of the Tower" page 22. Two original 14 x 11 B&W photographs. 1092.49.0113
1955
Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (Circa 1955). Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright with a slight smile on his lips. He is facing and looking to the right of the camera. He is wearing a suit, white shirt and a neckerchief tie. It appears to be photographed outside. In the early 1920's before Olgivanna married Frank Lloyd Wright, she studied dance with George Gurdjieff. Diana Faidy became a member of the Chicago Gurdjieff group in 1930 and spent time with Georges Gurdjieff there and in New York on several occasions. In the late 1930s to early 1940s, she married Chicago architect Abel Faidy, well known for his Art Deco designs. According to Diana's biography, Olgivanna, a student of Gurdjieff, became her 'second teacher in the work,' as she puts it, in 1953. Acquired from the estate of Diane Faidy. Original 4 x 5 B&W photograph. 1092.97.1216
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Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (Circa 1955). Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright facing and looking to the right of the camera. He is wearing a suit, white shirt and a neckerchief tie. It appears to be photographed outside. 4.25 x 5.25 B&W photograph. 1092.98.1216
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Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). Frank Lloyd Wright speaks to the taxation committee at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Wright is standing, looking to the right holding a glass of water. The hearing was held in the Education and Transportation Offices at the Capitol. Wright testified before the Assembly Taxation Committee in favor of a bill that would grant non-profit tax-exempt status to Taliesin as a education institution. Clipping pasted to verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright States His Case. ...tax exempt educational institution, Wright lectured the assembly taxation committee for half an hour at a hearing on a bill to provide the tax exemption. He... United Press Telephoto." Stamped on clipping: "May 18 1955." Original 6.25 x 9.5 B&W photograph. 1092.119.0819
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Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). "Mr. Wright at home in Spring Green, Wisconsin, on his 86th birthday." June 8, 1955. Caption and photograph published in the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful, page 240. Wright is standing on stairs, leaning against a column at Taliesin, Spring Green. He is wearing a medium blue suit and tie. His left hand is in his pocket. Photographed by John Engstead for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. 6.5 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.84.0715
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Wright and apprentices, 1955. William Wesley Peters (left), Frank Lloyd Wright and Gene Masselink (right) at the Hillside Drafting Room, Taliesin Spring Green. Photographed by John Engstead for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful, page 242. Possibly photographed on Wright's 88th birthday. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1092.72.0714
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Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green. He is leaning up against a tree, a carved Asian panel is on his right, he is holding his glasses in his right hand. Photographed by John Engstead, it appears that Wright is wearing the same suit, tie, handkerchief and belt as he did when he was photographed on June 8, 1955 for his 88th birthday. Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. 6.5 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.86.0715
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Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). Mr. & Mrs. Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green. They are sitting outside having tea. Wright is on the left, hat by his right hand, cane leaning against his leg. Photographed by John Engstead, it appears that Wright is wearing the same suit, tie and handkerchief as he did when he was photographed on June 8, 1955 for his 88th birthday. Both are also wearing the same outfits used on the cover and frontispiece of "Our House." On June 8th, Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Note image on page 243, bottom right. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1092.87.0715
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Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). Mr. & Mrs. Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green. They are sitting outside having tea. Wright is on the right, hat is to the right, cane is in his left hand. Photographed by John Engstead, it appears that Wright is wearing the same suit, tie and handkerchief as he did when he was photographed on June 8, 1955 for his 88th birthday. Both are also wearing the same outfits used on the cover and frontispiece of "Our House." On June 8th, Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Note image on page 243, bottom right. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1092.88.0715
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Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). Mr. & Mrs. Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green. Both are looking to the left. Photographed by John Engstead, it appears that Wright is wearing the same suit, tie and handkerchief as he did when he was photographed on June 8, 1955 for his 88th birthday. Used on the cover and frontispiece of "Our House." On June 8th, Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Also published in "Letters to Apprentices" Wright 1982, Page 192. Press release photo for "Our House," Horizon Press, 1959. Original 2 x 2 B&W photograph. 1092.85.0715
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Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). Mr. & Mrs. Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green. Frank Lloyd Wright and his wife Olgivanna seated together at Taliesin, she is looking up at him. Photographed at the same time as the image used on the cover and frontispiece of "Our House." Different view. Photographed by John Engstead, it appears that Wright is wearing the same suit, tie and handkerchief as he did when he was photographed on June 8, 1955 for his 88th birthday. Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. 5 x 6.25 B&W photograph. 0531.23.0509
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Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). Mr. & Mrs. Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green. Both are looking to the left. Photographed by John Engstead, it appears that Wright is wearing the same suit, tie and handkerchief as he did when he was photographed on June 8, 1955 for his 88th birthday. On June 8th, Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Published in House Beautiful, November 1955, p.243; and on the dust jacket and frontispiece of The Shining Brow, Olgivanna Wright, 1960. Possibly press release photo for The Shining Brow, Horizon Press, 1960. Hand written on verso: "Mr. And Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright. Rec'd 1960." Photographed by John Engstead. Original 2 x 2.75 B&W photograph. 1092.140.0420
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Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). Mr. & Mrs. Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green. Photograph with three images on it. 1) Mr. & Mrs. Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green. Both are looking to the left. Photographed by John Engstead, it appears that Wright is wearing the same suit, tie and handkerchief as he did when he was photographed on June 8, 1955 for his 88th birthday. On June 8th, Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. This image is very similar to S#1092.140. Photographed by John Engstead. 2) Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, Circa 1985 (1937 - S.241). Viewed from the South. Fountain in front on the Cabaret Theater. The Drafting Studio is in the background. Similar photograph published in Frank Lloyd Wright Selected Houses 3, Pfeiffer, 1989, p.102. 3) William Wesley Peters Circa 1985. William Wesley Peters (June 12, 1912 - July 17, 1991), standing in the Gallery of the Cabaret Theater. Test on face: "Wright/Peterson NYT Pictures/ Tim Koors 0409 04118503. Scottsdale: Frank Lloyd Wright's colony of Taliesin West; Wright and his wife Olgivanna; William Wesley Peters, head of the Wright Foundation. The New York Times Pictures." Original 11 x 8.5 B&W photograph. 1092.165.0820
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Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green, seated behind his drawing board. He is looking straight at the camera, two pencils in his right hand. A triangle and eraser are in front of him. Photographed by John Engstead on Wright's 86th birthday, June 8, 1955. for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Stamped on verso: "Photograph By John Engstead, Beverly Hills." Original 11 x 14 B&W photograph. 1092.120.0919
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Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (Circa 1955). Frank Lloyd Wright possibly at Taliesin, Spring Green. Wright is at his drawing table, hands on his t-square, pencil in his right hand. A photograph of the V. C. Morris Gift Shop (1948 - S.210) superimposed in the background. Photographed by John Engstead. It appears that Wright is wearing the same suit, tie and handkerchief as he did when he was photographed on June 8, 1955 for his 88th birthday. On June 8th, Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Note images on page 242. 6.5 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.89.0715
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Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (Circa 1955). Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green. Wright is sitting at his desk enjoying a cup of tea. Photographed by John Engstead in 1955. Possibly around the same time when he was photographed on June 8, 1955 for his 88th birthday. Possibly the same suit and handkerchief, but different tie. On June 8th, Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1092.90.0715
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Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green. Wright is sitting at his desk enjoying a cup of tea. Mr. Wright's bedroom also served as private workspace, as it is in this photograph. Photographed by John Engstead in 1955. Possibly around the same time when he was photographed on June 8, 1955 for his 88th birthday. Possibly the same suit and handkerchief, but different tie. On June 8th, Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Colorized photograph attributed to Lucy Kuczyski. 8 x 10 Color photograph. 1092.245.1121
1955
Wright at 88.  Wright visits the Capital Building in 1955.  Limited edition 8.5 x 11 print from digital negatives on satin semi gloss Semisatinado paper.  4/100.  2007.  8.5 x 11. 1092.13.0307
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Wright at 88 (1955). Wright visits Washington DC July 1955. Frank Lloyd Wright is looking at the camera while he is speaking. He is wearing a porkpie hat, light suit and neckerchief tie. Clipping pasted to verso: "Protest Lodged - famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, 86-years-old pioneer of modern architecture, is pictured as he talks with newsmen in Washington D. C., after testifying before a house appropriations subcommittee in closed session. Wright, urging congress to postpone work on the air force academy at Colorado Springs, Colo., until new plans are prepared, called the current design "half-baked" and said the planned ultra-modern buildings would turn the academy into a "wayside market." (AP wirephoto)." Stamped on clipping: "Jul 9 1955." Original 6 x 7 B&W photograph. 1092.102.0517
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Wright at 88 (1955). Wright visits Washington DC July 1955. Frank Lloyd Wright is looking at the camera while he is speaking. He is wearing a porkpie hat, light suit and neckerchief tie. Text on face: "Washington, July 7 - Calls Academy Decision "Half-Baked" -- Famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, 86-year-old pioneer of modern architecture, talks with newsmen in a Capital corridor today after testifying for 45 minutes before a house appropriations subcommittee in closed session. Wright, urging Congress to postpone work on the new Air Force academy at Colorado Springs, Colo., until new plans are prepared, called current designs "half baked" and said the planned ultra modern buildings would turn the academy into a "wayside market." (AP Wirephoto) 1955." Hand written on verso: "1955." Also published many other times, with stamped dates including 1957, 1959, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1981 and 1984. Original 6 x 7 B&W photograph. 1092.112.0419
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Wright at 88 (1955). Wright visits Washington DC July 1955. Frank Lloyd Wright is looking at the camera while he is speaking. He is wearing a porkpie hat, light suit and neckerchief tie. Clipping pasted to verso: "Hits Academy Design. Pioneer of modern architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright, 86, talks with news man in Capital after testifying for 45 minutes at closed House appropriation subcommittee session. Wright, urging Congress to postpone work on the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colo., called the current designs "half-baked" and said the planned ultra-modern buildings would look like a "wayside market." Stamped on clipping: "Jul 8 1955." Original 7 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.135.0120
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Wright at 88 (1955). Wright Meets with Reports During Visit to Washington DC July 1955. Frank Lloyd Wright is facing two reporters who are taking notes. A third reporter is on the right. He is wearing a porkpie hat, light suit and neckerchief tie. On July 7, 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright testified before a closed House appropriation subcommittee hearing. Wright urged Congress to postpone work on the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado. He called the current design "half-baked" and commented that the ultra-modern buildings would look like a "wayside market." After testifying for 45 minutes, he spoke with reporters. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1092.143.0720
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 Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). Wright Meets with Reports During Visit to Washington DC, July 1955. Frank Lloyd Wright is facing two reporters who are taking notes. A third reporter is on the right. He is wearing a porkpie hat, light suit and neckerchief tie. On July 7, 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright testified before a closed House appropriation subcommittee hearing. Wright urged Congress to postpone work on the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado. He called the current design "half-baked" and commented that the ultra-modern buildings would look like a "wayside market." After testifying for 45 minutes, he spoke with reporters. Text on face: "WA - 56 . . 7/7/55 - Washington, D.C. Frank Lloyd Wright, outspoken American architect is shown talking to newsmen after protesting to Congress today that proposed plans for America's new Air Force Academy are "utterly without soul--utterly without spirit." The 86-year-old dean of modern architects branded the design drawn up by a Chicago firm as "half-baked. Photo by Jack Lartz." Stamped on verso: Library, Jul 11 1955, Houston Post." Stamped on verso: International News Photos." Acquired from the archives of the Houston Post. Original 9 x 7 B&W photograph. 1092.248.1222
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Wright at 88 (Circa 1955). Published in the Chicago Tribune, Sep 28, 1973. "Frank Lloyd Wright prized the individual and the environment long before either was in vogue. A legend even in his own time, Wright is reemerging as a practical example for the 70s. Some 1,000 designs have made an indelible mark on the look - and the outlook of the 20th century. Instinctively, he has measured the social, behavioral, and moral dimensions of architecture." Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune. Original 5 x 7 B&W print. 1092.37.0910
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Frank Lloyd Wright Circa 1955 (Not Dated). Frank Lloyd Wright is facing the camera, but looking slightly to the right of it. He is resting his head upon his right hand. He is wearing a suit and tie, and has an overcoat over his left shoulder. In our file we have a record of this photograph with the stamp on the verso: "Arizona Photographic Associates, Inc., 1330 NO. 21st Ave., Phoenix, Arizona." Herb McLaughlin became a photographer in 1937 in Hammond, Indiana. He sold his business and moved his family to Phoenix in 1945 and formed McLaughlin & Co. Photography. In 1947 he purchased McCulloch Brothers Inc. and acquired their extensive negative collection. In 1955 he changed his companies name to Arizona Photographic Associates. Possibly photographed by Herb McLaughlin at Taliesin West, Scottsdale. Note: See postcard S#1092.171. Postcard text bottom right: "Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin. 1195-F." The text on the face would indicate that this photograph was taken at Taliesin, Spring Green. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1092.172.0921
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Frank Lloyd Wright Circa 1955 (Not Dated). Frank Lloyd Wright is facing the camera, but looking slightly to the right of it. He is resting his head upon his right hand. He is wearing a suit and tie, and has an overcoat over his left shoulder. In our file we have a record of this photograph with the stamp on the verso: "Arizona Photographic Associates, Inc., 1330 NO. 21st Ave., Phoenix, Arizona." Herb McLaughlin became a photographer in 1937 in Hammond, Indiana. He sold his business and moved his family to Phoenix in 1945 and formed McLaughlin & Co. Photography. In 1947 he purchased McCulloch Brothers Inc. and acquired their extensive negative collection. In 1955 he changed his companies name to Arizona Photographic Associates. Possibly photographed by Herb McLaughlin at Taliesin West, Scottsdale. Note: See postcard S#1092.171. Postcard text bottom right: "Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin. 1195-F." The text on the face of the postcard would indicate that this photograph was taken at Taliesin, Spring Green. Original 11 x 14 B&W photograph. 1092.247.0922
1955
Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West, looking to the left, holding a cane in his right hand, a scarf around his neck. Wright is seated in what was the dining room and later became an annex office. The dining room was moved to the loggia and enclosed. The rocks in the background fireplace can be in S#0685.48. This room was restored in 2019. Photographed by John Amarantides. Courtesy of The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 8.25 x 8.5 Color photograph. 1092.77.1214
1955
Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, Dining Room/Annex Office, 1955 (1937 - S.241). Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West, looking to the left, holding a cane in his right hand, a scarf around his neck. Wright is seated in what was the dining room and later became an annex office. The dining room was moved to the loggia and enclosed. The rocks in the background fireplace can be in S#0685.48. This room was restored in 2019. Photographed by John Amarantides. Original 8 x 10 Color photograph. 1092.189.1121
1955
Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 Circa 1955. Frank Lloyd Wright in the Desert at Taliesin West. Wright is facing slightly to the left of the camera, but looking at the camera. He is wearing a black hat and black coat, and a light gray and burgundy scarves. The McDowell Mountain Range is in the background. A similar photograph is published on the cover of the Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, Winter 2005 and February 2010. There is one slight issue with this photograph. It is always flipped horizontally when published. This can be confirmed by comparing it to photographs taken of the mountain from Taliesin West: (S#1458.118.0321 -3). The photograph is attributed to Robert Phillips. Original 10 x 8 Color photograph. 1092.188.1121
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Wright at 88 (Circa 1955). Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright facing the camera, looking slightly to the left. Wearing a suite and tie, a porkpie hat and scarf. He is holding glasses in his right hand, his cane is draped over his left arm. 8 x 9.5 B&W photograph. 1092.71.0714
1955

Wright at 88 (1955). Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West. Wright is at his drawing board, working on the presentation drawings for the carpet designs for Karastan. In 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright developed the "Taliesin Ensemble", a line of furnishings for those that did not live in one of his homes. Partnerships were formed with five companies: 1) Heritage-Henredon, a line of furniture designed by Wright. 2) Karastan, Rugs. 3) The Martin-Senour Company, the Taliesin Palette, 36 personally selected paint colors. 4) Minic, Accessories. 5) F. Schumacher & Co., Fabrics & Wallpaper designed by Wright. Wright adapted the drawings he proposed in 1926-28 for the covers of Liberty Magazine. On the drawing board in front of him is March Balloons. Behind it just to the left is Garden Window. Beneath Garden Window to the left is Saguaro Forms and Cactus Flowers. To the right is Scherzo, an adaptation of the Liberty cover April Showers. Fowler indicated that July Fourth was also adapted as a carpet design, Frank Lloyd Wright, Graphic Artist, 2002, p.95. An ad for Karastan in House Beautiful indicated that Wright was designing a line of carpets. "On the way ...A collection of rugs by Frank Lloyd Wright for Karastan. In the firm belief that today's home requires a rug as fresh and provocative as... Continue...

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House Beautiful - November 1955 (Published monthly by the Hearst Corp., New York) The Karastan Ad in House Beautiful indicated that Wright was designing a line of carpets. Wright adapted the drawings he proposed in 1926-28 for the covers of Liberty Magazine. "On the way ...A collection of rugs by Frank Lloyd Wright for Karastan. In the firm belief that today's home requires a rug as fresh and provocative as the new trends in building design, we're asking Frank Lloyd Wright to create a series of rugs for Karastan. The Taliesin Collection, to be introduced next spring, is still on the drawing boards. But we can safely predict that it will be as beautiful and livable, as thoughtful and original as everything this great designer has done." November 1955, p.349. 4 x 10.5 B&W photograph 1066.01.0620
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March Balloons (3), Design for Karastan Carpets, Adapted from the Cover Design for Liberty Magazine. In 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright developed the "Taliesin Ensemble", a line of furnishings for those that did not live in one of his homes. Partnerships were formed with five companies: 1) Heritage-Henredon, a line of furniture designed by Wright. 2) Karastan, Rugs. 3) The Martin-Senour Company, the Taliesin Palette, 36 personally selected paint colors. 4) Minic, Accessories. 5) F. Schumacher & Co., Fabrics & Wallpaper designed by Wright. In 1926-28 designed 12 covers for Liberty Magazine. In 1955 he adapted the covers as carpet designs for Karastan. An ad for Karastan in House Beautiful indicated that Wright was designing a line of carpets. "On the way ...A collection of rugs by Frank Lloyd Wright for Karastan. In the firm belief that today's home requires a rug as fresh and provocative as the new trends in building design, we're asking Frank Lloyd Wright to create a series of rugs for Karastan. The Taliesin Collection, to be introduced next spring, is still on the drawing boards. But we can safely predict that it will be as beautiful and livable, as thoughtful and original as everything this great designer has done." November 1955, p.349. According to Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, on August 8, 1955, Wright... Continue... 1092.142.0620 -1
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Scherzo (5), Design for Karastan Carpets, Adapted from the Cover Design for Liberty Magazine. Similar to April Showers and The Canary, Bird in a Cage. In 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright developed the "Taliesin Ensemble", a line of furnishings for those that did not live in one of his homes. Partnerships were formed with five companies: 1) Heritage-Henredon, a line of furniture designed by Wright. 2) Karastan, Rugs. 3) The Martin-Senour Company, the Taliesin Palette, 36 personally selected paint colors. 4) Minic, Accessories. 5) F. Schumacher & Co., Fabrics & Wallpaper designed by Wright. In 1926-28 designed 12 covers for Liberty Magazine. In 1955 he adapted the covers as carpet designs for Karastan. An ad for Karastan in House Beautiful indicated that Wright was designing a line of carpets. "On the way ...A collection of rugs by Frank Lloyd Wright for Karastan. In the firm belief that today's home requires a rug as fresh and provocative as the new trends in building design, we're asking Frank Lloyd Wright to create a series of rugs for Karastan. The Taliesin Collection, to be introduced next spring, is still on the drawing boards. But we can safely predict that it will be as beautiful and livable, as thoughtful and original as everything this great designer has done." November 1955, p.349. According to... Continue... 1092.142.0620 -4
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Garden Window (7), Design for Karastan Carpets, Adapted from the Cover Design for Liberty Magazine. In 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright developed the "Taliesin Ensemble", a line of furnishings for those that did not live in one of his homes. Partnerships were formed with five companies: 1) Heritage-Henredon, a line of furniture designed by Wright. 2) Karastan, Rugs. 3) The Martin-Senour Company, the Taliesin Palette, 36 personally selected paint colors. 4) Minic, Accessories. 5) F. Schumacher & Co., Fabrics & Wallpaper designed by Wright. In 1926-28 designed 12 covers for Liberty Magazine. In 1955 he adapted the covers as carpet designs for Karastan. An ad for Karastan in House Beautiful indicated that Wright was designing a line of carpets. "On the way ...A collection of rugs by Frank Lloyd Wright for Karastan. In the firm belief that today's home requires a rug as fresh and provocative as the new trends in building design, we're asking Frank Lloyd Wright to create a series of rugs for Karastan. The Taliesin Collection, to be introduced next spring, is still on the drawing boards. But we can safely predict that it will be as beautiful and livable, as thoughtful and original as everything this great designer has done." November 1955, p.349. According to Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, on August 8, 1955, Wright... Continue... 1092.142.0620 -2
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July Fourth (8), Design for Karastan Carpets, Adapted from the Cover Design for Liberty Magazine. In 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright developed the "Taliesin Ensemble", a line of furnishings for those that did not live in one of his homes. Partnerships were formed with five companies: 1) Heritage-Henredon, a line of furniture designed by Wright. 2) Karastan, Rugs. 3) The Martin-Senour Company, the Taliesin Palette, 36 personally selected paint colors. 4) Minic, Accessories. 5) F. Schumacher & Co., Fabrics & Wallpaper designed by Wright. In 1926-28 designed 12 covers for Liberty Magazine. In 1955 he adapted the covers as carpet designs for Karastan. An ad for Karastan in House Beautiful indicated that Wright was designing a line of carpets. "On the way ...A collection of rugs by Frank Lloyd Wright for Karastan. In the firm belief that today's home requires a rug as fresh and provocative as the new trends in building design, we're asking Frank Lloyd Wright to create a series of rugs for Karastan. The Taliesin Collection, to be introduced next spring, is still on the drawing boards. But we can safely predict that it will be as beautiful and livable, as thoughtful and original as everything this great designer has done." November 1955, p.349. According to Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, on August 8, 1955, Wright... Continue... 1092.142.0620 -5
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Saguaro Forms and Cactus Flowers (11), Design for Karastan Carpets, Adapted from the Cover Design for Liberty Magazine. In 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright developed the "Taliesin Ensemble", a line of furnishings for those that did not live in one of his homes. Partnerships were formed with five companies: 1) Heritage-Henredon, a line of furniture designed by Wright. 2) Karastan, Rugs. 3) The Martin-Senour Company, the Taliesin Palette, 36 personally selected paint colors. 4) Minic, Accessories. 5) F. Schumacher & Co., Fabrics & Wallpaper designed by Wright. In 1926-28 designed 12 covers for Liberty Magazine. In 1955 he adapted the covers as carpet designs for Karastan. An ad for Karastan in House Beautiful indicated that Wright was designing a line of carpets. "On the way ...A collection of rugs by Frank Lloyd Wright for Karastan. In the firm belief that today's home requires a rug as fresh and provocative as the new trends in building design, we're asking Frank Lloyd Wright to create a series of rugs for Karastan. The Taliesin Collection, to be introduced next spring, is still on the drawing boards. But we can safely predict that it will be as beautiful and livable, as thoughtful and original as everything this great designer has done." November 1955, p.349. According to Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer... Continue... 1092.142.0620 -3
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Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 with Maginel Wright Barney Circa 1955. Maginel Wright Enright Barney (June 19, 1881 - April 18, 1966) was best known as an children's book illustrator and the younger sister of Frank Lloyd Wright. They are riding in a golf cart. Wright is wearing a porkpie hat, dark gray suite and a black shirt. His cane is across his lap. His left hand is steering the cart. Published on the dust jacket, back cover of The Valley of the God-Almighty Joneses, Barney, 1965. Hand written on verso: "Maginel Wright Barney with her brother, Frank Lloyd Wright." Clipping caption pasted to verso: "Marginel Barney with Brother Frank Lloyd Wright." Stamped on clipping: "May 18 1965, Sentinel." This image used in conjunction with the release of "The Valley of the God-Almighty Joneses." Acquired from the archives of the Milwaukee Sentinel. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1092.113.0619
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Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (Circa 1955). Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright facing to the left looking slightly upward. Wearing a suit and stripped tie. A handkerchief and glasses are in his breast pocket. :Press photograph announcing the PBS documentary Uncommon Places, 1985. Text on faces: "Uncommon places: the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright airing this fall on PBS, recounts how in his later years, Frank Lloyd Wright continued to expound his philosophy of design to a new generation. In 1910, Wright returned to his native Wisconsin to built his northern home on an outcropping of native sandstone and named it Taliesin. (Check local listings.) Taliesin photo by James Gill. Wright photo courtesy of The Capital Times." Photograph of Taliesin Spring Green circa 1985 by James Gill. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1985.68.0119
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Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 Circa 1955. Frank Lloyd Wright outdoors. Trees form his background. He is facing the camera, but looking to the right. He is leaning on a cane in his right hand. He is wearing a hat, suit coat and scarf, with his over coat over his left shoulder. Printed on face: "Frank Lloyd Wright." Original 5.5 x 7 B&W photograph. Acquired from the estate of Cary Caraway, Taliesin Fellow 1935 - 1942. 1092.114.0619
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Clay Bust of Frank Lloyd Wright, 1955. Five photographs of a clay bust of Frank Lloyd Wright by Franco D'Ayala Valva, 1955. In 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright sat for a bust sculpture in a session with Dean Boris Blai from Temple University. Franco D'Ayala Valva was an apprentice with the Taliesin Fellowship at the time and sat in on the session. Avery Library and Florida Southern College date the event 1955, Crista dates the event 1956. Heloise Crista recalled, In 1956 (1955) I watched Franco D'Ayala Valva working on a head of Mr. Wright. Dean Boris Blai from Temple University had asked and received permission to come to Taliesin West, for the purpose of doing a bust of Frank Lloyd Wright. At the same time that Mr. Wright sat for Dean (Boris) Blai, in the beautiful... Continue...
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Frank Lloyd Wright sits for sculptured bust, 1955. Frank Lloyd Wright Bust.. In 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright sat for a bust sculpture in a session with Dean Boris Blai from Temple University. Franco D'Ayala Valva was an apprentice with the Taliesin Fellowship at the time and sat in on the session. Avery Library and Florida Southern College date the event 1955, Crista dates the event 1956. Heloise Crista recalled, In 1956 (1955) I watched Franco D'Ayala Valva working on a head of Mr. Wright. Dean Boris Blai from Temple University had asked and received permission to come to Taliesin West, for the purpose of doing a bust of Frank Lloyd Wright. At the same time that Mr. Wright sat for Dean (Boris) Blai, in the beautiful little room that used to be the dining room, several people from the Fellowship took advantage of the circumstances, set up their stands and worked on heads, too. These people to my knowledge included Joe Fabris, Giovanni Del Drago, Franco, Steve Oyakawa, and Kay Davison (now Rattenbury).
       When Dean Blai finished his bust and left the desert, Franco was the only one who continued to work on Mr. Wright's head. I would occasionally go in to watch him... Excerpts from Modeling the Head... Continue...
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Frank Lloyd Wright sits for sculptured bust, 1955. Frank Lloyd Wright Bust. In 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright sat for a bust sculpture in a session with Dean Boris Blai from Temple University. Franco D'Ayala Valva was an apprentice with the Taliesin Fellowship at the time and sat in on the session. Avery Library and Florida Southern College date the event 1955, Crista dates the event 1956. Heloise Crista recalled, In 1956 (1955) I watched Franco D'Ayala Valva working on a head of Mr. Wright. Dean Boris Blai from Temple University had asked and received permission to come to Taliesin West, for the purpose of doing a bust of Frank Lloyd Wright. At the same time that Mr. Wright sat for Dean (Boris) Blai, in the beautiful little room that used to be the dining room, several people from the Fellowship took advantage of the circumstances, set up their stands and worked on heads, too. These people to my knowledge included Joe Fabris, Giovanni Del Drago, Franco, Steve Oyakawa, and Kay Davison (now Rattenbury).
       When Dean Blai finished his bust and left the desert, Franco was the only one who continued to work on Mr. Wright's head. I would occasionally go in to watch him... Excerpts from Modeling the Head of... Continue...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Bust Rescued, 1955-1959. Frank Lloyd Wright Bust. In 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright sat for a bust sculpture in a session with Dean Boris Blai from Temple University. Franco D'Ayala Valva was an apprentice with the Taliesin Fellowship at the time and sat in on the session. Avery Library and Florida Southern College date the event 1955, Crista dates the event 1956. Heloise Crista recalled, In 1956 (1955) I watched Franco D'Ayala Valva working on a head of Mr. Wright. Dean Boris Blai from Temple University had asked and received permission to come to Taliesin West, for the purpose of doing a bust of Frank Lloyd Wright. At the same time that Mr. Wright sat for Dean (Boris) Blai, in the beautiful little room that used to be the dining room, several people from the Fellowship took advantage of the circumstances, set up their stands and worked on heads, too. These people to my knowledge included Joe Fabris, Giovanni Del Drago, Franco, Steve Oyakawa, and Kay Davison (now Rattenbury).
       When Dean Blai finished his bust and left the desert, Franco was the only one who continued to work on Mr. Wright's head. I would occasionally go in to watch him... Excerpts from Modeling the Head of Frank... Continue...
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1955
David Wright Residence Exterior View Circa 1955, (1950 - S.322). Viewed from the Northeast. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the David Wright house in 1950. The circular ramp in the foreground rises to the upper main level. The cantilevered master bedroom is on the left. Just to the right of the massive master bedroom fireplace chimney are the windows in the gallery. The large windows in the center are the living room. Glass corners are mitered. A set of doors open out to a balcony overlooking the garden court. The entrance is on the right at the top of the ramp. The circular ramp on the far right, which wraps around the kitchen, leads to the rooftop sundeck above the living room. Photographed by Maynard L. Parker. 10 x 7 B&W photograph. 1092.79.0215
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David Wright Residence Master Bedroom Circa 1955, (1950 - S.322). Viewed from the Southwest. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the David Wright house in 1950. Wright called the design "How to live in the Southwest". One of the two circular fireplaces in the home is on the far left. Built-in seating covers the North wall, just below the horizontal band of windows. Three drawers are built into the seating. Two Wright designed end-tables border the built-in seating. Not only is the room and fireplace circular in design, but the red Philippine mahogany ceiling continues the design. Photographed by Maynard L. Parker. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1092.80.0215
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David Wright Residence Master Bedroom Circa 1955, (1950 - S.322). Viewed from the Northeast. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the David Wright house in 1950. Wright called the design "How to live in the Southwest". Built-in cabinetry is in the background on the left. The Gallery that leads past the other two bedrooms to the Living Room is in the center. One of the two circular fireplaces in the home is on the far right. A Wright designed end-tables is seen on the far right. Not only is the room and fireplace circular in design, but the red Philippine mahogany ceiling continues the design. Photographed by Maynard L. Parker. 8 x 9.5 B&W photograph. 1092.81.0215
1955
David Wright Residence Exterior Circa 1955, (1950 - S.322). Viewed from the Northwest. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the David Wright house in 1950. Wright called the design "How to live in the Southwest". The ramp begins on the left and wraps around up to the entrance on the second level. The master bedroom is in the background on the left. on the left, the main entrance is in the center, the large circular kitchen is on the right. The circular ramp on the right, which wraps around the kitchen, leads from the outer entrance to the rooftop sundeck above the living room. Courtesy of the David Wright family. 10 x 7.5 B&W photograph. 1092.82.0215
1956
1956
Anderton Court Shops Circa 1956 (1952 - S.356). View of the center spire. The three story retail shop complex, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1952, originally consisted of four shops, two on each level, with a penthouse on the third level. The third level was later converted to two additional shops. The upper levels were reached by ramps. Set of two color 35mm slides of the exterior of the Anderton Court Shops . Not dated, but with a group of slides dated circa 1956. Text on slide: "16. Made in U.S.A." Text on verso, red border: "Kodachrome Transparency, Processed by Kodak." Original 35mm color slide, and 8 x 5.5 high res digital image.
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1956
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1956 (1956 - S.399). Main floor plan for the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1956. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church. 1-1. Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church. Plan, Main floor. Wauwatosa, WI, USA, 1956. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1147.110.0920
1956
Arizona 1956. Original set of 17 color slides (of a set of 18 slides) from the Color Classics From Arizona Highways offered in the February 1956 issue of Arizona Highways. A total of 18 color photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright's work in Arizona were published in the issue and offered for sale (p.3). Taliesin west (8); David Wright (2); Benjamin Alelman (2); Jorgine Boomer (2); Raymond Carlson (1); Harold C. Price (3). Missing from the set is A13 - Jorgine Boomere. Also published in Black & White in the issue: Frank Lloyd Wright, Karsh, 1953, Taliesin West (7); Price (2); Adelman (3); Boomer (1); Carlson (3); David Wright (3). And floor plans of Taliesin West, Price, Adelman, Boomer (2), Carlson (3), David Wright (2). Original cost per slide 40c. Original 35mm color slides and 10.5 x 15.5 high res digital images...
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Circa 1956
Jorgine Boomer Residence Circa 1956 (1953 - S.361), viewed from the West. A rare color image showing the natural colors of wood and stone used in the construction of the Boomer residence. The walls are constructed of natural red desert stone set in concrete. The row of plantings on the left were approximately 1-2 feet in 1954 images published in "The Natural House". They are now approximately 3 feet tall, and in full bloom. That would date this image circa 1956. The larger tree on the left, has also gained 2-3 feet which appears on the far right in the 1954 image. This image also shows the original second floor, before the expansion of the south end. The walls are constructed of natural red desert stone set in concrete. Piestewa (Squaw) Peak can be seen in the background. Photographer unknown. Published in "Arizona Highways", February, 1956. 10 x 6.5 Color photograph. For more information on the Boomer Residence see our Wright Study. 1147.61.1014
Circa 1956
Jorgine Boomer Residence Circa 1956 (1953 - S.361), viewed from the West. The walls are constructed of natural red desert stone set in concrete. First floor: The Bedroom is on the left, the Dining Room in the center, the Work Space is on the right. Perforated light screens add a measure of privacy to the Dining Room and Work Space. Upper floor: The Balcony and Roof cantilever out over the Lanai. The Sitting Room (Bedroom) is on the left, the Maid's Room (Bedroom) is on the right. Note the upper window on the far right. Like the windows in the front of the house, this window also has a mitered glass corner. The concrete center mass house the bathrooms and fireplaces on the first and second floors, and mimics the same angle of the large dramatic roof that reaches skyward. Piestewa (Squaw) Peak can be seen in the background. This image was published in "The Seven Ages of Frank Lloyd Wright" Hoppen, 1993. Photographer unknown. 10 x 6 B&W photograph. For more information on the Boomer Residence see our Wright Study. 1147.62.1014
1956
Christian Science Church, Bolinas, California, Scheme 1, Perspective 1956 (Project 1956 - FLLW #5537). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Perspective view of the Christian Science Church. Similar in design to the Danforth Chapel at Florida Southern College. The front of the sanctuary has a pronounce prow, like the Danforth Chapel. FLLW #5537.07. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.442. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1147.100.1219
1956
Christian Science Church, Bolinas, California, Scheme 2, Elevation and Floor Plan 1956 (Project 1956 - FLLW #5527). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Elevation and floor plan for the Christian Science Church. This revised design entwines circles and squares. Circles within a square within a circle. Additional illustrations published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.442. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1147.101.1219
1956
 Marshall Erdman Prefab #1 Homes (1956). Perspective view of the House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Marshall Erdman, FLLW #5518.05. Wright designed three prefab homes for Marshal Erdman and Associates. Nine Prefab #1 homes were completed: Van Tamelen (1956 - S.406); Jackson (1957 - S.407.1); Duncan (1957 - S.407.2); Iber (1957 - S.408); Post (1957 - S.409.1); Cass (1959 - S.409.2); Zaferiou (1961 - S.410); Mollica (1958 - S.411.1); LaFond (1960 - S.411.2). Prefab #2: two homes were constructed. Prefab #3 was never built. Marshall Erdman and Frank Lloyd Wright first discussed the idea of working together on a prefabricated design in 1954. The design is a one-story house, with the addition of a lower level when on a hillside. It included a large living room, dining room, family room and kitchen, four bedrooms and two bath. Text: House for Erdman - Peiss. Madison, Wisconsin. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives, Avery Library, Columbia University. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1147.124.0223
Circa 1956
Florida Southern College, E. T. Roux Library interior (1941 - S.252) Lakeland, Florida, Circa 1956. The design is dated 1941, but due to the war was not completed until 1945. The library was named after Edwin Timanus (E. T.) Roux (1876-1946). Sometime between 1969 and 1970 the library was renamed the Thad Buckner Building. Construction superintendent for the Library was Robert D. Wehr, a member of the faculty. The dedication ceremony was held on March 17, 1945. View of the interior from the Southeast. The librarian's desk is in the center of the circular room. A very similar view is published in the 1957 "Interlachen", Florida Southern College's yearbook, p. 64. Label pasted to verso: "One of the busiest places on the Florida Southern College campus is the circular reading room of the Roux Library - internationally known as one of several buildings at the college designed by the late Frank Lloyd Wright." Stamped on verso: "News Bureau, Fla. So. College Lakeland, Fla." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1147.51.0113
Circa 1956
Florida Southern College, Administration Buildings roof detail. Emile E. Watson (1945 - S.255B) and Benjamin Fine (1945 - S.255C); Circa 1956. Viewed from the entrance of the Benjamin Fine Building, just outside the Lobby. Looking up through the Esplanades at the roof detail. The Administration Buildings, two separate buildings joined by the Esplanades, were completed in 1948. Stamped on verso: "News Bureau. Fla. So. College, Lakeland, Fla." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1147.52.0113
Circa 1956
Florida Southern College, Danforth (Minor) Chapel, Lakeland, Florida 1956 (1954 - S.258). Exterior viewed from the Southwest. The chapel is named after Dr. William H. Danforth. It is adjacent to the larger Annie Pfeiffer Chapel. Ground-breaking ceremonies were held in May 1954. It was the only building in which Frank Lloyd Wright used traditional leaded glass on campus. The chapel was dedicated on March 4, 1955. The 1955 "Interlachen" includes a photograph of the Chapel with Nils Schwizer, Wright's architectural representative on campus for the chapel (P. 257) and Dr. Danford (p. 259). Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1147.53.0113
1956

Louis B. Fredrick Residence, Barrington Hills, Illinois, Scheme II or III. Perspective 1956 (1954 - S.378). Perspective view of the Fredrick Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1954/6. Wright's first design for the Fredricks was a Usonian Automatic. Constructed of inexpensive concrete blocks. Wright presented the drawings of the Usonian Automatic to the Fredricks in 1954. The plans were modified and the revised floor plan was dated November 28, 1954. Even with the revisions, they remained unimpressed with the concept of concrete blocks. According to the National Registry of Historic Places, p.7, Wright presented plans for a second design, but these also were rejected. This third design is dated August 20, 1956, and is a house of brick construction with a pitched roof. This design was a modification of a house designed in 1955 for George Dlesk, Mainstee, Michigan, Scheme 1, FLLW#5519.001. Wright resurrected Dlesk Scheme 1, dating the drawings August 26, 1956, and Fredrick accepted this design with modifications. The house was completed in 1957 at a construction cost of nearly $100,000. Text center left: "View from Southeast." Text hand written lower left: "A Nice Little house. FLLW." Text lower left: "House for Mr. & Mrs. Louis B. Fredrick. Barrington, Illinois. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." 10 x 5.75 B&W photograph.

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1956
John Gillin House "Alladin," Hollywood, California, Perspective View 1956 (Project 1956 - FLLW #5528). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1956. Perspective view for the John Gillin House. In 1950, Frank Lloyd Wright designed a home for John Gillin in Dallas, Texas (S.338). Gillin commissioned Wright to design a second home for him in Hollywood, California. This house was designed utilizing equilateral parallelogram. Text: "Alladin, For Mr. John Gillin. Hollywood, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." FLLW #5528.04. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.451. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1147.103.1219
1956
John Gillin House "Alladin," Hollywood, California, Ground Plan1956 (Project 1956 - FLLW #5528). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1956. Ground plan for the John Gillin House. In 1950, Frank Lloyd Wright designed a home for John Gillin in Dallas, Texas (S.338). Gillin commissioned Wright to design a second home for him in Hollywood, California. This house was designed utilizing equilateral parallelogram. Text: "Plan. Alladin, For Mr. John Gillin. Hollywood, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." FLLW #5528.05. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.451. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1147.104.1219
1956
Guggenheim Museum Drawing 1956 (1956 - S.400). Caption of face: "The Modern Gallery. Memorial Museum for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Label pasted on verso: "The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. 120 Broadway, New York 5, N.Y. Rector 2-9740. Release for Publication in Newspapers of Monday, May 7, 1956. May 4, 1956. Sketch of the new Museum of The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, architect. -o0o-" Clipping pasted to verso: "Startling New Structure sketched here will become the first building by Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, nearly 87, to grace New York City. The six-story cylindrical building will be the new art museum for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Construction will begin immediately on Fifth Ave. And 85th St. The edifice is wire-glass-dome and concrete with hollow center. Gallery walls will slope. Spiral construction will permit the visitor to enter or leave the gallery at an level he chooses by means of a continuous ramp girdling the building." Stamped on clipping: "May 7 1956." Stamped on verso: "Cleveland Press, May 7, 1956, Reference Library." Acquired from the archives of the UPI. Original 10 x 8 B&W print. 1147.54.1113
1956
Guggenheim Museum, New York, Presentation Drawing 1956 (1956 - S.400). Clipping pasted to verso: "A sketch of the Museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in New York. The unusual design first was rejected by city authorities, later accepted Wright says it has been in his office for 12 years. Work has yet to be started. Wright describes the unusual building as "an effort to create a beautiful atmosphere." He says it is "one winding flow of floor from top to bottom." Visitors would go to the top on escalators and then have a concept of "gently coming down" as they look at the works of art." Stamped on verso: "Jun 3 - 1956." Original 9 x 4.25 B&W photograph. 1147.123.0322
1956
Guggenheim Museum, New York, Presentation Drawing 1956 (1956 - S.400). Clipping pasted to verso: Flowing Museum. A sketch of the museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in New York. The unusual design first was rejected by city authorities, later accepted. Wright says it has been in his office for 12 years. Work has not yet been started. Wright describes the unusual building as "an effort to create a beautiful atmosphere." He says it is "one winding flow of floor from top to bottom." Visitors would go look at the works of art. Wright feels it could "revolutionize architecture." This would no longer be a new experience to the architect who has been reviled and acclaimed during his long career, Since he started designing on his own more than 60 years ago, he has created 769 buildings. They have been homes and office buildings, and almost every other kind of building, As he approaches his 87th birthday, he is deep in planning new ones, as varied as those of the past. Hand written on verso: Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. May 1956. Stamped on verso: Chronicle Morgue. Acquired from the archives of the Chronicle Morgue. Original 8.75 x 7 B&W photograph. 1147.136.0424
1956
Imperial Hotel (1915 - S.194) Circa 1956-57. View of the main entrance from across the pool. On December 1, 1952 the first annex was opened, which can be seen in the background just to the left of the left chimney. Construction of the second annex (not visible) began on January 21, 1957 and was completed on July 31, 1958. So most likely taken before second annex. On November 15, 1967 the doors were closed and Wright's Imperial Hotel was demolished. Original 4 x 5 B&W negative and 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1147.59.0514
1956
V.C. Morris House "Quietwater," Stinson Beach, CA, Perspective 1956 (Project 1956 - FLLW #5729). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Perspective view from sea level of the V.C. Morris House "Quietwater." After the Mr. And Mrs. Morris abandoned "Seacliff," they opted to purchased a piece of property where the house could be built on the beach. Mr. Morris died while Wright was working on the plans. Text: "Quietwater. Cottage for Mr. & Mrs. V. C. Morris, San Francisco, Calif. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.468. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1147.105.1219
1956
V.C. Morris House "Quietwater," Stinson Beach, CA, Elevation and Ground Plan 1956 (Project 1956 - FLLW #5729). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Elevation and ground plan for the V.C. Morris House "Quietwater." After the Mr. And Mrs. Morris abandoned "Seacliff," they opted to purchased a piece of property where the house could be built on the beach. Mr. Morris died while Wright was working on the plans. Upper illustration: Elevation. Lower illustration: Ground plan. Hand written: "Sand. V. C. Morris." Text: "Quietwater." Additional illustrations published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.468. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1147.106.1219
1956
Dr. Arthur O'Keeffe House, Santa Barbara, California, Perspective 1956 (Project 1956 - FLLW #5603). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Perspective view from above for the Dr. Arthur O'Keeffe House. The ocean can be seen in the distance. The design combines circles with an elongated bedroom wing with a circular master bedroom at the end. The living space is defined by a portion of the large circle, with smaller circles forming the workspace, library and guest bedroom. Text: "House for Dr. And Mrs. Arthur O'Keeffe. Santa Barbara, California. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Additional illustrations published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.470. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1147.107.1219
1956
Dr. Arthur O'Keeffe House, Santa Barbara, California, Perspective 1956 (Project 1956 - FLLW #5603). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Perspective view from below for the Dr. Arthur O'Keeffe House. View from the South. The mountains can be seen in the distance. The design combines circles with an elongated bedroom wing with a circular master bedroom at the end. The living space is defined by a portion of the large circle, with smaller circles forming the workspace, library and guest bedroom. Text: "View From South. House for Dr. And Mrs. Arthur O'Keeffe. Santa Barbara, California. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Additional illustrations published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.470. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1147.108.1219
1956

Marshall Erdman Prefabricated Home #1, Floor Plan (1956 - S.406-411). Floor plan for the Marshall Erdman Prefab #1. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1956. Frank Lloyd Wright designed three prefab homes for Marshal Erdman and Associates. Nine Prefab #1 homes were completed. Prefab #2: two homes were constructed. Prefab #3 was never built. Marshall Erdman and Frank Lloyd Wright first discussed the idea of working together on a prefabricated design in 1954. It wouldn't be until the end of 1955 that Wright would deliver his first design. The house is a one-story house, with the addition of a lower level when on a hillside. It included a large living room, dining room, family room and kitchen, three or four bedrooms and two bath. The fourth being a mirror of the center bedroom. Note: Post house enclosed garage. Nine homes were completed: Van Tamelen (1956 - S.406); Jackson (1957 - S.407.1); Duncan (1957 - S.407.2); Iber (1957 - S.408); Post (1957 - S.409.1); Cass (1959 - S.409.2); Zaferiou (1961 - S.410); Molloca (1958 - S.411.1); LaFond (1960 - S.411.2). Jackson and LaFond were three bedrooms, others were four. Published in House & Home, December 1956, p.119; Frank Lloyd Wright Prefabricated Houses, 1959 (S#1377.98); Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1951 - 1959, Pfeiffer, 1990, p.220. 10 x 7.5 B&W photograph.

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1956
Price Tower 1956 (1952 - S.355). View of the exterior of the Price Tower. Published in Architectural Forum. "The tower wears a rich pattern of copper louvers - vertical on the glass face of the living quadrant, horizontal across the windows of the office quadrants - to assist the air-conditioning system in ameliorating the hot sun over Oklahoma in summer and to relieve sky-glare. These fins and the other stamped copper facings have been preoxidized chemically to there eventual weathered color, the rich permanent verdigris of old copper." February 1956, p.112-113. Similar image published on the cover in color. Also published in The Price Tower Promotional Folder. Clipping pasted to verso: "An upward side view of the Price Tower showing louvers and balcony-like structures designed to permit maximum amount of natural lighting." Hand Written on verso: "Wright, Frank Lloyd - Buildings designed by." Stamped on verso: "Mar 28 1956." And "This photograph is furnished as a courtesy of H. C. Price Co." Possibly photographed by Joe D. Price. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1147.79.0218
1956
Price Tower Living Room 1956 (1952 - S.355). Label pasted to verso: "View of section of one of eight luxury apartments in tower." Clipping pasted to verso: "View of section of one of eight luxury apartments in tower. - H. C. Price Co." Stamped on clipping: "Mar 13 1956." Hand written on verso: "Wright, Frank Lloyd - Buildings designed by. #3 Wright Tower." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1147.80.0218
1956
Price Tower Living Room 1956 (1952 - S.355). Printed on verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright's first skyscraper soars over the American prairie. Interior view of the eight two-level residential apartments in Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Two bedrooms and a bathroom are located on the recessed second level. The living room overhead area extends tow stories high, thus lending a light and airy feeling to he living room. (Photo No. 56-9769.)" Stamped on verso: "United States information services, American Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1147.47.0712
1956
Price Tower Office 1956 (1952 - S.355). Label pasted to verso: "Interior view of one of the offices, illustrating maximum use of floor space as well as natural lighting." Clipping pasted to verso: "Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the building has expensive window areas that afford an outside view from any office inside. The design is based on a parallelogram. A principal feature of the building is it's eight apartments. - H. C. Price Co." Stamped on clipping: "Mar 13 1956." Hand written on verso: "Wright, Frank Lloyd - Buildings designed by. #2 Wright Tower." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1147.81.0218
1956
Price Tower Company Corporate Apartment Circa 1956 (1952 - S.355). Set of eight plus two color 35mm slides of the interior and exterior of the Price Tower. Within the first year, changes were made to the Price's apartment on the 17th floor. The original in published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Price Tower," 2005, Fig. 3.29. Also published in "Story of the Tower," Wright, 1956, p.127. A Japanese screen hung on the wall to the right of the shelves, plain curtains covered the windows. Wrights designed the mural seen here, signed it in the large red lower right square "To Hal" in gold paint, above his own signature "Frank Lloyd Wright." He named it "Blue Moon," for the semicircular painted mirror with the wooden shelf. The curtains were replaced with the Wright designed... Continue...
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1956
S.C. Johnson Headquarters "Great Workroom" 1956. August 8, 1956. Stamped on verso: "From Photographic Department, S.C. Johnson & Sons, Inc., Racine, Wis. Makers of Johnson's Wax. Aug 8, 1956." Original silver gelatin 10 x 8 photo. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Sun-Times. 1147.27.0310
C 1956
S.C. Johnson Administration Building (1936 - S.237) and Tower (1944 - S.238), circa 1956. Viewed from the West, the Research Tower is on the left, Administration building on the right. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1944, the tower opened in November 1950. The tower was designed with a center core the was 54 feet deep. Fifteen floors cantilevered out from the core, floors alternated square and round, reaching a height of 153 feet. According to SC Johnson, the globe in the foreground was installed in 1952. Johnathan Lipman dates it to 1954. A similar view is published in Frank Lloyd Wright and the Johnson Wax Building Lipman, p.130. Stamped on verso: "11545." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1147.70.0216
1956
Dudley Spencer Residence, Wilmington, Delaware, Sheet No. 7, Millwork Details, 1956 (1956 - S.402). Millwork details for the Dudley Spencer Residence, Sheet No. 7. FLLW Foundation #5635.12. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1956. The first design, Scheme #1, an L-shaped Usonian house with a living room roof that slopes upward, was rejected by the Spencers. Scheme #2 was accepted. Scheme #2 is what Frank Lloyd Wright called a solar Hemicycle. Very similar to the Laurent (1949) and Pearce (1950) Residences. The Spencers moved into their home in 1959. On Sheet 6 of the plans, Frank Lloyd Wright specified mahogany be used in all the cabinetry. Honduras mahogany was used throughout. On Sheet #7, Wright details the design for the fascia, indents every 4". The visible height calculates to 3". This design was used throughout the house in the trim, lighting, picture frames and trimming out all the built-in and stand alone furniture. To make the furniture, Spencer hired Robert Baker, who built models at DuPonts craft shop. Baker built the streamlined dining table and six low, open-backed chairs in his basement workshop... The furniture is trim, with clean lines reminiscent of a yacht. The only embellishments are dentil molding accents. Delaware Today, Eileen Smith... Continue... 1147.128.0423
1956
Gerald Sussman Residence, Scheme II, Poundridge, New York, Perspective 1956 (Project 1956). Preliminary perspective view of the Sussman Residence from the South. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1956. Not much has been written concerning Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Sussman. But they are synonymous with the traveling exhibition In The Realm of Ideas, that toured eight cities from 1988-1991. It included a full-scale model house of the Sussman Residence Scheme I. What seems to have been lost was a second design for the Sussmans, Scheme II. Scheme II appears to be overlooked in published books about Wright work. It w as also overlooked in Bruce Brooks Pfeiffers exhaustive three volume set, Frank Lloyd Wright, Complete Works., 2009, 2010, 2011. The key might be these twelve original drawings that surfaces and sold on April 16, 2018 at the Heritage Auction, Dallas Texas, and the original blueprints in our collection, both originally in private collections.
       We can only surmise as to why the Sussmans rejected the first design by Wright, a Usonian Automatic. Were they not pleased with the Usonian Automatic concept? They must have communicated that they were still interested. Wright proceeded with a second design for the Sussmans, Scheme II. The plans for the Scheme II are dated February 1, 1956. Two weeks later, Eugene wrote to the Sussmans from Taliesin West. Dear Mr. And Mrs. Sussman: By now you have received your plans and we hope you are pleased. Sincerely, Eugene Masselink, Secretary to Frank Lloyd Wright. February 15th, 1956.
       Lower text: House for Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Sussman. Poundridge, Westchester County, New York. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions. 10 x 7.25 Color photograph.
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1956
Taliesin, Spring Green 1956 (Taliesin III 1925 - S.218). Frank Lloyd Wright works on his Mile-High Building illustration in preparation for the news conference held on October 16, 1956, in conjunction with "Sixty Years of Living Architecture," exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman. On October 16, Wright held a Press conference at the Hotel Sherman to open the exhibition and unveil the Mile High Building "The Illinois" for the first time. Wright proposed the building for Chicago. Text on face: "9/21/56 - Spring Green, Wisc: Frank Lloyd Wright, (L), works at the drawing board in his Taliesin home on details of the mile-high building which he has developed and offered to Chicago. At right, Allen L. Davidson, senior apprentice, watches as the famous architect sketches. United Press Telephoto." Stamped on verso: "1956 Sept 21." Clipping pasted to verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright, left, worked at the drawing board in his Taliesin home at Spring Green, Wis., on details of the mile-high building which he has developed and offered to Chicago. Allen L. Davidson, senior apprentice, watched the famous architect sketch plans." Original 9 x 7 B&W photograph. 1147.90.0918
1956
1) Taliesin West Circa 1956 (1937 - S.241). Stereo Slide. View of Frank Lloyd Wright's Office from the South. Constructed of desert masonry. Forms were constructed and filled with local rocks and boulders. Concrete was then poured into the forms. The roof is supported by exposed wood and steel beams. The roof is covered with translucent panels. The chimney from the massive fireplace can be seen on the right. Stereo slide border is red. Text on face: "Kodachrome Stereo Transparencies. Processed by Kodak. Hand written: "Taliesin, Apr 1956." Verso: "View from this side. Made in U.S.A." Stamped on verso: "8." Stereo slide sleeve: 4 x 1.625 plus high res digital image. 1147.85.0618 (1)
1956
2) Taliesin West Circa 1956 (1937 - S.241). Stereo Slide. View of the Pergola from the Southeast. The walkway on the Northeast side of the Drafting Room is covered by a wooden Pergola. Text on face: "Kodachrome Stereo Transparencies. Processed by Kodak. Hand written: "Taliesin, April 1956." Verso: "View from this side. Made in U.S.A." Stamped on verso: "13." Stereo slide sleeve: 4 x 1.625 plus high res digital image. 1147.85.0618 (2)
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Taliesin West Garden Room Circa 1956 (1937 - S.241). Frank Lloyd Wright and Olgivanna seated to the right of the fireplace in the Garden the Room at Taliesin West. To the left of the fireplace is a Heritage-Henredon (1955) hexagonal coffee table with triangular seat-tables tucked under. They are both seated in Origami" Armchairs designed in 1946. In front of them is a small hexagonal table and three stool. On a trip to Taliesin West in 2004, the small hexagonal table (#2004.81.0917 -44) and stools (#2004.81.0917 -45) were still in the Garden Room. Original 14 x 11 B&W photograph. 1147.94.0919
1956
Eugene Van Tamelen Residence, Madison, Wisconsin, 1956 (Marshall Erdman Prefab Homes) (1956 - S.406). Perspective view of the back of the Van Tamelen Residenc, published in the December issue of House & Home. Wright designed three prefab homes for Marshal Erdman and Associates. Nine Prefab #1 homes were completed: Van Tamelen (1956 - S.406); Jackson (1957 - S.407.1); Duncan (1957 - S.407.2); Iber (1957 - S.408); Post (1957 - S.409.1); Cass (1959 - S.409.2); Zaferiou (1961 - S.410); Mollica (1958 - S.411.1); LaFond (1960 - S.411.2).. Prefab #2: two homes were constructed. Prefab #3 was never built. Marshall Erdman and Frank Lloyd Wright first discussed the idea of working together on a prefabricated design in 1954. The design is a one-story house, with the addition of a lower level when on a hillside. It included a large living room, dining room, family room and kitchen, four bedrooms and two bath. In the December 1956 issue of House & Home (S#1112.00), "Here is prefabrications biggest news for 1957. Frank Lloyd Wright has at long last built a prefab house and Erdman Homes is putting it on the market for 1957. This is both big news and amazing news. It is big news because it gives prefabrication once the step child of home building the prestige associated with... Continue... 1147.125..0223
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Eugene Van Tamelen Residence, Madison, Wisconsin, 1956 (Marshall Erdman Prefab Homes) (1956 - S.406). Perspective view of the front of the Van Tamelen Residence, published in the December issue of House & Home. Wright designed three prefab homes for Marshal Erdman and Associates. Nine Prefab #1 homes were completed: Van Tamelen (1956 - S.406); Jackson (1957 - S.407.1); Duncan (1957 - S.407.2); Iber (1957 - S.408); Post (1957 - S.409.1); Cass (1959 - S.409.2); Zaferiou (1961 - S.410); Mollica (1958 - S.411.1); LaFond (1960 - S.411.2). Prefab #2: two homes were constructed. Prefab #3 was never built. Marshall Erdman and Frank Lloyd Wright first discussed the idea of working together on a prefabricated design in 1954. The design is a one-story house, with the addition of a lower level when on a hillside. It included a large living room, dining room, family room and kitchen, four bedrooms and two bath. In the December 1956 issue of House & Home (S#1112.00), "Here is prefabrications biggest news for 1957. Frank Lloyd Wright has at long last built a prefab house and Erdman Homes is putting it on the market for 1957. This is both big news and amazing news. It is big news because it gives prefabrication once the step child of home building the prestige associated with the...Continue... 1147.126..0223
   Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May.  Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112.  
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Wright at 89. 1956. Wright is looking directly into the camera. His right hand is holding his cane, his left hand is resting on top. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines. 7.5 x 10 print. High res digital image. 1147.16.0609
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Wright at 89. 1956. Wright is looking directly into the camera, a pleasant smile on his face. His left hand is resting on top of his cane. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines. 8 x 10 print. High res digital image. 1147.17.0609
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Wright at 89. 1956. Wright is leaning against a doorway. He is wearing a hat, looking off to the left, holding his cane in his left hand. Alfred had suggested he pick his favorite cane. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 54. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines. 7.75 x 10 print. High res digital image. 1147.18.0609
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Wright at 89. 1956. At Eisenstaedt's suggestion, Wright sits down at his desk to read his mail. "As he reads his mail, Wright loosed consciousness of the camera". Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 54. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines.  7.75 x 10 print. High res digital image. 1147.19.0609
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Wright at 89. 1956. Wright reading at his desk. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. 10 x 6.5 B&W photograph. 1147.65.0115
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Wright at 89. 1956. Wright is seated at his desk. He is reading a copy of "Florida Southern College, Lakeland. The Frank Lloyd Wright Campus." Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 54. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines.  7.6 x 10 print. High res digital image. 1147.20.0609
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Wright at 89. 1956. Wright is seated at his desk. He is reading a copy of "Florida Southern College, Lakeland. The Frank Lloyd Wright Campus." Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. This photograph is a slight variation of S#1147.20. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 54. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1147.122.1121
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Wright at 89 (1956). Photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Date stamped on verso: "Jul 16 1992". Caption pasted on verso: "The life of architect Frank Lloyd Wright gets an operatic treatment in "Shining Brow" next April." 5 x 7 B&W photograph of 1990 postcard (Halftone dot pattern.) 1147.45.1110
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Wright at 89. 1956. Wright is looking directly at the camera. His head is turned slightly to the left. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Published in Time Magazine, June 11, 1956, page 61; Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 53 and 55. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines.  7 x 10 print. High res digital image. 1147.21.0609
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Wright at 89. 1956. Wright is seated at a drawing table, framed by the gabled beams. Wright is engrossed in his work. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 56. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines.  7.5 x 10 print. High res digital image. 1147.22.0609
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Wright at 89. 1956. Wright is seated at a drawing table, engrossed in his work. He is wearing a pair of glassed. A pencil is in his right hand. The fireplace is in the background to the far right. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. A similar pose is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 56-57. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines.  7.6 x 10 print. High res digital image. 1147.23.0609
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Wright at 89. 1956. Wright is seated at a drawing table, engrossed in his work. He is wearing a pair of glassed. A pencil is in his right hand. The fireplace is in the background to the far right. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Press photograph for a book published by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Text on face: "Frank Lloyd Wright, in 1956, as photograph from Witness To Our Time, (1966) by Alfred Eisenstaedt, to be published by The Viking Press." Stamped on verso: "Oct - 1966." Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. This photograph was published on page 57. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Original 5 x 8 B&W photograph. 1147.121.1121
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Wright at 89. 1956. Wright is seated behind a drawing table, looking directly at the camera with a slight smile on his face. His arms are crossed and to the right one of his assistants is working on the drawing. Shelves are in the background. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines.  7.5 x 10 print. High res digital image. 1147.24.0609
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Wright at 89. 1956. Wright is seated behind a drawing table, looking directly at the camera with a slight smile on his face. His arms are crossed. One of his assistants hands can be seen on the right. Shelves are in the background. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines.  8 x 10 print. High res digital image. 1147.25.0609
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Wright at 89. 1956. Contact sheet with 25 images. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. These are just 25 of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Published in Time Magazine, June 11, 1956, page 61; Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 53-57. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines.  8 x 10 print. High res digital image. 1147.26.0609
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May 25, 1956. Wright at 89 (1956). Wright at Taliesin seated next to Chinese Stone Lion. Label taped to verso: "Artful Relaxation. Relaxing at Taliesen (sic) near Spring Green, Wis., Frank Lloyd Wright sits beside an ancient stone lion from China. The piece is said to be one of the first examples of Chinese art, perhaps going back 4000 or 5000 years. Wright has a strong feeling for the art and architecture of the Orient. His greatest affinity appears to be for the Japanese and their work in these fields. The two Taliesens (sic), in Wisconsin and Arizona, are considered "typical Wright." The word is Welsh for "shining hours." Both groups of buildings are designed according to Wright's theories of "organic architecture," fitting the terrain, materials, function and people who will use the place. The Wisconsin Taliesen seems to grow out of the hills with soothing effects on the eyes. The Arizona Taliesen is as severe and jagged as the desert which surrounds it. 5/25/56." (For use Sunday, June 3, with Relman Morin's Taliesen AP-N story on Frank Lloyd Wright) AP Newsfeatures Photo. Acquired from the archives of the Houston Chronicle. Original 9 x 7 B&W photograph. 1147.15.0121
Second Version: Note: this "Stone Lion" appeared at the 1953 Usonian Exhibition in New York at the site for the Guggenheim Museum. Clipping pasted to verso: " Relaxing at Taliesen (sic) near Spring Green, Wis., Frank Lloyd Wright sits beside an ancient stone lion from China. The piece is said to be one of the first examples of Chinese art, perhaps going back 4000 or 5000 years. Wright has a strong feeling for the art and architecture of the Orient. His greatest affinity appears to be for the Japanese. Stamped on clipping and verso: "Jun 3, 1956" Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Sun Times. Original 9 x 7 B&W print. 1147.29.1110
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July 10, 1956. Wright at 89. Portrait of Wright in 1956. Passport photograph of Wright seated, cane hooked on his arm. Photographed by Reierson Studio on July 10, 1956. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. 4 x 6 Print, High res digital image. 1147.13.0509
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July 10, 1956. Wright at 89. Portrait of Wright in 1956. Passport photograph of Wright, light background. Photographed by Reierson Studio on July 10, 1956. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. 4.25 x 6 Print, High res digital image. 1147.14.0509
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Frank Lloyd Wright and Wife at Taliesin, 1956.  From the Archives of the Los Angeles Examiner.  In pencil on back: "Frank Lloyd Wright and wife Olga Lazovich Wright".  Original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photo.  (Note: Many Masks, Brendan Gill, page 495).  Published in the "New World Odyssey" 1986 John Gurda, Pg 57. 1950.00.1203
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Wright at 89. 1956. Frank Lloyd Wright, guest of honor, speaks at the Hales Corner Subdivision. Wright is speaking into the microphone, facing to the right. Stamped on verso: "1956 Sep 8." Also: "John W. Ahlhauser." Clipping pasted to verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright, whose honors have been world-wide, visited a little Hales Corner Subdivision Saturday to tell a group of builders, brokers, subdividers and lenders what he thought of their work. It wasn't very much and it didn't take him very long. The address by the "guest of honor," as a program put it, took perhaps five minutes. And then, with an abrupt "good..." Hales Corner is located Southwest of Milwaukee. Photographed by John W. Ahlhauser. Acquired from the archives of the Milwaukee Journal. Original 7.5 x 9.25 B&W photograph. 1147.93.0619
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Wright at 89. Circa 1956. Wright seated outside at Taliesin. Facing and looking toward the left. His arms are crossed. His stripped tie and suit match photograph #1950.00 and #1205.42. (Note photograph: Many Masks, Brendan Gill, page 495). Clipping pasted to verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright in his later years." Stamped on clipping: "Nov 25 1961." Original 6 x 8 B&W photograph. 1147.55.1213
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Wright at 89. Frank Lloyd Wright sitting in a chair, his fingers intertwined in front of his right knee. He is wearing a stripped tie and suit that matches photographs #1950.00 and #1147.55. Date stamped on verso: "Jan 27 1957". Partial caption pasted on verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright, 87 year old architect announced at Santa Barbara, California he will go to Iraq in M... to design and build..." Original 7 x 10 B&W photograph. 1205.42.1210
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Wright at 89. 1956. Wright honored on his birthday. Two of his guests included two clients, Herbert Johnson (left) and Harold C. Price (right). Caption printed on face: "Spring Green, Wis., June 9 - Architect Wright Honored on His 87th Birthday - Famed Architect Frank Lloyd Wright with two business leaders for whom he designed buildings. They were among guests at Wright's 87th (sic) birthday celebration at Taliesin, architect's summer studio-home Friday. At left Wright, center, Herbert Johnson, Racine, Wis., and H.C. Price, Bartlesville, Okla. (AP Wirephoto) 1956." Stamped on verso: "Jun 11 1956." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1147.92.0619
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Wright working on a large drawing of the Mile High Building "The Illinois", 1956. Frank Lloyd Wright in his drafting room at Taliesin Spring Green, finishing the drawing of the Mile high Building. Three drawings were prepared for the news conference held on October 16, 1956, in conjunction with "Sixty Years of Living Architecture," exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman. On October 16, Wright held a Press conference at the Hotel Sherman to open the exhibition and unveil the Mile High Building "The Illinois" for the first time. Wright proposed the building for Chicago. Photograph by Edgar Obma. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1147.64.0115
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Wright at 89. 1956. Frank Lloyd Wright working at his desk in the Workroom at Taliesin, Spring Green. At the left is an floor lamp adaptation of the Pendant Lamp Wright originally designed in 1933 for the Taliesin Fellowship Playhouse Theater. The original light pendants were suspended from the ceiling. In 1952, after the theater was rebuilt following a fire, Wright modified the original design. Situated around Wright's desk are possibly three Allen Friedman chairs (1956 - S.403). The design is also similar to the Hanna and Olfelt designs. On the far right is a Dana windows. Photographed by Edgar Obma. 10 x 7.5 B&W photograph. 1147.68.0615
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Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green, 1956. Frank Lloyd Wright is standing outside the Drafting Studio at the Taliesin Fellowship complex. Two Mercedes-Benz automobiles have been delivered. The Mercedes on the left, a four-door red and black 300C for Wright. The one on the right is Wes Peters 300SL, gull-wing sports car. 10 x 5.5 B&W photograph. 1147.73.0416
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William Wesley Peters,1956. Set of nine 35mm slides of Wes Peters' Mercedes-Benz 300SL. Peters was born on June 12, 1912. He attended Evansville College and MIT. He came from a wealthy family, his father was a newspaper publisher. In July, 1932, after he completed his second year at MIT, he visited Taliesin. He had read about Wright starting the Fellowship. After speaking with Wright, Wes paid the tuition in advance, becoming Wright's first apprentice. In 1935 he married Wright's adopted daughter, Svetlana, with whom he had two children, Daniel and Brandoch. In 1946 when his son Brandoch was four years old, Svetlana and son Daniel, were killed in an automobile accident at Taliesin. Max Hoffman introduced the Porsche to the US market in 1951, and by 1952... Continue...
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Mile High Building "The Illinois", 1956. Pasted on verso: "Mile-High Building. Chicago: A mile-high building proposed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright is pictured in this artist's sketch alongside two present day versions of "Skyscrapers." Drawn by George Charney, of the Chicago Daily News, the sketch compares Wright's proposed building with the Prudential Building in Chicago and the Empire State Building in New York. Wright, who suggests his building should be placed alongside Lake Michigan in Chicago, says the structure could hold 100,000 people. Typical of the comments which greeted Wright's proposal was one from an architect; He suggested the 510-story project be built on its side. (United Press Photo) 9/5/56." Original 7 x 9 B&W photograph. 1147.50.0513
  
Frank Lloyd Wright Day, October 17, 1956. Mayor Richard Daley, Chicago, proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day.
"Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Frank Lloyd Wright's Mile-High Building was shown for the first time Tuesday, October 16, with a 22-foot visualization of mile-high building which Wright proposed for Chicago. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day.
October 6 (Saturday): Wright meets with Mayor Richard Daley at the Mayor's office in Chicago. Most likely the official presentation of the certificate proclaiming October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day.
October 16 (Tuesday): Wright holds a Press conference at the Hotel Sherman to open the exhibition and unveil the Mile High Building "The Illinois" with a 22-foot visualization, proposed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for Chicago. The giant visualization was prepared by Wright and his apprentice architects at Taliesin.
October 17 (Wednesday): Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Details of the mammoth structure were explained by Wright at a dinner in his honor Wednesday evening at the Hotel Sherman. The dinner was sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Endowment Fund for the perpetuation of Taliesin. Wright was the guest of honor. Other guests of honor included  Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright and Mayor Richard Daley who presented a plaque declaring "this day to be Frank Lloyd Wright Day". Other honored guests included Ludd M. Spivey, President of Florida Southern College who sat to Wright's left at the speaker's table, and Ivan Nestigan, Mayor of Madison Wisconsin. Wright's sister Mrs. Maginel Wright Barney was also in attendance. The proposed Mile-High would be 528 stories tall, could hold 100,000 people and would cost about $100 million. The "eighth wonder of the world" was to be erected of steel and glass, with floors extending outward from a central core like branches from a tree trunk. Wright's design drew jeers and cheers. The architect insisted the structure was "practical and expedient."
October 19 (Friday): Frank Lloyd Wright Spoke at Orchestra Hall, Friday Evening, October 19, at 8:15pm.
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright meets with Mayor Richard Daley at the Mayor's office in Chicago on October 6 1956. Most likely the official presentation of the certificate proclaiming October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Details of the mammoth structure were explained by Wright at a dinner in his honor Wednesday evening at the Hotel Sherman. Wright and Daley are having a cordial conversation, both with smiles on their faces. Wright is wearing a suit and tie, with a scarf around his neck. A cane is hanging over his left arm, and is holding a hat with his left arm. Major Daley presented Wright with a plaque proclaiming the official proclamation. The dinner was sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Endowment Fund for the perpetuation of Taliesin. Wright was the guest of honor. Original 4x5 B&W negative and 10 x 8 B&W photograph.

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Wright meets with Mayor Richard Daley at the Mayor's office in Chicago on October 6 1956. Most likely the official presentation of the certificate proclaiming October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Details of the mammoth structure were explained by Wright at a dinner in his honor Wednesday evening at the Hotel Sherman. Major Daley presented Wright with a plaque proclaiming the official proclamation. The dinner was sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Endowment Fund for the perpetuation of Taliesin. Wright was the guest of honor. Label pasted on verso: "Chicago Sun-Times. Date: 10/6/56. Photographer: Joe Kordick. Subject: Frank Lloyd Wright. Location: Mayors Office. Caption: Frank Lloyd Wright visits Mayor Richard J. Dailey." 5.5 x 6.8 B&W print, High Res image. 1147.44.1210
1956
Wright meets with Mayor Richard Daley at the Mayor's office in Chicago on October 6 1956. Most likely the official presentation of the certificate proclaiming October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Details of the mammoth structure were explained by Wright at a dinner in his honor Wednesday evening at the Hotel Sherman. Major Daley presented Wright with a plaque proclaiming the official proclamation. The dinner was sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Endowment Fund for the perpetuation of Taliesin. Wright was the guest of honor. Text typed on negative sleeve: "Wright - Frank Lloyd, architect cdn 10-6-56, with Mayor Dailey." Acquired from the archives for the Chicago Daily News. Original 4x5 B^&W negative, 10 x 8 B&W photograph, 43 x 35" High Res digital image. 1147.69.0915
1956
Frank Lloyd Wright Press Conference, October 16, 1956. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. On October 16, Wright held a Press conference at the Hotel Sherman to open the exhibition and unveil the Mile High Building "The Illinois" for the first time with a 22-foot visualization, proposed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for Chicago. The giant visualization was prepared by Wright and his apprentice architects at Taliesin. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Caption reads: "The Mile High Illinois, Illinois Sky-City, or simply the Illinois was a proposed mile-high (1,609 meters/5,280 feet) skyscraper, envisioned by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1956. the design, intended to be built in Chicago, would have included 528 stories, with a gross area of 18.46 million square feet (1.71 million square meters/171 hectares). If built, it would be the tallest building in the world." Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Sun Times. 8 x 10 B&W print, original 4 x 5 B&W negative. 1147.30.1210
1956
Frank Lloyd Wright Press Conference, October 16, 1956. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago on October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. On October 16, Wright held a Press conference at the Hotel Sherman to open the exhibition and unveil the Mile High Building "The Illinois" for the first time with a 22-foot visualization, proposed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for Chicago. The giant visualization was prepared by Wright and his apprentice architects at Taliesin. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1147.97.1019
1956
Frank Lloyd Wright Press Conference, October 16, 1956. Twenty-two foot illustration behind him, Price Tower to the left, smaller tri-fold to the right. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. On October 16, Wright held a Press conference at the Hotel Sherman to open the exhibition and unveil the Mile High Building "The Illinois" for the first time with a 22-foot visualization, proposed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for Chicago. The giant visualization was prepared by Wright and his apprentice architects at Taliesin. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Caption reads: "Frank Lloyd Wright & Mile High Bldg 1956. Frank Lloyd Wright stands in front of a model sketch of his Mile High Building at the Sherman Hotel October 16, 1956." 8 x 10 B&W print, High Res image. 1147.31.1210
1956
Frank Lloyd Wright Press Conference, October 16, 1956. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. On October 16, Wright held a Press conference at the Hotel Sherman to open the exhibition and unveil the Mile High Building "The Illinois" for the first time with a 22-foot visualization, proposed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for Chicago. The giant visualization was prepared by Wright and his apprentice architects at Taliesin. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Caption on face: "10/16/56 - Chicago: Frank Lloyd Wright, world famous architect, gestures at press conference here 10/16 during which he explains details of mile-high skyscraper which he believes can be constructed. Wright, standing in front of sketch of the proposed skyscraper, would build structure in Chicago." Stamped on verso: "Reference, Oct 22 "56, N. E. A." Original 7 x 9 B&W photograph. 1147.63.1014
1956
Frank Lloyd Wright Day.  Proclaimed by Mayor Richard J. Daley.  Sponsored by The Day Committee, October 16, 17, 18, 1956.  Hotel Sherman, Chicago.  Photographed on October 16, 1956.  Limited edition 8.5 x 11 print from digital negatives on satin semi gloss Semisatinado paper.  2/100.  2007.  8.5 x 11. 1148.02.0307
1956
Mile High Building "The Illinois", 1956. Pasted on verso: "From: J. Dennis O'Brien (Chicago Office). Harshe-Rotman, Inc. For: Frank Lloyd Wright Endowment Fund. 29 S. LaSalle St., Chicago. Oct. 16, 1956. For Immediate Release. First view of Frank Lloyd Wright's Mile-High Building. Shown for the first time Tuesday (Oct. 16) was this 22-foot visualization of mile-high building proposed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for Chicago. Details of the mammoth structure will be explained by Wright at a dinner in his honor to be held Wednesday (Oct. 17) at the Hotel Sherman. The giant visualization was prepared by Wright and apprentice architects at Taliesin, unique architectural school conducted by Mr. And Mrs. Wright at their Spring Green, Wis. Home. The dinner is being sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Endowment Fund for the perpetuation of Taliesin." Clipping on verso: Stamped "Feb 4, 1959". "That Mile-High Skyscraper? - Famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright proposed in 1956 to build it in Chicago. He said it would be 528 stories tall, could hold 100,000 people, would cost about $100 million. The "eighth wonder of the world" was to be erected of steel and glass, with floors extending outward from a central core like branches from a tree trunk. Wright's design drew jeers and cheers. The architect insisted the...  Continue... 1147.28.0310
1956
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright arrive at the Hotel Sherman for a dinner in Wright's honor the evening of October 17, 1956. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Details of the mammoth structure were explained by Wright at a dinner in his honor Wednesday evening at the Hotel Sherman. The dinner was sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Endowment Fund for the perpetuation of Taliesin. Wright was the guest of honor. Caption reads: "Frank Lloyd Wright with wife at Sherman Hotel Oct 17 1956." 8 x 10 B&W print, High Res image. 1147.32.1210
1956
Wright and Mayor Richard Daley at Sherman Hotel. Oct 17 1956. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Details of the mammoth structure were explained by Wright at a dinner in his honor Wednesday evening at the Hotel Sherman. The dinner was sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Endowment Fund for the perpetuation of Taliesin. Wright was the guest of honor. Caption reads: "Frank Lloyd Wright explaining architecture to honorable guest Mayor Richard Daley at Sherman Hotel. Oct 17 1956." 8 x 10 B&W print, High Res image. 1147.33.1210
1956
Wright and Mayor Richard Daley at Sherman Hotel. Photograph taken from a lower angle looking up. Wright is gesturing with his hand, Daley is listening to Wright. Oct 17 1956. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Details of the mammoth structure were explained by Wright at a dinner in his honor Wednesday evening at the Hotel Sherman. The dinner was sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Endowment Fund for the perpetuation of Taliesin. Wright was the guest of honor. Label pasted on verso: "Chicago Sun-Times. Date: 10/17/56. Photographer: Mel Larson. Location: Sherman Hotel. Caption: Candids on Frank Lloyd Wright explaining architecture to honorable guest Mayor Richard Dailey." Caption pasted on verso: "Mr. Wright speaks, Mr. Daley Listens. Frank Lloyd Wright (left) engages in an animated discourse at testimonial dinner in his honor at Hotel Sherman. Famed architect admits that the speakers who referred to him as a genius were speaking the truth. But when Wright begins to discuss his proposed mile-high building, Mayor Daley (right) doesn't seem to fully accept the idea. The controversial 87-year-old Wright was glum about modern architectural trends...  Continue... 1147.34.1210
1956
Wright and Mayor Richard Daley at Sherman Hotel. Photograph taken from a higher angle looking down. Wright is gesturing with his hand, his fist is balled for emphasis, Daley is listening to Wright. Oct 17 1956. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Details of the mammoth structure were explained by Wright at a dinner in his honor Wednesday evening at the Hotel Sherman. The dinner was sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Endowment Fund for the perpetuation of Taliesin. Wright was the guest of honor. Caption reads: "Frank Lloyd Wright explaining architecture to honorable guest Mayor Richard Daley at Sherman Hotel. Oct 17 1956." 8 x 10 B&W print, High Res image. 1147.35.1210
1956
Wright and Mayor Richard Daley at Sherman Hotel. Wright has an envelope in his hands. Both he and Daley are looking up at the display. Oct 17 1956. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Details of the mammoth structure were explained by Wright at a dinner in his honor Wednesday evening at the Hotel Sherman. The dinner was sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Endowment Fund for the perpetuation of Taliesin. Wright was the guest of honor. Caption reads: "Frank Lloyd Wright explaining architecture to honorable guest Mayor Richard Daley at Sherman Hotel. Oct 17 1956." 8 x 10 B&W print, High Res image. 1147.36.1210
1956
Wright greeting guests before dinner at the Sherman Hotel. Oct 17 1956. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Details of the mammoth structure were explained by Wright at a dinner in his honor Wednesday evening at the Hotel Sherman. The dinner was sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Endowment Fund for the perpetuation of Taliesin. Wright was the guest of honor. Caption reads: "Frank Lloyd Wright making speech on architecture at Sherman Hotel Oct 17 1956." 8 x 10 B&W print, High Res image. 1147.37.1210
1956
Mr. & Mrs. Wright seated at speakers table before dinner. Mrs. Maginel Wright Barney, Wright's sister and children's book illustrator, congratulates Wright with a kiss on the cheek. Oct 17 1956. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Details of the mammoth structure were explained by Wright at a dinner in his honor Wednesday evening at the Hotel Sherman. The dinner was sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Endowment Fund for the perpetuation of Taliesin. Wright was the guest of honor. Label pasted on verso: "Chicago Sun-Times. Date: 10/17/56. Photographer: Mel Larson. Location: Sherman Hotel. Names L. to R.: Mrs. Wright. Frank Lloyd Wright. Mrs. Magda Barney of New York City. Caption: Mrs. Barney Frank Lloyd Wright" sister plants kiss on his cheek at speakers table." 5.5 x 6.8 B&W print, High Res image. 1147.38.1210
1956
Frank Lloyd Wright Greeted by Sister, Mrs. Maginel Wright Barney 1956. Mr. & Mrs. Wright seated at speakers table before dinner at the Sherman Hotel in Chicago. Mrs. Maginel Wright Barney, Wright's sister and children's book illustrator, congratulates Wright with a kiss on the cheek. Ludd M. Spivey, President of Florida Southern College, standing behind Wright and smiles at the gesture. Oct 17 1956. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Details of the mammoth structure were explained by Wright at a dinner in his honor Wednesday evening at the Hotel Sherman. The dinner was sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Endowment Fund for the perpetuation of Taliesin. Wright was the guest of honor. Clipping pasted to verso: "Architect FLW was bussed by his sister, Mrs. Magda Barney of New York city, at a dinner in his honor in Chicago Wednesday. Mrs. Wright sat next to him." Stamped on clipping: "Th Oct 18 1956." Photographed by Mel Larson. Original 7 x 9 B&W photograph. 1147.95.0919
1956
Frank Lloyd Wright is presented a plaque by Mayor Daley declaring this day to be "Frank Lloyd Wright Day" at the Sherman Hotel. Mrs. Wright is on the left, Ludd M. Spivey, President of Florida Southern College is seated, between Wright and Daley. Two exhibition catalogs sit on the table. Oct 17 1956. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Details of the mammoth structure were explained by Wright at a dinner in his honor Wednesday evening at the Hotel Sherman. The dinner was sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Endowment Fund for the perpetuation of Taliesin. Wright was the guest of honor. Caption reads: "Frank Lloyd Wright & Wife 1956. Frank Lloyd Wright and his wife at a special ceremony where he was presented a plaque by Mayor Daley declaring this day to be "Frank Lloyd Wright Day" October 17, 1956." 8 x 10 B&W print, High Res image. 1147.39.1210
1956
Wright listens to introductions. Mrs. Wright is seated on the left, Ludd M. Spivey, President of Florida Southern College is seated on the right waiting to speak. Exhibition catalog and plaque sit on the table in front of him. Oct 17 1956. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Details of the mammoth structure were explained by Wright at a dinner in his honor Wednesday evening at the Hotel Sherman. The dinner was sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Endowment Fund for the perpetuation of Taliesin. Wright was the guest of honor. Caption reads: "Frank Lloyd Wright with wife at Sherman Hotel Oct 17 1956." 8 x 10 B&W print, High Res image. 1147.40.1210
1956
Wright speaks at Sherman Hotel Oct 17 1956. Wright describes the details of the Mile-High "Illinois" building at a dinner in his honor Wednesday evening at the Hotel Sherman. Ludd M. Spivey, President of Florida Southern College is seated on the left. Exhibition catalog and plaque sit on the table. Oct 17 1956. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Details of the mammoth structure were explained by Wright at a dinner in his honor Wednesday evening at the Hotel Sherman. The dinner was sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Endowment Fund for the perpetuation of Taliesin. Wright was the guest of honor. Caption reads: "Frank Lloyd Wright making speech on architecture at Sherman Hotel Oct 17 1956." 8 x 10 B&W print, High Res image. 1147.41.1210
1956
Wright shakes Mayor Richard Daley's hand and speaks with he and Mayor Ivan Nestigan after dinner at the Sherman Hotel Oct 17 1956. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Details of the mammoth structure were explained by Wright at a dinner in his honor Wednesday evening at the Hotel Sherman. The dinner was sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Endowment Fund for the perpetuation of Taliesin. Wright was the guest of honor. Caption reads: "Frank Lloyd Wright, meets some of honored guests, Mayor Richard Daley and Mayor Ivan Nestigan, of Madison Wis. at Sherman Hotel. Oct 17 1956." 8 x 10 B&W print, High Res image. 1147.42.1210
1956
Wright speaks with Mayor Richard Daley and Mayor Ivan Nestigan after dinner at the Sherman Hotel. Mrs. Wright is seated on the left. Oct 17 1956. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago from October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Details of the mammoth structure were explained by Wright at a dinner in his honor Wednesday evening at the Hotel Sherman. The dinner was sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Endowment Fund for the perpetuation of Taliesin. Wright was the guest of honor. Caption reads: "Frank Lloyd Wright with wife and Mayor Richard Daley at Sherman Hotel Oct 17 1956." 8 x 10 B&W print, High Res image. 1147.43.1210
1956
Frank Lloyd Wright Press Conference, October 16, 1956. Guests examine and discuss the displays. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" was exhibited in Chicago on October 16, 17 and 18, 1956 at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. On October 16, Wright held a Press conference at the Hotel Sherman to open the exhibition and unveil the Mile High Building "The Illinois" for the first time with a 22-foot visualization, proposed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for Chicago. The giant visualization was prepared by Wright and his apprentice architects at Taliesin. Mayor Daley proclaimed October 17, Frank Lloyd Wright Day. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1147.98.1019
1956
Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Chicago Illinois, October 16-18, 1956. Set of 17 photographs from the Exhibition Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Chicago Illinois, held October 16, 17, 18, 1956, at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of Models, photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy (June 1951). In "Sixty Years" (New York), Wright notes that from Florence the Exhibition traveled to "Switzerland, France, German and Holland". The Exhibition catalogs are dated: Paris (April 1952)... Continue...
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1956 
Wright at 89. 1956. Frank Lloyd Wright stands next to aerial view of Minneapolis, November 26, 1956. Frank Lloyd Wright speaks his mind in Minneapolis. Clipping pasted to verso: "Architect Frank Lloyd Wright  looked at Minneapolis Monday (11/26/56). Shown with aerial photo at Minneapolis-Honeywell hanger. Architect speaks his mind." Stamped on verso: "Donald Black. Nov 26 1956." He also visited the Henry J. Neils Residence (1949 - S.314). Photographed by Donald Black. Acquired from the archives of the Minneapolis Tribune. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1147.66.0115
1956 
Wright at 89. Circa 1956. Frank Lloyd Wright visits Henry J. Neils Residence (1949 - S.314). Label taped to verso: "Date: Nov 27, 1956. Subject: Frank Lloyd Wright leaving the house of Henry Neils, 2801 Burnham Blvd, Minneapolis, Minn. Photographer: Paul Siegel." Reported in the November 28, 1956, Minneapolis Tribune, (yesterday) "Frank Lloyd Wright, the 87-year-old champion of American modernist architecture, visited the Twin Cities to address the annual meeting of the Citizens League of Minneapolis and Hennepin County. He picked up ammunition for his speech during a tour earlier in the day, visiting the new Southdale shopping center in Edina, Prudential building in Minneapolis and other landmarks. He didn't have many kind things to say about anything, including our climate. "Minneapolis is just too far north," he said. But he did praise the Twin Cities, lakes and parks as a "beautiful gift from nature." And he managed to recall "with a chuckle" his 1926 visit to Minneapolis during which he landed in jail in a dispute with his estranged wife. "Nothing came of it," he said, somewhat cryptically." He visited the Neils Residence during his tour. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. 1147.49.0613
1956
Wright at 89. Circa 1956. Frank Lloyd Wright visits Henry J. Neils Residence (1949 - S.314). Stamped on verso: "Paul Siegel," and "Nov 27 1956." Published in the November 28, 1956, Minneapolis Tribune, "Frank Lloyd Wright, the 87-year-old champion of American modernist architecture, visited the Twin Cities to address the annual meeting of the Citizens League of Minneapolis and Hennepin County. He picked up ammunition for his speech during a tour earlier in the day, visiting the new Southdale shopping center in Edina, Prudential building in Minneapolis and other landmarks. He didn't have many kind things to say about anything, including our climate. "Minneapolis is just too far north," he said. But he did praise the Twin Cities, lakes and parks as a "beautiful gift from nature." And he managed to recall "with a chuckle" his 1926 visit to Minneapolis during which he landed in jail in a dispute with his estranged wife. "Nothing came of it," he said, somewhat cryptically." He visited the Neils Residence during his tour. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1147.58.0514
1956
Frank Lloyd Wright visits Henry J. Neils Residence 1956 (1949 - S.314). Wright sits in front of fireplace. Kettle in background. Clipping pasted to background: "A Tour and a Lecture. For Him Wright Is Kind To City. By Frank Murray. Minneapolis Star Staff Writer. Frank Lloyd Wright, dean of American architecture and ancient foe of the "city concept," was taking a good long look at Minneapolis today. In a manner of speaking, you could say he was praising it with faint damns - and quite a few explosive ones. (Caption) Frank Lloyd Wright in Henry Neils" Home. Kettle in background was his idea." Stamped on verso: "1956 Nov 27." 8 x 9.75 B&W photograph. 1205.62.1214
1956
Wright at 89. 1956. Frank Lloyd Wright and Clough Williams-Ellis at Portmeirion, Wales, 1956. Frank Lloyd Wright, of Welch decent, visited Wales in 1956 to receive an honorary doctorate from Bangor University. While in Wales, he stayed with Clough Williams-Ellis in Portmeirion, Wales. Ellis was the architect that created Portmeirion. As the story is told, on the day Wright was to receive the award, Wright ordered a taxi to take him to Taliesin, about 50 miles South, to seek out his roots. Panicking that Wright would not be back in time for the ceremony, Ellis dispatched as motorcycle to apprehend Wright and get him to the ceremony on time. Photographed by News Chronicle, Manchester, Britain. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1147.114.0521
1956
Wyoming Valley School perspective 1956 (1956 - S.401). After the school district voted to consolidate a number of one-room school houses in January 1956, a referendum was past in April. In October, the board selected Frank Lloyd Wright to design their school. Wright immediately set out to design the school and on November 28, received a letter from the Board that "the building committee accepted the plans with enthusiasm" along with a few revision. The initial plans submitted to the Board was a resurrection of the unrealized Oak Park Kindersymphonies design, with a few modifications. In June, 1958, Wright published The Living City, an update to his Broadacre plan, and included this drawing of the Wyoming Valley School and a floor plan, with the caption, "Small School" and "Small School, Plan." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 10 x 5 color photograph. 1147.76.0317
1957
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Benjamin Adelman Residence Living Room Fireplace, circa 1957-58 (1951 - S.344). Photograph of the Fireplace, circa 1957-58. The Living Room features a geometric wall mural above the fireplace, designed by Eugene Masselink. One major change is the wood ceiling. The coffered blocks have been covered. Although the trim follows a two foot square pattern. The pottery on the shelves is the same as the 1953-54 image #12, but rearranged. Besides documenting the fireplace, this image reveals its original details and colors. The walls are painted a light pink, What Wright called "Desert Rose." The chair seats and backs are a red vinyl. A clue to the paneled ceiling could be a note written on the plans for the 1957 remodel. "Note: Cover all inside faces of all exterior walls and ceilings with 3/8" waterproof finish plywood, veneered on exposed face with ribbor-striped Philippine mahogany..." This photograph was taken at night by Maynard Parker. 8 x 10 Color photograph.  For more information on the Adelman Residence see our Wright study. 1205.64.0415
1957
Arizona: New State Capitol. "Pro Bono Publico - Arizona. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect, February 17, 1957." (PN1) Phoenix, Ariz., April 5 - New State Capitol - Architect Frank Lloyd Wright presented this sketch today for new Arizona state capitol, but had little hope it would be built. Spires are radio-tv towers atop legislative chambers, wings are lawmakers, offices, two extensions in rear are for governor and supreme court, and large canopy covers open portico for "the wind to blow in and out and birds to fly through." Original silver gelatin photograph. 10 x 7.5. 1205.28.1007
1957
Claremont Hotel Wedding Chapel, Scheme 1, Berkeley, California, Elevation, Section and Plan 1957 (Project 1957 - FLLW #5709). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1957. Elevation, section and plan for the Claremont Hotel Wedding Chapel. The first design for the wedding chapel was at ground level. It was abandoned when Wright learned that the chapel needed to be level with the second floor of the hotel. Top left: Elevation. Top right: Section Thru Promenade. Lower: Plan. Text: "Wedding Chapel." FLLW #5709.06. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.497. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.103.1219
1957
Claremont Hotel Wedding Chapel, Scheme 1, Berkeley, California, Elevation and Plan 1957 (Project 1957 - FLLW #5709). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1957. Conceptual study, Elevation and plan for the Claremont Hotel Wedding Chapel. The first design for the wedding chapel was at ground level. It was abandoned when Wright learned that the chapel needed to be level with the second floor of the hotel. Upper illustration: Elevation at ground level. Lower: Plan. Text: "Rococo Wedding Chapel." Additional illustrations published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.497. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.104.1219
1957
Claremont Hotel Wedding Chapel, Scheme 2, Berkeley, California, Perspective 1957 (Project 1957 - FLLW #5731). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1957. Perspective view for the Claremont Hotel Wedding Chapel. The first design for the wedding chapel was at ground level. It was abandoned when Wright learned that the chapel needed to be level with the second floor of the hotel. The promenade bridge extends over the entrance Porte Cochere. Text: "Wedding Chapel For Claremont Hotel. Berkeley, California. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." FLLW #5731.01. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.497. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.105.1219
1957
Claremont Hotel Wedding Chapel, Scheme 2, Berkeley, California, Elevation 1957 (Project 1957 - FLLW #5731). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1957. Elevation for the Claremont Hotel Wedding Chapel. The first design for the wedding chapel was at ground level. It was abandoned when Wright learned that the chapel needed to be level with the second floor of the hotel. The promenade bridge extends over the entrance Porte Cochere. A fountain can be seen below the chapel. Text: "Elevation. Wedding Chapel For Claremont Hotel. Berkeley, California. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." FLLW #5731.01. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.497. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.106.1219
1957
Claremont Hotel Wedding Chapel, Scheme 2, Berkeley, California, Floor Plan 1957 (Project 1957 - FLLW #5731). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1957. Floor plan for the Claremont Hotel Wedding Chapel. The first design for the wedding chapel was at ground level. It was abandoned when Wright learned that the chapel needed to be level with the second floor of the hotel. The promenade bridge extends over the entrance Porte Cochere. Text: "Floor Plan. Wedding Chapel For Claremont Hotel. Berkeley, California. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." FLLW #5731.01. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.497. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.107.1219
C 1957
Coonley Residence, Riverside, Illinois. Main Entrance. Circa 1957 (1907 - S.135 ). View of the main entrance. The main entrance is through the passageway. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "Arch. U.S.A. 20th cent. Frank Lloyd Wright. Res. Avery Coonley, Riverside, Ill. (1908). Detail, entr. Wayne Andrews #1973. Indiana University, Fine Arts Department." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the archives of the Indiana University. Original 9.5 x 7.5 B&W Photograph. 1205.114.0920
1957
Fiberthin Air House for U.S. Rubber Co. (1956 - Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation #5725). View of Miss Home Show in the Living Room of the Fiberthin Air House. Text on face: "New York, April 26 (1957) - Living Room of "Airhouse" - Mary Ann Fisher, who has been chosen as Miss Home Show for the International Home Exposition show at the coliseum May 4-12, relaxes in the living room of the inflatable plastic "airhouse" that will be displayed at the exposition. The structure, designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was previewed here yesterday. The "airbouse" is anchored to the ground by a sand-filled tube and is supported by air pressure alone." Fiberthin Air Houses were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the U. S. Rubber Company. Wright also designed Rubber Village, a complex of Air House variations in Mishawaka, Indiana. Walls were constructed of double panels which were inflated by an exterior air pump. Stamped on verso: "Plain Dealer News Library. May 3 - 1957." Similar photograph published in Domus, March 1966, p.18. Acquired from the archives of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1205.83.0917
1957
Fiberthin Air House Perspective Drawing for the U.S. Rubber Co. (1956 - Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation #5725). Aerial perspective of the Rubber Village. Fiberthin Air Houses were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the U. S. Rubber Company. Wright also designed Rubber Village, a complex of Air House variations in Mishawaka, Indiana. Walls were constructed of double panels which were inflated by an exterior air pump. "Rubber Village. Fiberthin Air House for U. S. Rubber Company. Mishawaka, Indiana. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Courtesy of the Avery Library and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 10 x 7 Color photograph. 1205.84.0917
1957
Fiberthin Air House Plot Plan Drawing for the U.S. Rubber Co. (1956 - Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation #5725). Plot plan for Rubber Village. Fiberthin Air Houses were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the U. S. Rubber Company. Wright also designed Rubber Village, a complex of Air House variations in Mishawaka, Indiana. Walls were constructed of double panels which were inflated by an exterior air pump. Four example were indicated on this plan. It appears that the domes came in three sizes, large, medium and small. 1) Top Left: Single large two-bedroom dome, includes Living /Dining Room, Workspace, Bath and Storage. 2) Top right: Double two-bedroom dome. Large dome included Living/Dining Room, Workspace, Bath, Storage and one bedroom. Second small dome consisted of one bedroom. 3) Bottom left: Triple three-bedroom dome. Large dome included Living/Dining Room, Workspace and Bath. Medium dome included two bedrooms, and the small dome consisted of one bedroom. 4) Bottom right: Quad four bedroom dome. Large dome included Living/Dining Room, Workspace, Bath and a centrally located fireplace. One medium dome included two bedrooms, and two smaller domes consisted of one bedroom each. "Fiberthin Air House for U. S. Rubber Company. Mishawaka, Indiana. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Courtesy of the Avery Library and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 10 x 7 Color photograph. 1205.85.0917
1957
Florida Southern College, Accepted Master Plan 1957. Northwest Campus, FSC, Lakeland, Florida. Drawn in August 1957, Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. McDonald and Johnson Avenues. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Original 10 x 6.25 B&W photograph. 1205.50.1113
Circa 1957
Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel (1938 - S251) Lakeland, Florida circa 1957. Viewed from the North. This was the first Wright building at Florida Southern College. The ground breaking ceremony was held on May 24, 1938. Dedicated or the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel was held on March 9, 1941. The Esplanades, covered walkways, can be seen in the foreground. Label pasted on verso: "Exterior, The Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Florida Southern College, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." Stamped on verso: Photograph by Paul Wille." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.51.0113
Circa 1957
Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel interior (1938 - S251) Lakeland, Florida, Circa 1957. Viewed from the interior. This was the first Wright building at Florida Southern College. The ground breaking ceremony was held on May 24, 1938. Dedicated or the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel was held on March 9, 1941. On October 19, 1944 Lakeland was struck by a hurricane with winds up to 75 mph. Part of the main structure of the Chapel collapsed, the huge skylights were shattered, and many of the seats in the auditorium were damaged. It took more than a year to repair the chapel. The original pulpit has been replaced as well as the original seating on the lower level. Benches on the lower level are in the general style of the seating used in the Danford Chapel and were constructed by students. This photograph published in "The Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright at Florida southern College", MacDonald, Galbraith and Rogers, p. 33. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.52.0113
Circa 1957
Florida Southern College, Administration Buildings. Emile E. Watson (1945 - S.255B), Benjamin Fine (1945 - S.255C) Circa 1957. The Administration Buildings, two separate buildings, joined by the Esplanades, were completed in 1948. The Esplanades can be seen on the far left. The cube shaped structure seen in the foreground, just to the left of the sidewalk, is a Sundial, donated by Florida Southern College's Class of 1957. Bernard Elmo Fulghum (1898-1972) was the contractor. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.53.0113
1957
Florida Southern College Music Building 3 (Project) 1957. Perspective. Circular Auditorium is on the left, practice and study rooms in the center, circular music, band and choir room on the right. Originally part of the 1938 master plan, the plans for the Music and Theater Building were designed in 1938. After starts and stops, and involvement by Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Music Building 3 was designed in 1957. It remained unbuilt. Text on face: "Music Building for Florida Southern College, Lakeland Florida. Frank Lloyd Wright architect." Dated 1957. See "Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly", Spring 2013 for more detail. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.56.0514
1957
Florida Southern College Music Building 3 (Project) 1957. Main floor plan. Circular Auditorium is on the left, practice and study rooms in the center, circular music, band and choir room on the right. Originally part of the 1938 master plan, the plans for the Music and Theater Building were designed in 1938. After starts and stops, and involvement by Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Music Building 3 was designed in 1957. It remained unbuilt. Text on face: "Main Floor Plan. Music Building for Florida Southern College, Lakeland Florida. Frank Lloyd Wright architect." Dated 1957. See "Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly", Spring 2013 for more detail. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.57.0514
1957
Francisco Terrace Apartments Circa 1957 (1895 - S.030). View of the entrance to the Francisco Terrace Apartments. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1895, demolished in 1974. It consisted of forty-four units (possibly forty-five). All apartments faced and were accessed from the inner garden courtyard except those facing the street. Instead of hallways, Wright designed each corner of the courtyard with a tower that enclosed stairs that opened to a wooden gallery which gave access to the second floor units. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright to 1910, Manson, 1958, p.82. 10 x 7 1205.137.0124
1957
Francisco Terrace Apartments Circa 1957 (1895 - S.030). View of the entrance to the Francisco Terrace Apartments. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1895, demolished in 1974. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Francisco Terrace Apartments. 4-2. Francisco Terrace Apartments. Ext. Detail of entrance arch. Chicago, IL, USA. 1895, 1971. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Published in Frank Lloyd Wright to 1910, Manson, 1958, p.82. Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 1205.113.0420
1957
Guggenheim Museum during construction 1956-57 (1956 - S.400). Set of 27 historic photographs. According to "The Guggenheim," 2009, Hilla Rebay first approached Frank Lloyd Wright in June 1943. He immediately began conceptual drawings, but it would take over two years to revise and approve final drawings. On September 20, 1945 the model of the Guggenheim Museum was unveiled. From October 22 - December 13, 1953, the Guggenheim hosted the exhibit "Sixty Years of Living Architecture." Wright designed, and Guggenheim built the Usonian Exhibition House on the site of the Guggenheim Museum. On May 4, 1956 Harry Guggenheim announced the beginning of construction, and Ground was finally broken on August 14, 1956. The Guggenheim Museum opened to the public on October 21, 1959, six months after Wright's death. This set of 27 images were taken in February and July (and possibly August) 1957 by Taliesin apprentice Samuel Matthews, who joined the Fellowship in January 1954. Original 5 x 3.5 B&W photograph. 7.2 x 10 B&W photograph. 1205.58.1014
1957
Guggenheim Museum during construction April-May 1957 (1956 - S.400). On May 4, 1956 Harry Guggenheim announced the beginning of construction on the Guggenheim Museum, and Ground was broken on August 14, 1956. The Guggenheim Museum opened to the public on October 21, 1959, six months after Wright's death. Foundation has been poured in the main Gallery section (foreground), and rebar is being set in place for pouring the main Gallery floor. In the background, foundation walls for the lower level are in progress (top left), while framework is being built to support the concrete ceiling that will cap the lower level (top right). 8 x 8.5 B&W photograph. 1205.59.1114
1957
Guggenheim Museum during construction June 1957 (1956 - S.400). On May 4, 1956 Harry Guggenheim announced the beginning of construction on the Guggenheim Museum, and Ground was broken on August 14, 1956. The Guggenheim Museum opened to the public on October 21, 1959, six months after Wright's death. Work progresses on the Museum. In the foreground, the ramp between the ground and first level is complete. Main Gallery floor is storing piles of wood. On the Northeast end of the complex the ceiling has been poured over the lower level, and the ground level forms for the walls of the Monitor Building are in place. It is interesting to note that the ceiling of the lower level on the far end is now supporting a crane. 8.75 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.60.1114
1957
Guggenheim Museum during construction June 1957 (1956 - S.400). On May 4, 1956 Harry Guggenheim announced the beginning of construction on the Guggenheim Museum, and Ground was broken on August 14, 1956. The Guggenheim Museum opened to the public on October 21, 1959, six months after Wright's death. In the foreground, the first level nears completion. The walls for the ground floor Cafe in the bottom right are complete. One the far end, the Monitor Building, the ceiling for the ground floor is also near completing. 8.75 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.61.1114
1957
Guggenheim Museum during construction June 1957 (1956 - S.400). On May 4, 1956 Harry Guggenheim announced the beginning of construction on the Guggenheim Museum, and Ground was broken on August 14, 1956. The Guggenheim Museum opened to the public on October 21, 1959, six months after Wright's death. Fifth Avenue is to the left, East 88th Street in the foreground, and East 89th Street is in the background. In the foreground, the first level nears completion. The walls for the ground floor Cafe in the bottom right are complete. One the far end, the Monitor Building, the ceiling for the ground floor is also near completing. Original 8 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.101.1019
1957
Guggenheim Museum during construction 1957 (1956 - S.400). Frank Lloyd Wright visits the Guggenheim Museum and tours construction site with William Short. Wright looking to the right of the camera. Caption glued to verso: "Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 88th St. and 5th Ave. Frank Lloyd Wright inspects construction of new museum - he is shown with architect representative William Short - George N. Cohen, President Euclid Construction C. and contract superintendent Charles W. Spero. 9/6/57." Clipping taped to verso: "Problem - Wright and his assistant talk things over. "Here for the first time," Wright declares, "you will see twentieth-century arts and architecture in their true relation." " Photographed by Sam Falk, The New York Times. 10 x 7.75 B&W photograph. 1205.63.0115
1957
Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1957 (1956 - S.400). Frank Lloyd Wright shows Guggenheim Museum plans to Charles Cohan. Label taped to verso: "September 6, 1957 - Charles S. Cohan, left, President of the Architects Display Building in Mountainside, New Jersey, gets a first-hand view of plans for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum from its designer, Frank Lloyd Wright. The eminent American architect was introduced by Mr. Cohan to an audience of architects and appliance manufacturers at the Mountainside Architects Display Building." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1205.130.0322
1957
Luxfer Prism Company Corporate Office Building Revised 1957 (Project) (FLLW #9509.001). Study for the front elevation of the Luxfer Prism Corporate Office Building, published in Frank Lloyd Wright A Testament, Wright,1957, p.30. Caption: "1897. This Luxfer Prism Facade in glass and concrete was designed for a Chicago office building. It has since appeared in many guises in any countries. A type of facade now fashionable." According to Dietrich Neumann, "Grant Carpenter Manson, one of Wright's collaborators, described how in 1957 he had to stop Wright from altering his 1897 drawing with eraser and pencil before it was photographed by Manson for his book, Frank Lloyd Wright to 1910." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, March 1995, p.32. When comparing the original drawing to this revised drawing, Wright lowered the roof like and removed the two towers, and added a border to the side elevation, front and top sides. Barely visible are the lines Wright erased to revise the illustration. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 7.5 x 10.5 B&W copy photograph. 1149.03.0720
1957
Marin County Civic Center (S.416-417 - 1957). Aaron Green (left) and Frank Lloyd Wright (right) as they board helicopter at the Clairmont Hotel, Berkeley, CA, April 27, 1957. "Aaron Green with Frank Lloyd Wright and Helicopter rented to fly to San Francesco airport after his lecture series at University of California, Berkeley, July 1957." Caption, An Architecture For Democracy, 1990, p.21. "In early July, Mr. Wright was scheduled for a series of lecturers at the University of California, Berkeley, and I was able to arrange the initial meeting (with the Marin County architect search committee) in conjuncture with that trip. The meeting was held in our San Francisco office with members of the search committee and the Marin Board of Supervisors..." Aaron Green, p.21. Published on page 21. In Frank Lloyd Wright and San Francisco, Paul Turner, 2016, "On April 27, Wright's last day in the Bay Area, He was scheduled to give a seminar for architects at the university of Berkeley. Aaron Green, making the arrangements for the visit, realized there wasn't enough time to get to the San Francisco airport following the seminar... After the seminar, Wright and Green returned to the Claremont, where reporters... Continue... 1205.75.0816
1957
Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael, California, Perspective 1957, FLLW #5746 (S.416-417 - 1957). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1957. Aerial Perspective for the Marin County Civic Center. Two long wings connect the hills that rise from the ground. One wing for the Administration and one for the Hall of Justice. They are circular on the ends, and are connected in the center with a circle. Text: "Marin County Government Center. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." FLLW #5746.01. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.506. Two original 10 x 8 B&W photographs. 1205.108.1219 (A & B)
1957
Marin County Civic Center Post Office, San Rafael, California, Plan and Elevation 1957, FLLW #5753 (S.415 - 1957). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1957. Plan and Elevation for the Marin County Civic Center Post Office. Although the building does not form a complete circle, The appearance is circular in design. Upper illustration: Plan. Lower illustration: Elevation. Text: "Plan. Elevation. Post Office Building for Marin County Government Center. San Rafael. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." FLLW #5753.02. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.512. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.109.1219
1957
Monona Terrace Model - September 21, 1957. Caption on face: "Madison, Wis., Sept. 21 - Law Blocks Frank Lloyd Wright Building - Gov. Thompson today signed a bill which prevents construction by the city of Madison of a four million dollar civic auditorium on Lake Monona. It prohibits construction of a building higher than 20 feet on the state-owned shoreline. The Wright building (one of several models shown above) would be 60 feet high. (AP Wire Photo) 1957." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. Acquired from the AP News archives. 1205.46.1011
1957
Monona Terrace Site - September 21, 1957. Proposed site for Monona Terrace, Madison Wisconsin, 1957. Clipping pasted to verso: "Proposed site for FLW Madison Project which was dealt blow Saturday. Cliff Hutchinson photo." Stamped on verso: "1957 Sep 21." Gov. Thompson signed a bill which prevented construction by the city of Madison of the four million dollar civic auditorium on Lake Monona. The law prohibited construction of any building higher than 20 feet on the state-owned shoreline. The proposed Wright designed building was 60 feet high. Photographed by Cliff Hutchinson. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.87.0917
1957
Isabel Roberts Residence 1957 (1908 - S.150). Isabel Roberts was Frank Lloyd Wright's secretary, bookkeeper and office manager in his Oak Park studio. View of the Dining Room wing from the West, the Dining Room is on the left, Living Room is on the right. Original 2" x 2" B&W negative, high res 21" x 21" digital image and 8x10 B&W photograph. 1205.70.0215 -1
1957
Isabel Roberts Residence 1957 (1908 - S.150). Isabel Roberts was Frank Lloyd Wright's secretary, bookkeeper and office manager in his Oak Park studio. Detail view of the Dining Room wing from the West, the Dining Room is on the left, the entrance is up the stairs in the foreground then to the right. Note the 1-foot ruler placed by the left hand mullion for scale. Original 2" x 2" B&W negative, high res 21" x 21" digital image and 8x10 B&W photograph. 1205.70.0215 -2
1957
Isabel Roberts Residence 1957 (1908 - S.150). Isabel Roberts was Frank Lloyd Wright's secretary, bookkeeper and office manager in his Oak Park studio. Viewed from the Southwest. The Living Room is on the left, screened Porch is on the right. Original 2" x 2" B&W negative, high res 21" x 21" digital image and 8x10 B&W photograph. 1205.70.0215 -3
1957
Isabel Roberts Residence 1957 (1908 - S.150). Isabel Roberts was Frank Lloyd Wright's secretary, bookkeeper and office manager in his Oak Park studio. Viewed from the West. The Living Room is on the left, screened Porch is to the right. Original 2" x 2" B&W negative, high res 21" x 21" digital image and 8x10 B&W photograph. 1205.70.0215 -4
1957
Frank Lloyd Wright at the Robie House (1906 - S.127) 1957. Clipping on verso: "A Couple of Pioneers. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright stands by Robie House in Chicago, March 18, during a visit to the structure which has been called "the cornerstone of modern architecture." The aging pioneer and a committee seek to preserve the architectural landmark. The Chicago Theological Seminary, owner of the building, plans to demolish the structure to make room for a new dormitory. The building stands at 58th street and South Woodlawn Avenue, on the south side. Associated Press Photo, From Chicago. 3/18/57." 10.5 x 8 Print, High Res image. From the archives of the Associated Press. 1205.39.0410
1957
Frank Lloyd Wright at the Robie House (1906 S.127) 1957. Frank Lloyd Wright visits the Robie house on March 18, 1957 to attempt to stop the demolition of the Robie House. The Chicago Theological Seminary, owner of the building, plans to demolish the structure to make room for a new dormitory. Associated Press Photo. 3/18/57. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. From the archives of the Associated Press. 1205.55.0614
1957
Frank Lloyd Wright at the Robie House (1906 S.127) 1957. Frank Lloyd Wright visits the Robie house on March 18, 1957 to attempt to stop the demolition of the Robie House. His arm is resting on the wall, he has a cane in his right hand. The Chicago Theological Seminary, owner of the building, plans to demolish the structure to make room for a new dormitory. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.129.1121
1957 
Robie House Photo #1 - March 1957 - This set of seven photos was taken during the time that the Robie House was nearly destroyed.  These were purchased along with five newspaper clipping about the same subject. 1205.08.0302
1957 
Robie House Photo #2 - March 1957 1205.09.0302
1957 
Robie House Photo #3 - March 1957 1205.10.0302
1957 
Robie House Photo #4 - March 1957 1205.11.0302
1957 
Robie House Photo #5 - March 1957 1205.12.0302
1957 
Robie House Photo #6 - March 1957 1205.13.0302
1957 
Robie House Photo #7 - March 1957 1205.14.0302
1957
Robie House, Chicago, Illinois, Circa 1957 (1906 - S.127). View of the Robie House from the Southwest. The house in the background on the far left was demolished in 1960-61. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. Text on sleeve: "Wright, Frank Lloyd (1869-1959). Frederick C. Robie House, front exterior. Chicago, Illinois. 1909. American Architecture." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount.
1205.115.0920 (1-2)
1957-58
Frank L. Smith Bank, Dwight, IL 1957-58 (1905 - S.111). View of the front elevation of the Frank L. Smith Bank. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905. Frank L. Smith was born there on November 24, 1867, and was chairman of the board of the First National Bank of Dwight, until his death on August 30, 1950. The lanterns on either side of the entryway have been removed. A neon sign in the lower right window reads: "Frank L. Smith Agency," and "Real Estate Insurance." Note: The reflections in the windows reveal automobiles from the mid fifties. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: : "West 20, US Arch. Wright. Dwight, Ill. 1st National Bank, 1906. Ext. Andrew Photo #2798." Photographed by Wayne Andrews. Original 8.75 x 8 B&W Photograph. 1205.112.0220
1957
Dr. Robert G. Walton House, Modesto, California, Perspective 1957, FLLW #5623 (1957 - S#421). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1957. Perspective for the Dr. Robert G. Walton Residence. Constructed of concrete blocks, the elongated plan with the bedrooms at one end of the house and the living space on the other end. Off the Living room and 90 degrees is an additional bedroom. Text: "House For Dr. And Mrs. R. G. Walton. Modesto, California. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." FLLW #5623.01. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.519. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.110.1219
1957
Dr. Robert G. Walton House, Modesto, California, Plan 1957, FLLW #5623 (1957 - S#421). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1957. Grand and floor plan for the Dr. Robert G. Walton Residence. Constructed of concrete blocks, the elongated plan with the bedrooms at one end of the house and the living space on the other end. Off the Living room and 90 degrees is an additional bedroom. Text: "House For Dr. And Mrs. R. G. Walton. Modesto, California. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Additional illustrations published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.519-520. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.111.1219
1957
1) Duey & Julia Wright Residence, Wausau, Wisconsin, Scheme 2, Plan 1957 (1956 - S.420) (FLLW #5831.04). Plot Plan for the Duey & Julia Wright Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1957. In 1955, Wright utilized design elements from the Gerald M. Loeb Residence for Scheme 1. Due to cost factors, it remained unbuilt. Scheme 2 turned the floor plan 90 degrees so that the circular living room projected out onto the hillside. The revised design was a modified L-shaped Usonian. Wright incorporated the circular living room with the rectangular bedroom wing. The Living space included the living room, dining area, workspace (kitchen) and library. The bedroom wing included four bedrooms and fourth baths. Because of the soil in the hillside, a full basement was added below the living room and library. Text: "House for Mr. And Mrs. Duey E. Wright, Wausau, Wisconsin. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. FLLW, July 57. Plot Plan. Sheet No. 1." 10 x 6.75 Color photograph. 1205.124.1221
1957
2) Duey & Julia Wright Residence, Wausau, Wisconsin, Scheme 2, Footings and Schematics 1957 (1956 - S.420) (FLLW #5831.05). Footings, Heating and Plumbing Schematics for the Duey & Julia Wright Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1957. In 1955, Wright utilized design elements from the Gerald M. Loeb Residence for Scheme 1. Due to cost factors, it remained unbuilt. Scheme 2 turned the floor plan 90 degrees so that the circular living room projected out onto the hillside. The revised design was a modified L-shaped Usonian. Wright incorporated the circular living room with the rectangular bedroom wing. The Living space included the living room, dining area, workspace (kitchen) and library. The bedroom wing included four bedrooms and fourth baths. Because of the soil in the hillside, a full basement was added below the living room and library. Text: "House for Mr. And Mrs. Duey E. Wright, Wausau, Wisconsin. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. FLLW, July 57. Footings, Heating & Plumbing. Sheet No. 2." 10 x 6.75 Color photograph. 1205.125.1221
1957
3) Duey & Julia Wright Residence, Wausau, Wisconsin, Scheme 2, General Plan 1957 (1956 - S.420). General Plan for the Duey & Julia Wright Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1957. In 1955, Wright utilized design elements from the Gerald M. Loeb Residence for Scheme 1. Due to cost factors, it remained unbuilt. Scheme 2 turned the floor plan 90 degrees so that the circular living room projected out onto the hillside. The revised design was a modified L-shaped Usonian. Wright incorporated the circular living room with the rectangular bedroom wing. The Living space included the living room, dining area, workspace (kitchen) and library. The bedroom wing included four bedrooms and fourth baths. Because of the soil in the hillside, a full basement was added below the living room and library. Test right: "Location of all walls, piers, etc. is determined by the unit system upon which the building is designed. Unless dimensioned otherwise, masonry walls are 8" thick and have one face on the unit (or half unit) line. Wood partitions center on the unit (or half unit)." "General Description. Masonry walls are standard 8" x 8" x 16" concrete blocks. Floors are 3" concrete, smooth trowel finish, raked on unit lines, integrally colored. Interior partitions are 3/8" plywood on both sides of 2" x 4" flatwise. Living room pitched ceiling is plywood & batten. All other ceilings are sand finish plaster. Pitched roof surfaces are wood shingles." Text: "House for Mr. And Mrs. Duey E. Wright, Wausau, Wisconsin. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. FLLW, July 57. General Plan. Sheet No. 3." 10 x 6.5 Color photograph. 1205.126.1221
1957
4) Duey & Julia Wright Residence, Wausau, Wisconsin, Scheme 2, Elevations 1957 (1956 - S.420) (FLLW #5831.04). Four elevations for the Duey & Julia Wright Residence, North. East. West. South. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1957. In 1955, Wright utilized design elements from the Gerald M. Loeb Residence for Scheme 1. Due to cost factors, it remained unbuilt. Scheme 2 turned the floor plan 90 degrees so that the circular living room projected out onto the hillside. The revised design was a modified L-shaped Usonian. Wright incorporated the circular living room with the rectangular bedroom wing. The Living space included the living room, dining area, workspace (kitchen) and library. The bedroom wing included four bedrooms and fourth baths. Because of the soil in the hillside, a full basement was added below the living room and library. Text: "North. East. West. South. House for Mr. And Mrs. Duey E. Wright, Wausau, Wisconsin. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. FLLW, July 57. Elevations. Sheet No. 4." 10 x 6.5 Color photograph. 1205.127.1221
1957
5) Duey & Julia Wright Residence, Wausau, Wisconsin, Scheme 2, Workspace 1957 (1956 - S.420) (FLLW #5831.04). Floor plan and elevations of the workspace for the Duey & Julia Wright Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1957. In 1955, Wright utilized design elements from the Gerald M. Loeb Residence for Scheme 1. Due to cost factors, it remained unbuilt. Scheme 2 turned the floor plan 90 degrees so that the circular living room projected out onto the hillside. The revised design was a modified L-shaped Usonian. Wright incorporated the circular living room with the rectangular bedroom wing. The Living space included the living room, dining area, workspace (kitchen) and library. The bedroom wing included four bedrooms and fourth baths. Because of the soil in the hillside, a full basement was added below the living room and library. Text: "House for Mr. And Mrs. Duey E. Wright, Wausau, Wisconsin. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. FLLW, July 57. Workspace. Sheet No. 8." 10 x 6.5 Color photograph. 1205.128.1221
1957
Wright at 89, 1957. Frank Lloyd Wright wearing a black suit coat and tie, facing to the right. He is in front of a drawing of his proposal for the Arizona State Capital which he titled "Pro Bono Publico - The Oasis", dated February 17, 1957. Most likely photographed at the April 5, 1957 presentation. Stamped on verso: Dec 15, 1957. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.44.0811
1957
Wright at 89 (1957). Wright wearing a gray suit, white shirt and a neckerchief tie. He is facing to the right, laughing. His left hand is on his chin. Stamped on verso: "Apr 12 1957. Ray Matjasic, Staff Phonograph, Cleveland Plain Dealer." Acquired from the archives of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Original 7 x 9 B&W photograph. 1205.76.0417
1957 
Wright at 89 (1957). Frank Lloyd Wright holds news conference at Taliesin West, circa 1957. Wright is dressed in a suit, with a scarf around his neck. He is directing one of the newsmen, pointing with his left hand. There is a grand piano in the background. Hand written on verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright discusses how he things T.V. Show should be." Stamped on verso: "Howard Dewald, Phoenix Arizona. Neg. No. 1." Label pasted to verso: "Globe Photos, 275 7th Ave., N.Y., N.Y. 10001." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1205.74.0416
1957
Wright at 89 (1957). Frank Lloyd Wright holds news conference at Taliesin West, circa 1957. Wright is dressed in a dark suit, vest, tie and overcoat. He has a cane in his right hand and is holding it straight up in the air. He is standing behind the Memorial to Svet, William Wesley Peters' first wife. In 1946 when Peters' son Brandoch was four years old, Svetlana and son Daniel, were killed in an automobile accident at Taliesin. Wright designed this memorial to Svet, located on the Sunset Terrace at Taliesin West. The triangle shape, originally of redwood, supports three plowshare discs. Looking South into the dessert, which within a few decades would be fully developed. The triangle swimming pool is to the right. Stamped on verso: "Howard Dewald, Phoenix Arizona. Neg. No. 7." Label pasted to verso: "Globe Photos, 275 7th Ave., N.Y., N.Y. 10001." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1205.72.0116
1957
Wright at 89 (1957). Frank Lloyd Wright holds news conference at Taliesin West, circa 1957. Wright being filmed walking on the Sunset Terrace toward the Breezeway. Wright is dressed in a dark suit, vest and tie. White handkerchief in his breast pocket. He is walking toward the left. Camera man is in the jeep to the left. Stamped on verso: "Howard Dewald, Phoenix Arizona. Neg. No. 11." "Globe Photos, 275 7th Ave., N.Y., N.Y. 10001." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1205.73.0116
1957
Wright at 89 (1957). Frank Lloyd Wright holds news conference at Taliesin West, circa 1957. Wright is dressed in a dark suit, vest and tie. White handkerchief in his breast pocket. He has a cane in his right hand, and is walking toward the left of the camera. Drafting boards are on the left and the right, and the drafting room at Taliesin West can be seen in the background. Behind Wright is a TV camera for NBC Phoenix affiliate KVAR. Channel 12 was changed to KVAR in 1955, then changed again in 1959 to KTAR-TV. One of the TV crew members is holding a sign that reads "But it Takes Boldness." Stamped on verso: "Howard Dewald, Phoenix Arizona. Neg. No. 15." "Gilloon Agency, 570 Fifth Avenue, New York 36, N. Y." "Globe Photos, 275 7th Ave., N.Y., N.Y. 10001." (Possibly related to 1205.44?) Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1205.69.1015
1957 
Frank Lloyd Wright at 90 (AP wirephoto)  (June 8, 1957).  Caption reads: "Spring Green, Wis., June 8  -  Wright Celebrates 88th Birthday, Frank Lloyd Wright, the world famous architect, posed with his wife, Olgivanna (right), and his daughter Iovanna, at his 88th birthday celebration here tonight.  Over 125 guests toasted Wright as he spoke of his commission from King Faisal of Iraq to design and plan a cultural center on a Tigris River island in Bagdad.  He called the commission a wonderful present."  This photo is also published in the Saturday Evening  Post, 2/4/61, Pg 38. 1957.00.0500
1957
Wright at 90 (1957). Spring Green honors Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright is holding a card in his hands. His is looking to the left of the camera, standing next to the mayor of Spring Green Wisconsin. There is a pen in his right hand, a pair of glasses in his left. Caption printed on the face: "Spring Green, Wis., June 29 (1957) - Town honors Frank Lloyd Wright - Spring Green marking centennial, pain tribute today to Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who has summer home and studio nearby. Wright, at left, is with Spring Green Mayor Archie Fleming. (AP Wire-..." Stamped on verso: "Jul 1 1957." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1205.93.0619
1957
Frank Lloyd Wright at 90.  Photographed in 1957 by Edgar L. Obma.  Published on the cover of "Frank Lloyd Wright Decorative Designs Collection" Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation 1988.  Similar view in "The Master Architect, Conversations with Frank Lloyd Wright" Meehan 1984, Pg 313. (See Obma Article.) Verso second photograph: Stamped Dec 9, 1986, (written) 3C, and stamped Feb 26, 1994, (written) D27. Two original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1205.26.0507 1205.35.1209
1957
Frank Lloyd Wright at 90. Photographed in 1957 by Edgar L. Obma. Frank Lloyd Wright is at his desk, his elbow is resting on the arm of the chair. He has a pencil in his right hand. He is looking just to the right of the camera. Published on the cover of "Frank Lloyd Wright Decorative Designs Collection" Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation 1988. Similar view in "The Master Architect, Conversations with Frank Lloyd Wright" Meehan 1984, Pg 313. Typed on verso: "Wright, Frank Lloyd. (Architect)." Two clippings pasted to verso. Stamped on verso: "Sep 8 1989," and "Sep 14 1993." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1205.99.0819
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Wright at 90 (1957). Wright is standing behind a podium at Taliesin, arms outstretched. There is a stack of notes on the podium, and prints atop a book shelf in the background. He was working on the Baghdad project at the time. He was photographed for an article in "Look Magazine" entitled "A visit with Frank Lloyd Wright", published on September 17, 1957. This photograph is on pages 32-33. Photographed by Michael A. Vaccaro on July 5, 1957. Stamped on verso: "(C) Michael A. Vaccaro. Frank Lloyd Wright, 1957. Heller Gallery (New York)." Original 9.75 x 8 B&W print. 1205.40.0510
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Wright at 90. Wright stands behind a podium at Taliesin, he is gesturing with his left hand, pointing out and up. There is a stack of notes on the podium, prints atop a book shelf in the background. He was working on the Baghdad project at the time. It was photographed for an article in "Look Magazine" entitled "A visit with Frank Lloyd Wright", published on September 17, 1957. Photographed by Michael A. Vaccaro on July 5, 1957. Similar image is on page 32. 7 x 4.9 print, High res digital image. 1205.30.0609
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Wright at 90 (1957). Frank Lloyd Wright, San Rafael, California, August 2, 1957 (Marin County Civic Center, 1957 - S.415-417). Wright most likely on the grounds of the Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael, California. He is looking above the camera to the left, pointing in the same direction with his cane. Caption printed on verso, "International News Soundphoto - (8/2/57) - San Rafael, Calif... Waving his cane in anger, Frank Lloyd Wright, distinguished architect, is shown leaving Marin Board of Supervisors meeting after accusations that he was politically inclined towards communism, a charge he vehemently denies... San Francisco Examiner. Photo by George Wheeler." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1205.68.0815
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Wright at 90 (Circa 1957). Frank Lloyd Wright is looking off to the right, past the camera. He is wearing a dark suite, dark tie and hat and appears to be in the middle of a conversation. Numerous clippings taped to the verso stamped from 1985 to 1992. Clipping stamped "May 31 1992," "Happy Birthday. The 125th birthday anniversary of famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright will be celebrated in his hometown with events including a highway dedication, special stamp cancellation, tours and entertainment." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.95.0719
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Wright at 90. Family portrait at Taliesin. Wright is seated looking to the left. Olgivanna is in the center, her head is turned to the right, but looking at the camera. Iovanna is on the floor seated on the left, looking directly into the camera. Verso: "For release: Monday A.M.'s, September 2, 1957. New York Bureau. Family Man. Madison, Wisc.: Posing for his first family portrait, world renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright is the picture of patriarchal dignity in his home near Madison, WI. Wright, one of the pioneers in the development of modern architecture, is shown with his wife, Olgivanna, and daughter Iovanna (left), youngest of his eight children. He posed for the portrait for an article appearing in the new issue of Look Magazine. (This picture is released for publication in United States and Canadian newspapers for a period of two weeks and is subject to mandatory credit to Look Magazine). Credit (Look Magazine photo from United Press) 8/30/57. For release: Monday A.M.'s, September 2, 1957." Stamped Sep 3, 1957. It was photographed for an article in "Look Magazine" entitled "A visit with Frank Lloyd Wright"", published on September 17, 1957. Photographed by Michael A. Vaccaro around July 5, 1957. Published on page 30. (See S#1205.30) 7.7 x 10 print, High res digital image. 1205.31.0609
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Wright at 90 (1957). Family portrait at Taliesin. Wright is seated looking to the left. Olgivanna is in the center, her head is turned to the right, but looking at the camera. Iovanna is on the floor seated on the left, looking directly into the camera. Label pasted to verso: "First Family Portrayed. Frank Lloyd Wright, (and family) the worlds most famous architect, agreed to pose for his first family portrait for an article in the new issue of Look Magazine, but he warned "You will be surprised how little these pictures will actually show." He is with his wife, Olgivanna, and their daughter Iovanna, youngest of his eight children." Stamped on verso: "Aug 31, 1957." also: "Look Magazine. Division of Cowles Magazines, Inc. New York." Clipping pasted to verso: "Olgivanna (center) posed with Wright and their youngest daughter, Iovanna, for Look magazine in 1957." Stamped on clipping: "Mar 1 - 1985." Photographed for an article in "Look Magazine" entitled "A visit with Frank Lloyd Wright"", published on September 17, 1957. Photographed by Michael A. Vaccaro around July 5, 1957. Published on page 30. (See S#1205.30) 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1205.88.0218
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Wright at 90 (1957). Mr. & Mrs. Wright meeting with Anne Baxter (left) and Charlton Heston (to the right of Anne) at Taliesin West. Anne Baxter was Wright's grand daughter and an actress. In 1956 Baxter stared as Nefretiri the Egyptian queen, opposite Charlton Heston and Yul Brenner in "The Ten Commandments". Baxter and Heston acted together again in "Three Violent People". It was released in late 1956 and early 1957. Set in the American West after the Civil War, Charlton Heston was an ex-Confederate officer Colt Saunders who returns to the family ranch with his new bride Lorna Hunter (Anne Baxter) and faces problems from carpetbaggers and his jealous brother, and a secret from Baxter's past. One the verso, is hand written "Press Interview". The gentleman between Heston and Wright is wearing a badge (star) that reads "Sheriff Posse". This would indicate the press interview was for "Three Violent People". Stamped "From the Jimmy Starr Collection". Jimmy Starr (1904 - 1990) was an American screenwriter and columnist. Starr worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood during the 1930s. During the 1940s he worked as a film writer and columnist, providing reviews and insights into the film world. After retirement from the Hollywood scene, Starr moved to Phoenix, Arizona. (Note: Also in 1957 Wright designed...  Continue... 1205.32.0709
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Wright at 90 (1957). Wright meeting Charlton Heston and his grand daughter Anne Baxter (center) possibly at Taliesin West. In 1956 Baxter stared as Nefretiri the Egyptian queen, opposite Charlton Heston and Yul Brenner in "The Ten Commandments". Baxter and Heston acted together again in "Three Violent People". It was released in late 1956 and early 1957. Set in the American West after the Civil War, Charlton Heston was an ex-Confederate officer Colt Saunders who returns to the family ranch with his new bride Lorna Hunter (Anne Baxter) and faces problems from carpetbaggers and his jealous brother, and a secret from Baxter's past. Heston and Baxter held a press conference at Taliesin (1205.32) and this could possibly been in the evening, as Wright was fond of entertaining guests. Wright is wearing the same suite jacket and scarf. 5 x 6.25 print, High res digital image. 1205.33.0709
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Wright at 90 (Circa 1957). Mr. & Mrs. Wright are holding hands as they arrive at Taliesin. He is holding a cane and looking at the camera. She is looking at him. The Wisconsin hillside can be seen in the background. 8 x 10 print, High res digital image. 1205.34.0709
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Wright at 89 (1957). Frank Lloyd Wright in the Courtyard at Taliesin Spring Green. Wright is wearing a dark suite and white hat, and facing to the right. He appears to be speaking to a small group of visitors. His Bedroom is to the right, the fireplace mass for his bedroom fireplace is behind him is on the left. Clipping pasted to verso: "When Spring Green paid homage to its most famous resident recently, it was a wonderful opportunity for the curious and the sincerely interested to visit Taliesin, the home of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Thousands took advantage of the chance to tour the home and grounds which spreads over many acres in Sauk county. In doing so, they had a chance to see firsthand examples of Wright's "organic architecture." The present villa at Taliesin is the successor to others which were damaged or destroyed by fires. It is a magnificent rambling structure of stone and wood, built on a foundation of gravel or rather than concrete. As visitors found, it has eye appeal as well as fame." Caption: "Architect Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin." Stamped on clipping: "Fr July 12 1957." There are also clippings stamped "1974, 1979, 1986." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.94.0619
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Taliesin, Spring Green, Sculptured Bust of Frank Lloyd Wright 1957 (Taliesin III 1925 - S.218). Bust of Wright setting in the Garden Court at Taliesin, Spring Green. Text hand written on verso: "Head of Frank Lloyd Wright on grounds of Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisc. Stamped on verso: "Jul 16 1957." Possibly photographed during the open house at Taliesin, on July 12, 1957 (S#1205.94). During a visit to Taliesin in 2016, it was seen in the Living Room at Taliesin (ST# 2016.26.0218 -86). Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1205.97.0719
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Taliesin, Spring Green, Frank Lloyd Wright's Study 1957 (Taliesin III 1925 - S.218). Visitors quizzically study items on Wright's desk. On July 12, when Spring Green paid homage to its most famous resident, Frank Lloyd Wright opened Taliesin to visitors. Thousands took advantage of the chance to tour the home and grounds of Taliesin. Wright's Studio was the only room that allowed visitors. Text hand written on verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright - Homes of." Clipping pasted to verso: "Here is Wright's desk in his study, the only room in the main villa in which visitors were allowed. Stone forms what room walls there are." Stamped on clipping: "Fr Jul 12 1957." Original 8.5 x 11 B&W photograph. 1205.98.0819
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Wright at 89 (1957). Family portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, Olgivanna and Iovanna at Taliesin, Spring Green. Wright is wearing a suite, and looking to the right. Clipping pasted to verso: "Wright posed for the formal portrait with his wife, Olgivanna, and daughter, Iovanna. His wife, a Montenegrin, was a dancer. Wright married her after a lengthy leagal battle with an earlier spouse, Miriam Noel Wright. Their daughter plays the harp." Stamped on clipping: "Fr July 12 1957." There are also clippings stamped "1959, 1960." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.96.0719
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Taliesin, Spring Green Loggia 1957 (Taliesin III 1925 - S.218). View of the Loggia Room. To the left is a Wright designed Usonian "coffee table," seen in many of Wright's Usonian homes. One sits in the same spot today. Three Wright designed barrel chairs are in the center and to the right. Clipping pasted to verso: "This is the living room of Wright's quarters. For many years owners of Wright designed homes had difficulty obtaining furniture that would fit in with his designs. Ultimately, he designed his own furniture, which was introduced with great fanfare a few years ago." (Most likely referring to Heritage Henredon.) Stamped on clipping: "Jul 12 1957." Clipping pasted to verso: "A view of the living room of Frank Lloyd Wright's quarters at Taliesin East at Spring Green, Wisc." Stamped on clipping: "Su Jan 10 1988." Hand written on verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright - Homes of." Original 11 x 8 B&W photograph. 1205.92.0319
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Frank Lloyd Wright in Drafting Room, Taliesin, Spring Green, 1957. Photographed by Al Krescanko (1927-2005), staff photographer for S. C. Johnson. "At the time he took the pictures of Wright touring the Administration Building and in his drafting room at Taliesin, Krescanko didn't think of Wright as much more than just one in a long line of famous people he photographed during his career at SC Johnson. "It didn't faze me because I'd photographed some other architects who were big and famous. My job was a lot of celebrities," Krescanko recalls." From an article by Mark Hertzberg, Journal Times, December 2, 2002. Wright in Drafting Room, Taliesin, Spring Green. Wright is facing to the right, studying drawings in front of him. Reproduction of a print signed: "FLLW / 57." Published in "Apprentice to Genious," Tafel, 1978, p.170. Original 11 x 14 B&W photograph.  1205.133.0922
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Frank Lloyd Wright in Drafting Room, Taliesin, Spring Green, 1957. Photographed by Al Krescanko (1927-2005), staff photographer for S. C. Johnson. "At the time he took the pictures of Wright touring the Administration Building and in his drafting room at Taliesin, Krescanko didn't think of Wright as much more than just one in a long line of famous people he photographed during his career at SC Johnson. "It didn't faze me because I'd photographed some other architects who were big and famous. My job was a lot of celebrities," Krescanko recalls." From an article by Mark Hertzberg, Journal Times, December 2, 2002. Wright in Drafting Room, Taliesin, Spring Green. Wright is facing to the right, studying drawings in front of him. Reproduction of a print signed: "FLLW / 57." Published in "Apprentice to Genious," Tafel, 1978, p.170. This photograph includes a copy of a letter from Eugene Masselink to Al Krescanko. Original 11 x 14 B&W photograph. 1205.80.0817
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Frank Lloyd Wright in Drafting Room, Taliesin, Spring Green, 1957. Photographed by Al Krescanko (1927-2005), staff photographer for S. C. Johnson. "At the time he took the pictures of Wright touring the Administration Building and in his drafting room at Taliesin, Krescanko didn't think of Wright as much more than just one in a long line of famous people he photographed during his career at SC Johnson. "It didn't faze me because I'd photographed some other architects who were big and famous. My job was a lot of celebrities," Krescanko recalls." From an article by Mark Hertzberg, Journal Times, December 2, 2002. Wright in Drafting Room, Taliesin, Spring Green. Wright is facing to the right, leaning on his left arm, studying drawings in front of him. In the background on the wall is a drawing of The Gordon Strong Automobile Objective (project) and March Balloons. In the foreground are tubes from the S. C. Johnson Headquarters. Al Krescanko was the staff photographer for S. C. Johnson. Photographed at the same time as S.1205.80. Reproduction of a print signed: "FLLW / 57." Original 11 x 14 B&W photograph. 1205.134.0922
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Wright at 90 (1957). Wright interviewed at WTTW, Mile High drawing behind him. Clipping on verso: (Stamped Oct 25, 1957) "This "spectacular" will feature a conversation between Frank Lloyd Wright and Carl Sandburg and a story of modern architecture as told by George Edson Danforth. Alistair "Omnibus" Cooke will be host and emcee on the program. Live on WTTW..." This was photographed before the "live" interview on October 29, 1957. Possibly an earlier interview at WTTW in 1956 or 1957, or a few days before the October 29th interview in preparation for, or for the promotion of the live interview. On October 29, 1957, Wright and Carl Sandburg were interviewed by Alistair Cooke for the program "Chicago Dynamic", which was broadcast on WTTW Chicago. For the complete interview see The Master Architect, Meehan, 1984, pages 254-270. Illustration of Mile High Building in background. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Sun Times. Original 8 x 10 B&W print. Two copies. 1205.36.0310 1205.43.0811
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Wright at 90 (1957). October 29, 1957, Chicago, IL. Two of the country's most distinguished citizens, architect Frank Lloyd Wright (left) and poet Carl Sandburg, pose after appearing on a television forum for the first time together. They talked about modern architecture with Alistair Cooke on "Omnibus." On October 29, 1957,