Press Kit Archive of Midcentury Modern Architecture Photographer Maynard L. Parker Goes Online
The important collection of some 58,000 photographs and other materials is now organized, preserved, and widely accessible
The archive of noted architectural photographer Maynard L. Parker is now accessible online after a two-year project at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. The Maynard L. Parker collection, donated to The Huntington in 1996, consists of some 58,000 photographs, negatives, and other materials documenting the work of architects, interior designers, landscape architects, artists, builders, real estate developers, and clients associated with these fields. Parker focused much of his attention on the modern home and garden in mid-20th-century America.
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| Maynard L. Parker, Cecil J. Birtcher residence, Los Angeles, California, 1945. Harwell Hamilton Harris, architect; Kem Weber, furniture designer. Digital file from a color transparency. Collection: The Huntington | | Blacker | Maynard L. Parker, Robert Blacker residence, Pasadena, California, undated. Greene & Greene, architects. Digital file from a black-and-white negative. Collection: The Huntington | | Kuhn-Meyer | Maynard L. Parker, Charles Kuhn and Ernest Meyer residence, Aptos, California, 1949. Thomas Dolliver Church, landscape architect. Digital file from a color transparency. Collection: The Huntington | Eichler pool
| Maynard L. Parker, Eichler house swimming pool, Palo Alto, California, undated. Anshen & Allen, architects. Digital file from a black-and-white negative. Collection: The Huntington | | Moss | Maynard L. Parker, Mr. & Mrs. Jack Moss residence, Los Angeles, California, 1945. Jack Moss, interior designer. Digital file from a color transparency. Collection: The Huntington | MParker shoot
| [Photographer unknown] Maynard L. Parker, Frances Heard, and unidentified man at House Beautiful photo shoot, undated. Digital file from a black-and-white negative. Collection: The Huntington | PWilliams
| Maynard L. Parker, Aaron Lillien residence, Los Angeles, California, 1946. Paul R. Williams, architect; Shellenberger Interiors, interior design. Digital file from a black-and-white negative. Collection: The Huntington | | PaceSetter | Maynard L. Parker, Pace Setter House of 1948, Los Angeles, California, ca. 1948. Cliff May, architect; Edward J. Wormley, furniture designer; Douglas Baylis, landscape architect. Digital file from a black-and-white negative. Collection: The Huntington |
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