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[House Beautiful staff, locations and set-up]

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Description: Miscellaneous snapshots of House Beautiful staff members posing or at work on shoots. House Beautiful staff member Frances Heard appears most often. Also includes an image of Robert and Virginia Stanton, Frances Heard, Cliff and Jean May, and others at the Stanton residence in Carmel–by–the–Sea. Includes one shot of pool at Dewey Donnell residence.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: [circa 1953]
Call number: photCL MLP 4111
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Candid and casual images of House Beautiful staff and possibly home owners doing recreational activities or setting up for photo shoots. Includes candid images taken at the Graf residence (see project 1359), the Ruskin residence (see project 1390), and Taliesin West. Also includes an exterior shot of Price Tower.
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