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Better Homes and Gardens Five Star Home No. 2004 ["Ranch House for a City Lot"; "Pricesetter House"]

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Title: Better Homes and Gardens Five Star Home No. 2004 ["Ranch House for a City Lot"; "Pricesetter House"]
Creator: Parker, Maynard L., 1900-1976
Contributor: May, Cliff, Architect
Church, Thomas Dolliver, Landscape Architect
Binckley, Elena, Interior Designer
Choate, Chris, 1908-1981, architect
Barker Bros., client
Date Created and/or Issued: 1949
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs, and other material
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Exterior and interior views of ranch house.
Better Homes and Gardens says "Color schemes by William Manker" and "Furnished by Barker Bros." Elena Binckley worked for Barker Bros. Chris Choate is cited as "co-designer." Also see project 1410, this home furnished with Paul Frankl furnishings.
"Ranch House For A City Lot," in Western Ranch Houses by Cliff May, (Menlo Park, Ca: Lane Pub.Co., 1959), (Santa Monica, Ca: Hennessey & Ingalls, 1997), 92–99. Pictorial California 25, no. 3, Summer 1950, 20–21. John Normile, "Simplified Construction Keeps Costs Low," Better Homes and Gardens, April 1950, cover, 43–47, 318, 319. Image of dining area: "Model Home Opening Today Shows Indoor–Outdoor Living," Los Angeles Times, January 29, 1950, E2.
Type: image
Extent: Number of items: 28 ; Black-and-white negatives (27) ; Color transparencies (1)
Identifier: photCL MLP 0752
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll5/id/7852
Language: English
Subject: Architecture, Domestic--Photographs
Architecture, Modern--20th century--Photographs
Architecture--Details--Photographs
Outdoor living spaces--Photographs
Landscape architecture--Photographs
Dining rooms--Photographs
Living rooms--Photographs
Parking facilities--Photographs
Storage in the home--Photographs
Kitchens--Photographs
Bedrooms--Photographs
Place: Los Angeles, Calif.
Source: Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs, and other material
Maynard L. Parker Negatives, Huntington Digital Library

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