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Title
The Post War House built by Fritz B. Burns Research Division, home interior of 1948, entertainment area
Creator
Becket, Welton
Wurdeman, Walter
Eckbo, Garrett
Burns, Fritz B
Dick Whittington Studio
Date Created and/or Issued
1948
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
"Dick" Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987
Rights Information
Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
For uses other than private, contact USC Libraries Special Collections at the e-mail given
USC Libraries Special Collections
specol@usc.edu
Description
The Post War House built by Fritz B. Burns Research Division, home interior of 1948, entertainment area of 1948.
Streetscape. Horizontal photography. The Post War House was a collaboration between Fritz Burns, and the architects Walter Wurdeman and Welton Becket. The landscaping for this project was designed by Garrett Eckbo. In 1951 the building was redesigned as The House of Tomorrow. The structure is still around (as of July 2014), although considerably altered, on its original location at 4950 Wilshire Boulevard, SE corner with Highland Avenue.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
whit-m533
DW-61-204-5-ISLA
http://doi.org/10.25549/whit-m533
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/DW-61-204-5-ISLA.jpg
Subject
The Post War House
Time Period
1948
Place
34.061742,-118.337862
4950 Wilshire Boulevard
California
California, Southern
Los Angeles
USA
Source
DW-61-204-5 [Call Number]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
isla id: S-817; isla id: 709 [Identifying Number]
Relation
Dick" Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987
whit-m1

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