Exterior and interior views of house; views of horses and stable. Pieces from Vidor's art collection can be seen in many of the interior photographs. Negatives previously rehoused. See also Wallace Neff Architectural Collection; photCL 211 for photographs of Neff's work; and photCL 450 for Neff's family albums and one album featuring his architectural work. Research shows photos were taken in Spring/Summer 1940 and Summer/Fall 1942. Image (017) of the living room with painting over fireplace was taken in 1942. It's possible the other photos of artwork were also taken in 1942. (source: S. Watters, 2010). Architecture of Southern California : A Selection of Photographs, Plans, and Scale Details from the Work of Wallace Neff (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1964, 2nd printing 1966), 40–41. Wallace Neff, Jr. and Alson Clark, David Gebhard, foreword to Wallace Neff, Architect of California's Golden Age (Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1986), 138–139. "Exercise No. 2 for Developing Architectural Taste: Scale," House Beautiful, January 1945, 70–71.
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Number of items: 28 ; Black-and-white negatives (28)
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