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Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Designed by John Lautner in 1960, the Modernist octagonal house at 7776 Torreyson Drive is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. Photograph caption dated August 17, 1964 reads, "It's a house! - Octangle-shaped home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Malin is situated on a virtually inaccessible lot on Torreyson Drive above Mulholland Drive."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Chemosphere (Los Angeles, Calif.) Dwellings--California--Los Angeles Modern movement (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Mountains--California, Southern Hollywood Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Mount Olympus (Los Angeles, Calif.) Santa Monica Mountains (Calif.) Panoramic views Valley Times Collection photographs Lautner, John,1911-1994
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