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Jennifer A. Watts
Curator of Photographs
The Huntington Library
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New online photography archive chronicles the height of suburban living
The archive of noted architectural photographer Maynard L. Parker, who captured midcentury modern architecture on the West Coast and the nation, is now cataloged and accessible online through The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. The archive consists of some 58,000 photographs, negatives, and other materials documenting the modern home and garden in mid-20th-century America. The project was funded by a "We the People" grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Parker (1901-1976) was a Los Angeles-based photographer whose work captured a postwar era of suburban middle class homes that celebrated an indoor-outdoor lifestyle and burgeoning consumer culture. From the late 1930s to the early 1970s, his images were featured in many of the nation's top shelter magazines, including House Beautiful, Architectural Digest, Better Homes & Gardens, and Sunset.
To learn more about the collection, search the catalog, and order images, visit www.huntington.org<http://www.huntington.org> and enter the key words "Maynard Parker." Users can also access a finding aid that provides a complete inventory of Parker's photographic assignments as well as in-depth information about the archive. About 6,000 of the photographer's images have been uploaded to the database thus far; additional images will be continually added.
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Jennifer A. Watts
Curator of Photographs
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