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Series C: Photographic Materials, ca. 1910-1982, undated

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Series Abstract

178 photographic prints (57 snapshots, 32 photo postcards, 34 proofs, and 55 black and white prints), and 8 4 X 5" black and white copy negatives.

The photographs represent architectural works in the Chicago area designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and William E. Drummond for Avery and Queene Ferry Coonley. Works represented in the collection are: Avery Coonley House (1906-09), Avery Coonley Gardener's Cottage (1911) and Coonley Playhouse (1912) by Frank Lloyd Wright; Thorncroft (1911), and the Brookfield Kindergarten (1911), by William E. Drummond; and the Teacher's Cottage (1913) by Guenzel and Drummond. Included are photographic proofs ca. 1910-1920, many by Henry Fuermann & Sons, Chicago, Illinois. Photographs document the original exteriors of all these buildings, as well as interior views of all but the Teacher's Cottage. Color snapshots, ca. 1980, depict renovations to the Avery Coonley House Stables exterior, and to the Playhouse's exterior and interiors.

Repository Details

Part of the Alexander Architectural Archives Repository

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