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Photo, Print, Drawing Photographs of Herman Miller showroom, 8806 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

About this Item

Title

  • Photographs of Herman Miller showroom, 8806 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

Summary

  • Photographs created and used to document showroom designed for Herman Miller, Inc. Photographs show interior spaces, exterior, and furniture; everyday objects (bottles, kites, starfish, and tumbleweeds, etc.) used as elements of interior design; a few design drawings for showroom interior. Some photographs focus on advertising campaigns for Herman Miller, including graphic panels for in-store advertising; a hanging polyhedron graphic display; molded plywood chair campaign layouts; images of furniture used in advertisements and graphics; graphic panels for "4-Room Display" of home furniture for Herman Miller at the Macy's department store in Chicago, Illinois, and the Herman Miller showroom in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Also includes images of Eames Office staff at work.

Names

  • Office of Charles and Ray Eames, designer
  • Office of Charles and Ray Eames, photographer
  • Herman Miller, Inc.

Created / Published

  • 1949-1955.

Headings

  • -  Office of Charles and Ray Eames--People--1940-1960
  • -  Herman Miller, Inc.--Buildings--1940-1960
  • -  Herman Miller, Inc.--Exhibitions & displays--1940-1960
  • -  Interior design--1940-1960
  • -  Showrooms--California--Los Angeles--1940-1960
  • -  Furniture industry--California--Los Angeles--1940-1960
  • -  Furnishings--1940-1960
  • -  Eames furniture--1940-1960
  • -  Eames chairs--1940-1960
  • -  Graphic design--1940-1960
  • -  Advertisements--1940-1960

Format Headings

  • Gelatin silver prints--1940-1960.

Genre

  • Gelatin silver prints--1940-1960

Notes

  • -  Arrangement: Organized into eight LOT subdivisions.
  • -  Finding aid available in Prints and Photographs Reading Room.
  • -  LOT title devised; few photographs have individual captions.
  • -  Eames office inventory location: Drawer 03.A.04.
  • -  Corresponding negatives in series LC-E12, LC-E17, and LC-E22.
  • -  Most of these photographs were taken by Charles Eames, Ray Eames, or other Eames Office staff members, including Jay Conner.
  • -  Some project information from Neuhart's Eames design: the work of the office of Charles and Ray Eames, 1989.
  • -  Some images published in: Furniture show room, Arts & Architecture, v. 66 (Oct. 1949), p. 26-29.
  • -  Forms part of the collection known as the "Work of Charles and Ray Eames."
  • -  Gift; Ray Eames; 1989; (DLC/PP-1989:150).

Medium

  • 288 photographic prints : b&w ; 4x5 in. or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 13171 (G) [P&P]

Source Collection

  • Work of Charles and Ray Eames (Library of Congress)

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98510301

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Office Of Charles And Ray Eames, Designer, and Inc Herman Miller, Office Of Charles And Ray Eames, photographer. Photographs of Herman Miller showroom,Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. California Los Angeles, 1949. to 1955. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/98510301/.

APA citation style:

Office Of Charles And Ray Eames, D. & Herman Miller, I., Office Of Charles And Ray Eames, photographer. (1949) Photographs of Herman Miller showroom,Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. California Los Angeles, 1949. to 1955. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/98510301/.

MLA citation style:

Office Of Charles And Ray Eames, Designer, and Inc Herman Miller, photographer by Office Of Charles And Ray Eames. Photographs of Herman Miller showroom,Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. to 1955. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/98510301/>.