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Photo, Print, Drawing Photographs documenting an exhibition for the 1964-1965 World's Fair, New York, New York, and designs for a plaza for Time-Life, Inc., New York, New York

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Title

  • Photographs documenting an exhibition for the 1964-1965 World's Fair, New York, New York, and designs for a plaza for Time-Life, Inc., New York, New York

Summary

  • Photographs created and used to design and document exhibition sponsored by IBM, including buildings, displays, a multi-screen presentation ("Think"), and puppet shows; and probably used to develop short films pertaining to exhibition ("IBM Fair Presentation #1 and #2"). Images show interior and exterior views of the IBM Pavilion set in a garden of steel trees, and an elevated ovoid theater with "people wall" seating for the multi-screen presentation; scientific devices and tools; computer-related displays; two electronic puppet shows; people viewing exhibits; and Charles Eames, Ray Eames, and Eames Office staff (particularly Glen Fleck and Deborah Sussman) at work. Some images show exhibit design materials (diagrams, architectural drawings, maps, signs, animation cels, mock-ups, graphic design layouts, scale models, typeface, numbers, and decorative elements); and preliminary designs and architectural models for a plaza with a sculpture of a winged horse for Time-Life, Inc.

Names

  • Office of Charles and Ray Eames, designer
  • Office of Charles and Ray Eames, photographer
  • Eero Saarinen & Associates, architect
  • Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo and Associates, architect
  • International Business Machines Corporation, client
  • Time-Life Broadcast, inc., client

Created / Published

  • 1961-1976, bulk 1962-1966.

Headings

  • -  Office of Charles and Ray Eames--Exhibitions & displays--1960-1970
  • -  Office of Charles and Ray Eames--People--1960-1970
  • -  International Business Machines Corporation--Exhibitions & displays--1960-1970
  • -  Time-Life Broadcast, inc.--Facilities--New York (State)--New York--1960-1970
  • -  New York World's Fair--(1964-1965 :--New York, N.Y.)--Exhibitions & displays
  • -  Exhibitions--New York (State)--New York--1960-1970
  • -  Exhibition buildings--New York (State)--New York--1960-1970
  • -  Plazas--New York (State)--New York--1960-1970
  • -  Architectural models--1960-1970
  • -  Theaters--New York (State)--New York--1960-1970
  • -  Multiscreen presentations--1960-1970
  • -  Computers--1960-1970
  • -  Puppet shows--New York (State)--New York--1960-1970
  • -  Graphic design--1960-1970

Format Headings

  • Architectural drawings--1960-1970.
  • Contact sheets--1960-1970.
  • Gelatin silver prints--1960-1970.

Genre

  • Contact sheets--1960-1970
  • Gelatin silver prints--1960-1970
  • Architectural drawings--1960-1970

Notes

  • -  Finding aid available in Prints and Photographs Reading Room.
  • -  LOT title devised; few photographs have individual captions.
  • -  Eames office inventory location: NB040 and NB041.
  • -  Corresponding negatives in series LC-E10, LC-E11, LC-E12, and LC-E13.
  • -  Most of these photographs were taken by Charles Eames, Ray Eames, or other Eames Office staff members.
  • -  IBM Pavilion designed in collaboration with Eero Saarinen & Associates; after Saarinen's death, project was completed in collaboration with Roche/Dinkeloo and Associates.
  • -  Some project information from Neuhart's Eames design: the work of the office of Charles and Ray Eames, 1989.
  • -  Forms part of the collection known as the "Work of Charles and Ray Eames."
  • -  Gift; Ray Eames; 1989; (DLC/PP-1989:150).

Medium

  • 402 contact sheets (5,549 images) : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
  • 3 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 13195 (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

  • 98518455

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Chicago citation style:

Office Of Charles And Ray Eames, Designer, Architect Eero Saarinen & Associates, John Dinkeloo And Associates Kevin Roche, Client International Business Machines Corporation, and Inc Time-Life Broadcast, Office Of Charles And Ray Eames, photographer. Photographs documenting an exhibition for the -1965 World's Fair, New York, New York, and designs for a plaza for Time-Life, Inc., New York, New York. New York, 1961. to 1976, Bulk 1962 to 1966. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/98518455/.

APA citation style:

Office Of Charles And Ray Eames, D., Eero Saarinen & Associates, A., Kevin Roche, J. D. A. A., International Business Machines Corporation, C. & Time-Life Broadcast, I., Office Of Charles And Ray Eames, photographer. (1961) Photographs documenting an exhibition for the -1965 World's Fair, New York, New York, and designs for a plaza for Time-Life, Inc., New York, New York. New York, 1961. to 1976, Bulk 1962 to 1966. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/98518455/.

MLA citation style:

Office Of Charles And Ray Eames, Designer, et al., photographer by Office Of Charles And Ray Eames. Photographs documenting an exhibition for the -1965 World's Fair, New York, New York, and designs for a plaza for Time-Life, Inc., New York, New York. to 1976, Bulk 1962 to 1966. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/98518455/>.