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Esther McCoy

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No one can write about architecture in California without acknowledging her as the mother of us all.—Reyner Banham.

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the Cellarette, "a concept for a pullout bar on wheels" (J.R. Davidson, undated/ c. 1933) image courtesy AD&A Museum, UC Santa Barbara

the Cellarette, "a  concept for a pullout bar on wheels" (J.R. Davidson, undated/ c. 1933)
image courtesy AD&A Museum, UC Santa Barbara
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jewelry display at Paul Flato shop, 8637 Sunset Boulevard (interior designed by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbing) photo: Maynard L. Parker, 1938 image courtesy Huntington Library

jewelry display at Paul Flato shop, 8637 Sunset Boulevard (interior designed by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbing)
photo: Maynard L. Parker, 1938
image courtesy Huntington Library
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Irving Gill (Esther McCoy, Los Angeles County Museum in collaboration with The Art Center in La Jolla, 1958. catalogue designed by Louis Danziger)

Irving Gill (Esther McCoy,  Los Angeles County Museum in collaboration with The Art Center in La Jolla, 1958. catalogue designed by Louis Danziger)
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Laughlin Theater, Long Beach (Irving Gill, 1914-15; destroyed, 1933) photo: Winstead Photo, 1921 image courtesy Los Angeles Public Library

Laughlin Theater, Long Beach (Irving Gill, 1914-15; destroyed, 1933)
photo: Winstead Photo, 1921
image courtesy Los Angeles Public Library
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quoting McCoy, 1965: “During the war many architects and engineers in the aircraft plant... were preparing plans for a future house that was to be brilliantly engineered, furnished with gadgets and clothed in pastoral garb – a marriage between Walden Pond and Douglas Aircraft.”

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from Box 47, McCoy papers, AAA: Free and Equal Blues," (1 sound disc) 1946 Josh White, vocal & guitar. Free and Equal Blues (Robinson-Harburg, unreleased) recorded from radio transcription, acetate on aluminum youtube.com/watch?v=kqCaXW…

from Box 47, McCoy papers, AAA: Free and Equal Blues," (1 sound disc) 1946
Josh White, vocal & guitar. Free and Equal Blues (Robinson-Harburg, unreleased) recorded from radio transcription, acetate on aluminum
youtube.com/watch?v=kqCaXW…
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Richard Neutra (Esther McCoy, 1960. published in Italian by il Saggiatore, designed by Anita Klinz) image courtesy spazio milano

Richard Neutra (Esther McCoy, 1960. published in Italian by il Saggiatore, designed by Anita Klinz)
image courtesy spazio milano
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vestibulo, Casa Barragan (Luis Barragan, 1947-48) Luis Barragan 9 March 1902 - 2 November 1988 image courtesy Fundación de Arquitectura Tapatía Luis Barragán A. C.

vestibulo, Casa Barragan (Luis Barragan, 1947-48)
Luis Barragan 9 March 1902 - 2 November 1988
image courtesy Fundación de Arquitectura Tapatía Luis Barragán A. C.