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ARCHITECTS & THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE
Read more: ARCHITECTS & THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKEIt was 5:12 am, Wednesday, April 18, 1906, when a massive earthquake struck San Francisco. Although this was some thirty years before the development of the Richter scale, geologists today estimate the earthquake’s magnitude at 7.8.
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The Gambles, a Japanese Artist, and the Early Stars of Silent Film
Read more: The Gambles, a Japanese Artist, and the Early Stars of Silent FilmIn the last, issue, I wrote about A. C. Vroman’s interest in Japan and his significant collection of Japanese netsuke, which as a young teenager Clarence Gamble had the opportunity to view first-hand.
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The Influence of Japan
Read more: The Influence of JapanWe are all aware of the influence of Japanese design in the Greenes’ work, and of the popularity of Japanese culture in and around Pasadena when The Gamble House was being built – whether embodied in George Turner Marsh’s Japanese tea garden, or the half-dozen or more purveyors of “Japanese Art Goods” listed in the…
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The Living Room Desk
Read more: The Living Room DeskAs I have been leading tours of The Gamble House for years, I have become especially interested in imagining the Gamble family members as they went about their actual lives in this marvelous house with its extraordinary furniture.
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Archives News Summer 2018
Read more: Archives News Summer 2018Filmmaker Paul Bockhorst donated materials used in the production of the documentary Greene & Greene: The Art of Architecture from 2003. Includes production logs, videocassettes and audiocassettes with interviews (raw data for the film), transcripts, script and final DVDs.
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An Intriguing Neighbor
Read more: An Intriguing NeighborAs the Gamble House staff prepares for the upcoming Greene & Greene Home Tour, “At Home in Little Switzerland,” we are reacquainted with the fascinating character of Josephine Van Rossem.
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Gamble House Cookbook History
Read more: Gamble House Cookbook HistoryOne in a series of History Committee presentations chronicling the evolution and contributions of the Docent Council.
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There’s No Place Like Home
Read more: There’s No Place Like HomeThe news came to me on May 12, in an email from a friend: a Greene & Greene lantern was up for sale on Craig’s List.
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Exclusionary Covenants in Pasadena
Read more: Exclusionary Covenants in PasadenaThe worldwide community of museums celebrate International Museum Day on and around May18, 2017 around the theme Museums and contested histories: Saying the unspeakable in museums.
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