[Rockefeller Family's 'Kykuit' Estate, Pocantico Hills, NY]
Rating
Title
[Rockefeller Family's 'Kykuit ' Estate , Pocantico Hills , NY]
Creator
Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984
Date
1932
Date (EDTF)
1932
Decade
1930-1939
Part Of
Robert Yarnall Richie photograph collection
Series
Series 6: Negatives and Color Transparencies Negative Series: 0045
Place
Pocantico Hills , Mount Pleasant , Westchester County , New York
Description
The Rockefeller family's country estate , Kykuit , was designed by architects Delano and Aldrich and completed in 1913 for Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller , Sr. The interior of the main residence , known within the family as the Big House , was designed by Ogden Codman. Encompassing over 3000 acres , the estate also includes gardens , a golf course , and notable buildings such as the Coach Barn and the Tudor-style mansion known as the Playhouse. Kykuit's formal gardens were designed by landscape architect William Welles Bosworth. Source : Ann Rockefeller Roberts , The Rockefeller Family Home : Kykuit , New York , Abbeville Press , 1998 , http://www.abbeville.com/bookpage.asp?isbn=0789202220
Notes
Negative sleeve : [handwritten] 45 . Rockefeller , John D. , 'Kykuit. '
Related Resources
Finding aid part 1 : https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/smu/00166/smu-00166.html Finding aid part 2 : http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/smu/00168/smu-00168.html
Authorized Subject Terms
John D. Rockefeller House (Pocantico Hills, N.Y.) Mansions United States--Hudson River Valley Gardens Aerial views
Keywords
aerials ; estates ; Kykuit
Physical Description
1 negative : film , black and white ; 12.4 x 17.8 cm
Form/Genre
Negatives Film negatives Aerial photographs
Digital Resource Type
Image
Digitization Date
Digitized: 2011
Digital Format
Displayed as .jp2; uploaded as .jpg
Archival File Resolution
Archival scan: 8251 w x 5916 h pixels, 48-bit RGB
Digitization Process
Digitization process: Scanned using an Epson 750 as 1200 ppi, 48-bit, RGB, .tif; service master changed to black and white, hues and contrast adjusted, and cropped; derivative resampled to 3000 pixels on the long edge, 24-bit .jpg
Physical Location
Cabinet 1 , Drawer 1
Call Number
Ag1982.0234
Upload File Name
ag1982_0234_0045_01_rockefeller_sm_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)
ag1982_0234_0045_01_rockefeller.tif ; ag1982_0234_0045_01_rockefeller_sm.tif
Digital Collection
Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection
Library
DeGolyer Library
Publisher
SMU Libraries
Rights
This item may be protected by copyright law. Please cite the DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University as the source of this file. For more information contact degolyer@smu.edu.
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