[William M. Wood's ''The Towers'' estate, Palm Beach, FL]
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Title
[William M . Wood's 'The Towers ' estate , Palm Beach , FL]
Creator
Richie , Robert Yarnall , 1908-1984
Date
ca. 1932-1934
Decade
1930-1939
Part Of
Robert Yarnall Richie photograph collection
Series
Series 6: Negatives and Color Transparencies Negative Series: 0010
Place
Palm Beach , Florida
Description
This estate was originally built for William M . Wood , president of the American Woolen Company . His estate , The Towers , was designed by Addison Mizner in 1923 . Wood moved to Florida in 1924 and committed suicide in 1926 . In 1936 , The Towers was bought be Atwater Kent . Sources : Curl , Donald Walter , Mizner's Florida (New York : The Architectural History Foundation , 1984) , 104 . Source : Rosenberg , Chaim M . The great workshop : Boston's Victorian Age (Arcadia Publishing , 2004) , 123 . Source : Atwater Kents Buy Palm Beach Estate , The Palm Beach Post , March 22 , 1936 .
Notes
[handwritten on negative sleeve] Kahn , Otto , Palm Beach Estate
Related Resources
MARC record : http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1855416 Finding aid : http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/smu/00166/smu-00166.html
Keywords
aerials ; aerial views ; estates ; beaches ; The Towers
Physical Description
1 negative : film , black and white ; 13.1 x 17.6 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: 8316 w x 6058 h pixels, 48-bit RGB
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_0010_01_kahn_sm_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)
ag1982_0234_0010_01_kahn.tif ; ag1982_0234_0010_01_kahn_sm.tif
Digital Collection
Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection
Library
DeGolyer Library
Publisher
Central University Libraries , Southern Methodist University
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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