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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	Film negatives Negatives
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
Archival File Path	ARCHIVE\DeGolyer\reproductions\Ag1982-0234
Digital Collection	Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection
Library	DeGolyer Library
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	This image is protected by copyright law. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this image is permitted without the written permission of Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries. This image may be used for educational purposes, provided it is not altered in any way, and Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library is cited. A high-quality version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu.

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