Famed U.S. Architect Conducts an Experiment in Living and Teaching
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Famed U.S. Architect Conducts an Experiment in Living and Teaching

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Photograph

Office of War Information

American, 1942–1945

Famed U.S. Architect Conducts an Experiment in Living and Teaching

ca. 1945
Gelatin silver print
Image: 4 1/2 × 5 13/16 in. (11.4 × 14.7 cm)
Gift of John and Susan Edwards Harvith, 2011
2011.0395.0030
Inscriptions typed on applied label affixed to verso, C: FAMED U.S. ARCHITECT CONDUCTS AN EXPERIMENT IN LIVING AND TEACHING \ (See Master Caption) \ 6-Exterior of A Wright-Designed Factory Administration Building \ The horizontal planes and curves of this windowless administration \ building of the Johnson Wax factory in the midwestern U.S. state of \ Wisconsin are an example of Wright's use of line and material for \ industrial construction. Light enters the building, which was \ erected in 1938, through translucent glass rods set horizontally \ in the walls and in the roof. \ SERVICED BY NEW YORK 10-45 TO LIST A \ NOT FOR USE IN WESTERN HEMIPSHERE \ 46198_UN_PMI
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