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[Photographs of a Maritz and Young Home in Alton, Illinois]
[Photographs of a Maritz and Young Home in Alton, Illinois]
An album of 14 original photographs documenting the newly-finished residence of Henry A. Wuellner in the Middletown neighborhood of Alton, Illinois circa-1927. The expansive home (locally known as the Halpin House, after a later owner) was built by the renowned St. Louis architectural firm of Maritz and Young and stands as an uncommon example of their work existing outside of a few exclusive ares in St. Louis City and its tony western suburbs.
A single mount bears the stamp of St. Louis photographer Eugene Taylor (1883-1968), a British-born commercial photographer active in St. Louis during the first half of the 20th Century. Wuellner was president of a local bank in Alton (situated just across the Mississippi River, to the north and east of downtown St. Louis). The home is a sprawling Tudor Revival and is evocatively captured here by Taylor in interior and exterior views, likely just after completion, given the sparse landscaping evident in a couple views.
Washington University in St. Louis holds a substantial archive of material on the firm, which includes at least a few dozen photographs, though similar material seldom appears in commerce.
TAYLOR, Eugene (photographer) : [Architecture]. RESIDENCE OF H.A. WUELLNER [Cover Title - Presentation Album of Original Architectural Photographs]. [Alton, Illinois]: Maritz and Young, Architects, [ca. 1927]. Presentation album. Outer wrappers approximately 16" x 13," made of grey card, with gilt stamped text to upper panel. Holding 14 cream-colored thin card leaves, each approximately 15" x 12," each with a single black and white photograph measuring 9 1/2" x 7 1/2" laid down to rectos only. Outer wrappers chipped from edges. Upper panel detached. Original string binding undone, contents laid in loose. Corner crease to leaves well outside of image areas. Prints remain about fine.
An album of 14 original photographs documenting the newly-finished residence of Henry A. Wuellner in the Middletown neighborhood of Alton, Illinois circa-1927. The expansive home (locally known as the Halpin House, after a later owner) was built by the renowned St. Louis architectural firm of Maritz and Young and stands as an uncommon example of their work existing outside of a few exclusive ares in St. Louis City and its tony western suburbs.
A single mount bears the stamp of St. Louis photographer Eugene Taylor (1883-1968), a British-born commercial photographer active in St. Louis during the first half of the 20th Century. Wuellner was president of a local bank in Alton (situated just across the Mississippi River, to the north and east of downtown St. Louis). The home is a sprawling Tudor Revival and is evocatively captured here by Taylor in interior and exterior views, likely just after completion, given the sparse landscaping evident in a couple views.
Washington University in St. Louis holds a substantial archive of material on the firm, which includes at least a few dozen photographs, though similar material seldom appears in commerce.
TAYLOR, Eugene (photographer) : [Architecture]. RESIDENCE OF H.A. WUELLNER [Cover Title - Presentation Album of Original Architectural Photographs]. [Alton, Illinois]: Maritz and Young, Architects, [ca. 1927]. Presentation album. Outer wrappers approximately 16" x 13," made of grey card, with gilt stamped text to upper panel. Holding 14 cream-colored thin card leaves, each approximately 15" x 12," each with a single black and white photograph measuring 9 1/2" x 7 1/2" laid down to rectos only. Outer wrappers chipped from edges. Upper panel detached. Original string binding undone, contents laid in loose. Corner crease to leaves well outside of image areas. Prints remain about fine.