Souvenir pictorial booklet of the Post-war House, Wilshire Blvd. at Highland Ave., Los Angeles

Souvenir pictorial booklet of the Post-war House, Wilshire Blvd. at Highland Ave., Los Angeles

Provenance

Gift of Alfred Willis.

 

Environmental Design Library

EnvDesign Rare

Fritz Bernard Burns (1899-1979) was a powerful real estate developer in Southern California. He was president of the Home Builders Association of Los Angeles in 1942 and of the National Association of Home Builders in 1945. The “Post-War House” of this booklet was a model home based on research and using new construction techniques and materials. “The Garden is a Living Room” was designed by the firm of Garret Eckbo, Robert Royston and Edward A. Williams, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Fritz B. Burns Research Division for Housing.

[Los Angeles] : Fritz B. Burns Research Division for Housing

1946