Frank Brothers records 1929-2005

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Frank Brothers records 1929-2005

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The Frank Brothers records contain material from the Frank Brothers furniture company, an influential, Long Beach, California-based organization, active between 1930 and 1982, credited with defining and promoting mid-century modern furniture design on the West Coast.

21.4 linear feet; (23 boxes, 7 flatfile folders)

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Frank, Ron

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Frank Brothers

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Biographical/Historical Note The Frank family's path toward redefining interior design in America began with a store named Cash Furniture, located at 219 East 4th Street in Long Beach, California, where Louis Frank sold modestly-priced, old and new furniture and resale appliances. In 1930, he joined forces with his son Maurice and changed the name of the business to L. Frank and Son. It was Louis's younger son Edward, who saw an opportunity t...

Frank, Edward

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Killingsworth, Edward A., 1917-2004

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Biographical Note Born in Taft California in 1917, Edward Abell Killingsworth designed elegant, open, modernist houses throughout Southern California, and luxury hotels in Hawaii Indonesia and South Korea. Originally a painter, he pursued his early career at the University of Southern California Los Angeles California. During World War II he was awarded the Bronze Star for his work supervising the production of aerial photography of vital to ...