Name/Title
Homes of the Year, 1975Entry/Object ID
2007-012.C422PDescription
Homes of the Year, 1975. These twelve black and white contact print strips were created for the Lacey Leader newspaper. These images were created using three separate film rolls, so some of the physical numbers on the strips are repeated. For the purposes of this description, these strips will be grouped according to the film roll from which they originally came. Each group will be assigned a lower-case letter to go along with the physical numbers on the strips (ex: 1a, 2a, 3a, 1b, 2b, 3b, etc.) to help differentiate between images.
The images in group "a" show the exterior of a single-storey, rambler-style home with an attached garage on the right-hand side. The home is L-shaped, with the part extending toward the camera on the left-hand side. The left-hand side which extends toward the camera has a brick facade on either end of the wall facing the camera. There is a large, three-piece window at the center of the house, and the front door is to the left of this window. Image 6a shows the house with a perspective looking form near to the right-hand end of the house and looking across toward the left-hand end of the house. A light post is visible at the left-hand edge of the image. Image 7a is nearly identical to image 6a. Image 8a shows the house. The photographer appears to be standing in the road in front of the house and he is standing to the right-of-center in relation to the house. A short evergreen tree is in the foreground of the image and is obscuring a portion of the attached garage. A portion of the left-hand end of the house is beyond the left-hand edge of the image. Image 9a shows the house from a similar perspective to that seen in the previous image, but here the photographer has backed away or zoomed out from the house. The entirety of the front side of the house is visible. Image 10a is very similar to image 9a, but here the photographer has panned to the right very slightly. Image 11a shows the inside of the L-corner of the home. This image was captured from the driveway of the home. Image 21a shows the house from a position in the road beyond the left-hand side on the home. Several trees and bushes partially obscure the left-hand portion of the house which extends forward toward the road. Image 22a is nearly identical to image 21a. Image 23a shows the house from a position centered on the front of the house. The entirety of the front side of the house is visible in this image. Image 24a is nearly identical to the previous image. Image 25a is similar to the previous two images, but here the photographer has moved to their right by approximately 20 feet. Images 26a is nearly identical to image 25a. Image 27a is very similar to images 6a and 7a, but here the photographer has moved closer to the house. The top of a metal utility box is visible near the bottom-left corner of the image. Image 28a is nearly identical to the previous image. Image 29a shows the inside of the L-corner of the house. The driveway crosses the image diagonally just below the center of the image. The left-hand end of the house and the garage portion are not visible in this image. Image 30a is nearly identical to image 29a. Image 36a is very similar to images 21a and 22a, but here the photographer has zoomed in on or moved closer to the house. This image is oriented horizontally. Image 37a is very similar to the previous image, but here the image is oriented vertically. The left- and right-hand ends of the house are outside of the image frame. Image 38a is similar to image 36a, but here the photographer has zoomed in on or moved closer to the house. A very small portion of the left-hand end of the house is outside of the image frame. Image 39a is very similar to images 27a and 28a, but here the photographer has panned to their right slightly. Most of the left-hand portion of the house is outside of the image frame. Image 40a is very similar to the previous image, but here the right-hand 1/3 of the image has been cut off.
The images in group "b" show a large, house with a two-storey section at the center and a single-storey wing extending to the left and right from this central section. Four large, square posts support a roof which overhangs the front side of the central section. The front door is a double door, and it is on the left-hand side of the central section. The single-storey wings both have brick facades. Image 2b is mostly cut off, but appears to show a window looking onto a parking lot. A fern in a hanging basket is in the window. Image 3b shows a similar image, but this image is not cut off. A person is partially visible in the left-hand side of this image, but this person is almost completely washed out. Image 4b shows the house with columns and two wings. The photographer is standing off toward the left-hand wing of the home and the image looks toward the right-hand end of the house. The left-hand end of the left-hand wing is outside of the image frame. This image is oriented horizontally. Image 5b is very similar to the previous image, but here the image is oriented vertically. Here the left-hand wing of the home is outside of the image frame. Image 6a shows the house from a distance. The road in front of the home is visible at the bottom edge of the image. A rope tied to a series of stakes run along the border between the road and the house's front yard. A sign which reads "Construction by J.V. BUILDERS" is hanging from the largest tree in front of the home. Image 7b is similar to the previous image, but here the photographer has moved toward their right by approximately 20 feet. The sign is near the center of the image. Image 8b shows the house from a distance, but here the photographer has moved to ward the right-hand side of the front of the home. The curving driveway of the home occupies the lower-left portion of the image. Image 9b is nearly identical to the previous image. Image 10b shows the front of the home, with the photographer standing toward the left-hand side of the front of the home. The sign on the tree is visible at the right-hand edge of the image. Image 11b is similar to the previous image, but here the photographer has moved to their right by several feet and nearer to the house. Image 12b is very similar to image 5b, but here the photographer has panned toward their left slightly. Images 13b through 15b are nearly identical to image 12b. Image 16b shows the back side of the house. The photographer is standing nearer to the right-hand end of the house and looking toward the left-hand end. There is a deck attached to the central portion of the home. An open garage door is partially visible at the right-hand side of the image. Image 17b is nearly identical to image 16b. Image 18b shows only the central portion of the back of the home. This image is oriented vertically. Image 19b is very similar to the previous image, but here the image is oriented horizontally. Image 20b shows the front of the home, with the photographer kneeling quite near to the left-hand wing of the house. Image 21b is similar to the previous image, but here the photographer is standing and has moved away from the house by several feet. There is a light post in the image foreground. Image 22b shows the front of the house largely obscured by large tree branches.
The images in group "c" show the same house seen in group "b." These images show the front side, back side and inside of the home. Image 10c shows a man standing in front of the central portion of the home. The man is balding and is wearing a button-up shirt and slacks. He is reaching out to touch a light post in front of the house with his right hand. A small bush is partially visible in the bottom-right corner of the image. Image 11c is nearly identical to the previous image. Image 12c is very similar to the previous two images, but here the photographer has zoomed in on or moved closer to the man. Images 13c and 14c are nearly identical to image 12c. Image 15c is similar to the previous five images, but here the man is not in the image. Image 16c shows a portion of the front of the central and right-hand portions of the home partially obscured by a tree and branches. Images 17c is centered on the front of the house. The curving driveway occupies the lower-left corner of the image. Image 18c shows the front of the house looking from the driveway. Image 19c shows the central portion of the front of the house and a portion of the left-hand wing. Image 20c is nearly identical to the previous image. Image 21c shows the central portion of the back of the home. A tree trunk is at the left-hand edge of the image. Image 22c s nearly identical to the previous image. Image 23c shows the home's kitchen. The stovetop is in an island at the center of the kitchen. There is a vent hood immediately above the stove top. Image 24c is very similar to the previous image, but here the photographer has panned to their left slightly. The right-hand 1/3 of the image is cut off.Made/Created
Date made
1975 - 1975Notes
Date: 05-28-1975
Medium: Photographic Paper/Photographic EmulsionLexicon
Search Terms
Houses, Real Estate, J.V. Builders