Parker’s snapshots of an era

Los Angeles-based architectural photographer Maynard L. Parker captured postwar suburban homes designed by noted architects such as Paul Williams, Richard Neutra and Cliff May for Architectural Digest, Sunset and more. Now, Parker’s archive of nearly 58,000 photographs, negatives and other materials -- donated to the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in 1996 -- is accessible through the Huntington’s website using the keywords “Maynard Parker.” About 6,000 of the photographer’s images have been uploaded to the database so far. Archivists will continue digitizing the collection with the goal of making them all electronically available. The Huntington also has created an audio slide show narrated by curator of photographs Jennifer Watts. www.huntington.org.

-- Lisa Boone