Photographic Collections

Images of Stone and his work can be found within the following collections, some of which have searchable databases. The description of Stone holdings is partial; we suggest contacting the respective archive for a complete list of holdings.

Images of the Mandel residence, the Museum of Modern Art and images from the archives of the Architectural Forum are currently in their database. Additional photography may be obtained through the Museum of Modern Art Archives and the Architecture and Design Collection and purchased through Art Resource.

This vendor of stock photography has images of Stone's large commercial projects, including the Standard Oil of Indiana (Aon) Building and First Canadian Place.

Korab, trained as an architect at the École des Beaux Arts, has images of Stone's projects from the late 1960's, including the Fort Worth City Hall and the Standard Oil of Indiana (Aon) Building.

This vendor of stock photography has images of Stone and his projects.

This archive has a diverse and extensive collection of project and personal photographs in addition to a collection of architectural drawings and papers.

Starting in 1939, famed architectural photographer Ezra Stoller and his associates photographed more than 70 projects designed by Stone; their holdings of Stone project photography are extensive and readily accessible.

Rand photographed Stone's California projects, notably of the Stanford University Medical Center and the Stuart Company.

Damora, trained as an architect at Yale, photographed well-known and widely circulated images of the Museum of Modern Art and the 1939 garden.

Three portraits of Edward Stone and one of his first wife, Orlean Vandiver, were taken by noted portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh. Negatives and digital images no longer exist in the Karsh Estate holdings. Scans of the prints must be obtained from the University of Arkansas, or other sources, and then permission to publish obtained from the Karsh Estate.

This vendor of stock photography has images of Stone and his projects which includes the photographic archives of Life magazine. Notably, Life photographers produced a detailed set of images of the furniture that Stone designed for the Fulbright Industries, a manufacturer of farm implements owned by the family of Senator J. William Fulbright.

This collection has images of the Collier's House of Ideas, the Wayne V. Brown residence, the Mepkin Plantation and the Thomas Gordon residence which were taken by noted architectural photographer Samuel Gottscho.

This studio has images of the Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel Apartment designed by Stone in conjunction with interior decorator Donald Deskey. The studio is run by Arthur Vitols.

Edward Stone's son and biographer has an extensive collection of personal and project photography and the Stone office's slide archives. He is also the administrator of this web site.

Jack Laxer, Architectural & Travel Photographer

Laxer photographed images of Stone's California projects, notably the two Perpetual Savings Bank buildings and two Wells Fargo bank buildings. He has his offices in Pacific Palisades, California; his phone number is available by internet search. Laxer is an active lecturer on architecture and architectural photography.

Molitor photographed Stone's Thomas Cooper Library at the University of South Carolina.

Shulman photographed sixteen of Stone's projects. Notable projects from this Collection are the buildings at the Harvey Mudd College, the buildings at the University of Southern California, the A.O. Beckman Auditorium at the California Institute of Technology and the Stuart Company.

Parker, working frequently as a photographer for House Beautiful, photographed images of the Bruno and Josephine Graf residence, the Bertram Linder residence, the Fred Jones residence and the Stuart Company.

Baer was a protégé of famed photographer Edward Weston, and was a skilled landscape photographer in the tradition of Weston and Ansel Adams. His images of Stone's California projects are powerful, particularly the ones of the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula and the Scripps Institute.

This Collection has images of Stone's early work in New York City including the Radio City Music Hall and the Focal Food Building at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

The Museum of Modern Art houses a broad range of images, both of Edward Stone and his architecture. These can be found in two separate collections, the Museum Archives and its Art and Architecture Collection. The latter contains photographs from the archives of the influential journal, Architectural Forum. Digital imaging can be arranged with the Museum and purchased through Art Resource.

Guerrero, the principal photographer of the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Alexander Calder and Louise Nevelson, photographed the Stone townhouse in New York City and the Stone family for a February 1, 1958 issue of Vogue. Images may be obtained from the Guerrero studio, but permission to publish must be obtained from Condé Nast Publications. The Guerrero archive is administered by Dixie Legler.

This Archive has an extensive collection of the Rockefeller Center projects designed by Stone, including the Radio City Music Hall, Center Theater (Roxy Theater) and the Museum of Science and Industry. The Archive is administered by Rockefeller Center author Christine Roussel.

Partridge photographed Stone's Stanford University Medical Center and the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi India. Images of the Hotel Phoenicia, also taken by Partridge are currently missing in the Partridge archives.

This Collection contains early images of the Stone family in Fayetteville, Arkansas. There are no pictures of Edward Stone in the collection.

This Collection contains early images of the Stone family in Fayetteville, Arkansas. There are no pictures of Edward Stone in the collection.

Lisanti photographed images of the Bruno & Josephine Graf residence.

Cox produced exquisite color images of the Radio City Music Hall which were taken shortly after the 1980 restoration by architects Hardy, Holzman, Pfeiffer Associates.

Missing Photographers

The work of the following photographers with significant Stone projects in their portfolio is currently unavailable. We would welcome any information about their archives.

Alexander Georges, Photographer

Georges photographed the Stanford University Medical Center, the Carlo Paterno residence and the Stone townhouse on 64th Street in New York City. Georges' color photographs of the townhouse, originally published by Interiors, are by far the best images of the home ever taken.

Lionel Freedman, Photographer

Freedman photographed three of Stone's projects of the early 1950's in Fayetteville, Arkansas, the University of Arkansas Fine Arts Center, the Sigma Nu Fraternity and the Willis Noll residence. While some prints of his work are available at the University of Arkansas; many images are missing.