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Shoebox House

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Ken Isaacs built the Shoebox House (sometimes called Old Microhouse or Old M'House) at Groveland. He and Barbara Isaacs lived in it after he got the Graham Foundation grant in 1963. It is also the setting for the cover photo of How To Build Your Own Living Structures (1974).

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Book jacket, How To Build Your Own Living Structures

 Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_40_10

Contact sheet; Cover art, How to Build Your Own Living Structure book, c. 1973

 File — Box 71, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Series: Records Isaacs’ design work, including studio and process shots, and classroom activity and student work. There are also some personal photographs of Isaacs’ parents, his youth, and his family. Most photos were created by or for Isaacs, although some are copies by photojournalists covering Isaacs for newspapers and magazines. Photographic prints and transparencies make up most of the series, though there are recordings of lectures by and about Isaacs, audio notes, media appearances, and...
Dates: c. 1973

Three People Sit and Three Stand on Deck at Groveland

 Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_70_18_03