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Page 2

Rita Lawrence in her Los Angeles living room surrounded by LaGardo Tackett planters; PHOTO CREDIT: Jack Carrick, LA Times Staff Photographer; Lawrence Family Archive.

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San Diego residence, private collection, Architectural Pottery bisque grouping PHOTO CREDIT: Dan Chavkin, 2023.

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Max and Rita Lawrence c. 1959. PHOTO CREDIT: Bob Lopez; Lawrence Family Archive.

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1961 Catalog back cover graphic. PHOTO CREDIT: Private collection.

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Architectural Pottery Showroom with model, Robertson Boulevard, L.A., 1964. PHOTO CREDIT: Max and Rita Lawrence, Architectural Pottery Records (Collection 1587). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

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LaGardo Tackett with a group of his designed Totems. PHOTO CREDIT: George Szanik, 1957.

Page 100

LIFE magazine, September 4, 1950 PHOTO CREDIT: Grant Follis; private collection.

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David Cressey at Architectural Pottery ceramic factory photographed with his PCG planters in progress, Manhattan Beach, CA., c. 1962. PHOTO CREDIT: The Regents of the University of California on behalf of the UCLA Library Special Collections.

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Architectural Pottery page from Catalog 64. PHOTO CREDIT: private collection.

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Pro/Artisan Catalog cover, 1966; PHOTO CREDIT: private collection.

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David Cressey for Pro/Artisan planters photographed with a child for scale; Pro/Artisan Catalog page, 1966. PHOTO CREDIT: Max and Rita Lawrence, Architectural Pottery Records (Collection 1587). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles residence, private collection, Architectural Pottery grouping. PHOTO CREDIT: Dan Chavkin, 2023.

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Los Angeles residence, Architectural Pottery grouping of Pro/Artisan David Cressey planters. PHOTO CREDIT: Dan Chavkin, 2023.

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Los Angeles residence, private collection, Architectural Pottery grouping of Pro/Artisan David Cressey planters. PHOTO CREDIT: Dan Chavkin, 2023

Page 208

Architectural Pottery 1961 Retail Price List. PHOTO CREDIT: Lawrence Family Archive.

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Los Angeles residence, private collection, Architectural Pottery grouping of LaGardo Tackett Hourglass planters. PHOTO CREDIT: Dan Chavkin, 2023.

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Cover, Architectural Pottery Catalog, 1961. PHOTO CREDIT: private collection.