This week, our look at a 1964 spread dedicated to Oklahoma City in ritzy Town & Country magazine continues with a look at the now-demolished and ever-so-stylish Fred Jones house in Nichols Hills. The magazine actually profiled three Metro homes in this article, titled “Three Atmospheres,” but the Jones house is the only abode that could even remotely be considered mid-century […]
One of the best treasures in Robyn’s collection of mid-century finds is an October 1964 issue of Town & Country magazine, which is dedicated to all things Oklahoma City. There’s so much goodness in this magazine that I’m devoting two weeks of the Mod Blog to all of the fun stuff inside. Today, you’ll meet a few of the […]
The following photo essay comes from the December 1959 issue of House Beautiful magazine. Photos are by famed architectural photographer, Maynard Parker, and more current-day images have been provided by Robyn. The Oklahoma City home was designed for the Neely family by Richard Kuhlman, who was a professor of architecture at OU for many years […]
The following is an article that appeared in the June 1953 issue of Living For Young Homemakers magazine. This magazine must have really liked coming to Oklahoma! Midwest City, Oklahoma, is still another young community built from the ground up For those pessimistic armchair philosophers who moan that the dynamism of America is a thing […]
Text and present-day photos by Lynne Rostochil, vintage magazine photos from Lynne’s collection The following is an article from the September 1956 issue of Living for Young Homemakers magazine, which sponsored a poor man’s Case Study House program for several years in the 50’s called the Electri-Living Program. Each year, the magazine selected 12 architects […]
This is an article and photo essay from the September 19, 1955 issue of Life magazine. Young Bill sleeps in his net-walled bedroom in a huge hanging saucer which floats above the breakfast area where his father is sitting. Oklahoma family lives in suspension in a unique structure Gene and Nancy Bavinger, who live […]