Architectural historian Grant Manson took photographs between 1937 and 1941 while he was researching his doctoral dissertation titled Frank Lloyd Wright's Work Before 1910. The Grant Manson Collection includes photographs of the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and others. Mr. Manson gave the photographs and other materials to the Oak Park Public Library in July 1973. Materials in the Grant Manson collection may be viewed by appointment.

For more information contact William Jerousek, Local History Librarian, at or call 708-452-3480.

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Below are six representative black and white photographs of the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright from the Grant Manson photograph collection. Copyright 2008 by Oak Park Public Library. All rights reserved.