1959 Tucson home photos: Casual Southwestern living
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The Indian Ridge home of Dr. and Mrs. Paul DeVries was photographed by Tucson Citizen photographer Bill Sears in 1959.
1959 photos: Cosmopolitan tastes and wide interests
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The terraced patio overlooks the Indian ruins, Tucson Country Club and the distant Catalina Mountains, and is accessible through sliding glass doors in the living, dining and activities rooms. At the far end is a croquet court. At the extreme left (out of picture) is a play yard for the two girls and a dog run for Mrs. DeVries' four poodles.
1959 photos: Cosmopolitan tastes and wide interests
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Another view of the pool and patio.
1959 photos: Cosmopolitan tastes and wide interests
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A compact kitchen opens into the activities room. Both are done in shades of yellow, with gold tile floors, white walls and natural homespun draperies. Tucson John Kelso designed the furniture in the activities room.
1959 photos: Cosmopolitan tastes and wide interests
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New York interior designer Yale Burge stopped in Tucson on his way home from Mexico City (where he did the president's residence) to design the cane and unpolished steel headboards in the DeVries bedroom. Former Tucson John Fitzgibbon (Smith) planned the iron bedside table with slate top.
1959 photos: Cosmopolitan tastes and wide interests
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The living room in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Paul DeVries has been done in shades of blue and green by interior decorator Yale Burge of New York City. Thaibok fabric covers the couch and is echoed in a custom-woven rug in the adjoining dining room. Brown tweed living room chair is a Yale Burge original adaptation of a Louis XV style. Iron benches with giant caned seats were designed by former Tucson John Fitzgibbon (Smith). They surround a giant brass tray on a walnut base carved to resemble bamboo.
1959 photos: Cosmopolitan tastes and wide interests
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The unusual hunt table in the dining room was also designed by Mr. Fitzgibbon, and is used with antique blue-green Louis XVI chairs. A portrait of Mrs. DeVries, by Igor, hangs beside the dining room entrance.
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