Walter D. Teague Documentary - new images

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TEAGUE (the design company) had this Polaroid Lamp (1937) hidden away in storage, thought to have been lost. During their recent move, it was found! And here's one of the photos that I got of it. It's doesn't light up, but was in great condition. Notice the specked brown of the Bakelite plastic. Photo by Jason Morris.



 Much progress has been made on the production of the Teague documentary this past summer! Production is nearly complete and editing will begin this fall.  Watch out for a Kickstarter project soon.

Check out this beautiful concept rendering of the Ford exhibition for the New York World's Fair 1939. This hand done, airbrush rendering was done 1937 by staff artist George Rudolph. Scan courtesy TEAGUE.
Here's to all of the great designers, architects and staff that worked behind the scenes at the Teague office in the early days. This is C. Stowe Myers, architect, rendering expert, photographer and partner who worked for Teague from 1934 to the late 1950's. Photo courtesy Charlie Myers.


I just finished the scene about the Dallas Centennial Exposition of 1936, where Teague designed the pavilions for Texas Oil, Ford, DuPont and NCR. Any Texans out there? Photo from the TEAGUE archives. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Centennial_Exposition

This is the lounge wall in the Boeing 707 interior design mock-up done circa 1956. Rosalee Daughtry has been spending hours adjusting, cleaning, and cropping these photos and found this great shot of an unidentified Teague designer putting the finishing touches on this beautiful illustration. Photo courtesy TEAGUE.

I also finished the scene about the Texaco service station design 1936. Here's a concept airbrush rendering that I found in the Teague company archives.
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