The Gilbreths
An Extraordinary American Family
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Places
Anson Academy, the school of nearly all the Bunker family, about 1923. The front half of Academy Hall was the only building standing in the 1800s.
From the 1923 Anson Academy Centennial volume.
The Gilbreth's Montclair, NJ home, 68 Eagle Rock Way.
Date and source unknown.
Nantucket Island
The lighthouse buildings that would become "The Shoe." From left to right: the lightkeeper's house; the tool shed that became the Gilbreth cottage; outhouse; paint locker; small "bug light"; oil shed; large "bug light." The building in the background is a bathing pavilion.
Courtesy Nantucket Historical Association.
Projects of Frank B. Gilbreth Inc.
The Mutual Life Building, after the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. It was one of the few buildings to remain standing, although gutted.
From the Marin Free Library archives.
A detail of the upper inside corner of the damaged building. Although the source of this photo is not known, it is characteristic of Frank Gilbreth's record photos for his projects.
From the UC Berkeley Bancroft Library Archives.
The crew of Frank B. Gilbreth removing the top six stories of the damaged building.
From the UC Berkeley Bancroft Library Archives.