How did I get these photos?
Most of the vintage photos used on this site were given to me by the family of Lloyd and Ilse Ruocco. They provided me with permission to use these images for this site. Special thanks to Martha Allen, Charlotte Hamann Brady (Ilse Hamann Ruocco's nieces) and Stephen Ruocco (Lloyd Ruocco's nephew).
Vintage Project Photos
 Design Center in 1967 with Wimmer Yamada offices visible on lower floor of main building.
Photo Credit: John Oldenkamp |  Ruocco worked with several local artists on the original Children Zoo. This enclosure may have been by Charles Faust
Photo Credit: Ernest Braun |  "Il Cavo" was built in the years immediately preceding WWII and was the first home that Lloyd designed for himself and his wife Ilse Ruocco
Photo Credit: Maynard Parker |
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 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Munk Labs
Photo Credit: Robert Glasheen |  Holmgren Residence 1948
Photo Credit: Ed Sievers |  Ruocco Residence #2 "Solari"
Photo Credit:John Oldenkamp |
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 Jacobson Residence 1949. All steel construction in a circle
Photo Credit: Ed Sievers |  Johann Residence 1956
Photo Credit: Unknown
Courtesy Johann Family |
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Garden Villas
 The design competition that introduced Lloyd Ruooco to Richard Requa. |
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 Pictured at right, while at UC Berkeley 1929 |  Ruocco Ranch Santee, CA. 1929 |  Ruocco Ranch Santee, CA. 1931 |  At right at Il Cavo early 1950s. |  At their home "Il Cavo" 1951 |  1958 |  Photo from 1967 later used for a mural painting |  Outside of Design Center mid 1970s |
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 1958 Lillie Residence La Mesa, CA
Garden Courtyard at Living Space
Photo Credit: Todd Pitman |  1958 Lillie Residence La Mesa, CA
Living Room
Photo Credit: Todd Pitman |  1958 Lillie Residence La Mesa, CA
Outdoor Foyer with Custom Door by James Hubbell
Photo Credit: Todd Pitman |
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 1954 Ruocco Residence #2 'Solari' San Diego, CA
Living Room with Fireplace and Conversation Pit
Photo Credit: John Oldenkamp |  1954 Ruocco Residence #2 'Solari' San Diego, CA
Dinning Room, note non load bearing walls separated from ceiling with transom glass.
Photo Credit: John Oldenkamp |  1954 Ruocco Residence #2 'Solari' San Diego, CA
detail of fireplace with conversation pit. wood storage in bench seat
Photo Credit: John Oldenkamp |
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 1953 Prototype Garden Villa Design Balboa Pak San Diego, CA.
Disassembled and later repurposed as Ruocco Residence #2 'Solari'
Photo Credit:Ed Sievers |  1954 Beers Residence San Diego, CA
Construction Photos
Photo Credit: Unknown
Courtesy Beers Family |  1954 Beers Residence San Diego, CA
Construction Photos
Photo Credit: Unknown
Courtesy Beers Family |
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 1954 Beers Residence San Diego, CA
Construction Photos
Photo Credit: Unknown
Courtesy Beers Family |  1954 Beers Residence San Diego, CA
Construction Photos
Photo Credit: Unknown
Courtesy Beers Family |
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Vintage photos of Lloyd and Ilse Ruocco
Lloyd and Ilse Ruocco behind the Design Center 1970s
Photo: John Oldenkamp | Lloyd Ruocco at Right
Photo Credit: Unknown | Lloyd Ruocco at family ranch Santee CA
Photo Credit: Unknown |
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Lloyd Ruocco far Right
Photo Credit: Unknown | Lloyd at the family ranch 1920s Santee CA
Photo Credit: Unknown | Lloyd and Ilse Ruocco at their first home in La Mesa. This home was demolished in the early 1980s to make way for freeway expansion.. I-125 and I-8
Photo Credit: Ed Sievers |
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Lloyd Ruocco at the Design Center in the 1960s.
This image was used to create a mural that was on the stairwell the Design Center.
Photo Credit: John Oldenkamp | Lloyd Ruocco in bow tie at the Design Center 1959
Photo Credit: Unknown |
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