The photograph immediately below, found in many books,
was in fact one of a series of photographs. The researchers
visted the Lederbergs at the Lederberg coastal home, "Kappadodici".
Esther and Joshua BOTH conjointly did the original reasearch
work on Esherichia coli K-12 usually credited only to
Joshua. Esther was the sole discoverer of temperate
bacteriophage Lambda. Esther alone, chose the name
Lambda as she felt that this discovery was of the
highest importance, ranking with Esherichia coli K-12".
The coastal home was named "Kappadodici" ("K-12" in Italian)
by Esther, and Esther chose the shape of the coastal home to
replicate the shape of a virus such as Lambda. Circa
1991, Esther added a new room to her Stanford house at 716
Alvarado Row. This room, called the Pavilion, had an ocello
(turret). She designed the room and the ocello to replicate the
geometric shape of a virus, just as she did at Kappadodici.
Note that the photos were shot in late 1965, but developed by
Jan. 19, 1966.