Unknown Amateur Photographer (20th Century). Two Snapshot Albums of California and the West (over 600 works), 1914-1942... (Total: 2 )

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Unknown Amateur Photographer (20th Century)
Two Snapshot Albums of California and the West (over 600 works), 1914-1942
Gelatin silver prints
Each approximately 2-1/4 x 4 inches (5.7 x 10.2 cm) and the reverse (images)
Two albums, one 7 x 11 1/4 inches and the other 10 x 11 3/4 inches. Most pages mounted with 3 to 6 photographs per page on both sides.

An avid amateur photographer's albums which start in 1914 with views of Yellowstone National Park and go on to Salt Lake City, Utah; the crest of the Continental Divide; The Pasadena Carnival of Roses in 1915; Bush's Sunken Gardens Pasadena; Friends posing for 'movie stills' of pretend films; Mary Pickford and Glen Martin; view of the Panama Pacific International Exposition; The Alligator Farm Los Angeles; Tia Juana Mexico; making a Moving Picture; Feather River Canyon via Western Pacific railroad; a street scene at Universal City; Santa Barbara Spanish Fiesta 1932; a costume office Christmas party and ending with family houses and cars from the 1930s and 1940s.


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