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Adams (Ansel) photograph collection
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Box 1, Folder 1

Domenico Brescia

Box 1, Folder 2

Ina D. Coolbrith

Scope and Contents

File also contains a Parmelian Print of Ina D. Coolbrith by Ansel Adams, back cover of print labeled: "This Parmelian Print by Ansel Easton Adams of San Francisco is no. 937. Presented to Ina Coolbrith Circle by Albert M. Bender, Sept. 1934."
Box 1, Folder 3

Erich Leinsdorf

Scope and Contents

Back of photograph labeled: "Erich Leinsdorf, who will be guest conductor of the San Francisco Opera Company this fall and who is now Musical Director and Conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. August 15, 1955."
Box 1, Folder 4

Diego Rivera mural

Scope and Contents

Three photographs of Diego Rivera's mural Still Life and Blossoming Almond Trees . Two are close ups of the mural, one shows the entire mural. All photographs signed by Ansel Adams. Labeled on back of one photograph: "In residence of Mrs. Sigmund Stern, Atherton, California."
Box 1, Folder 5

San Francisco

Scope and Contents

Two photographs of San Francisco. One is labeled: "Factory Building, San Francisco." The other depicts a general view of San Francisco from the 1940s.
Box 1, Folder 6

Sequoia National Park

Scope and Contents

Photograph mounted. Back of mount labeled: " Sunset in Cliff Creek Canon, Kaweah River, Sequoia Nat. Park . First print of the [illegible] work to Albert Bender, Ansel Adams, 1927."
Box 1, Folder 7

Sierra Nevada

Scope and Contents

Three mounted photographs taken by Ansel Adams in the Sierra Nevada. Each is labeled with title at bottom left on mat board. Includes: Detail, Timberline Pine, Sierra Nevada ; Lake and Cliff, Sierra Nevada ; and In the Sierra Nevada.
Box 1, Folder 8

Yosemite Valley

Scope and Contents

Photograph is mounted; labeled on bottom left of mat board: Half Dome, Yosemite Valley .
Box 1, Folder 9

Miscellaneous

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Two mounted photographs. Both labeled bottom left on mat board: " Boards and Thistles; Pine Cone and Eucalyptus Leaves ."
Box 2, Folder 1

Photographs for the American Trust Company

Scope and Contents

Two mounted photographs Ansel Adams created for the American Trust Company. One photograph is labeled on back: Pioneer family, rancher, New Melony, California . The second is labeled on back: Gilroy from Fremont Peak.
Box 2, Folder 2

Portraits

Scope and Contents

Two portraits. The first is titled: Wisteria in Season, Atherton, California and is a portrait of Sigmund Stern. The second portrait is of Charles E. Wood. Both portraits are signed by Ansel Adams.
Box 2, Folder 3

Gottardo Piazzoni murals

Scope and Contents

Contains two mat boards each mounted with five photographs. One depicts Gottardo Piazzoni's The Sea, the other depicts Piazzoni's The Land. Back of one mat board is labeled: "Photographs of the ten murals for the San Francisco Public Library by Gottardo Piazzoni. (Signed by the painer.)"
Box 2, Folder 4

Half Dome, Yosemite Valley

Scope and Contents

Photograph of Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, signed by Ansel Adams. Mount has been removed, back contains a label reading: "Ansel Easton Adams Parmelian Print, No. 1192."
Box 2, Folder 5

Winter, Yosemite

Scope and Contents

Photograph is mounted on mat board. Below photograph, on mat board, is written: Winter, Yosemite, For Albert Bender, Ansel Adams, 1934. Back of photograph, on mat board, is labeled: "Dear Albert, Much love and good wishes. From Ansel and Virginia [illegible] 1934."
Box 2, Folder 6

Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite Valley

Scope and Contents

Photograph is mounted on mat board. Below photograph, on mat board, is written: Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite Valley, California, For Albert M. Bender, Ansel Adams. Back of photograph, on mat board, is labeled: "For Albert M. Bender, most affectinately Ansel Adams, June 2, 1935."