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Finding Aid to the Lonnie H. Wilson Photograph Archive, approximately
1950-1985
BANC PIC 1992.029
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Description
Documentary photography by
photojournalist Lonnie Wilson, chiefly comprising news negatives from Oakland, Berkeley, and
other locations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Background
Paraphrase from Wilson's obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle, Saturday, October 15,
1988: Lonnie Wilson, an award-winning photographer for the Oakland Tribune for 47 years,
died October 14, 1988. He was 71. A native of Georgia's Henry County, Mr. Wilson joined the
Tribune in 1940 after working as a wire photo operator for Associated Press. When he retired
in January 1988, he had long been chief photographer for the Tribune. "Lonnie Wilson was an
indefatigable warrior, an inspiration to his colleagues," said Robert C. Maynard, editor and
president of the Tribune. "The work and presence of this great veteran will be sorely
missed." Mr. Wilson grew up in Atlanta and attended the Georgia Evening School of
Technology. After joining the Tribune, he was drafted into the Army in 1941. He served as a
photographer for Yank magazine, traveling to Guadalcanal, Fiji, Okinawa, Samoa and other
areas in World War II. During his career, he won awards from the National Press
Photographers Association, San Francisco Press Club, California Press Photographers and
numerous other groups.
Extent
115,000 photographs
100 boxes (approximately 115,000 items, chiefly negatives and 300
photographic prints)
: chiefly b&w, some color
; various sizes
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