Title:
Thomas Vano World War II letters, 1944-1945
Vano letters
Creator/Contributor:
Vano, Tom., creator
Abstract:
8 Letters from Vano, who was stationed in Germany, to family members.
Date:
1944 (issued)
Subject:
n-us-ca
World War, 1939-1945
Note:
Tom Vano was born on Long Island, New York, in 1926 and began his photographic career in 1939. During World War II he served
as an infantryman, became official photographer for the U.S. Army headquarters in Occupied Berlin, and was one of the first
Americans permitted behind the Iron Curtain, where he compiled a photo essay in Warsaw. Vano visited San Francisco in 1948
and moved there shortly after, where he pursued his photographic career. Vano has photographed many famous people (including
Presidents of the United States), and has done work for numerous corporate clients as well as the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
Vano letters.
Gift; Tom Vano of Vano Photography Inc., Burlingame, CA; 2002.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
Physical Description:
print
8 letters in file folder; 14 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 1/2 in.
Language:
English
Identifier:
MANUSCRIPT SMCII : Box 29 : Folder 1
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.