Photograph album #983 "B" dated February 25, 1955, associated with February 25, 1955 exposure records and memorandum #23, Type 40 series, Variable Contrast Digital
Scope and Contents
One memorandum has a subject: "The 4x5 picture of Mr. Forester sent you yesterday." Adams writes about testing the 4x5 material and "Pathfinder E088". The correspondence includes two clasp folders titled "Photogravure Reproductions" that contain reproductions of Adams' Polaroid photographs by the Photogravure and Color Corporation of New York. He also writes about coating prints, materials for attaching prints to mounts, and the 4x5 back. The black and white test photographs include ones of the Coit Tower in San Francisco, author C.S. Forester, Nancy Newhall, trees near San Rafael, California, the Golden Gate Bridge area, a fisherman there named Henry Anderson, architecture, and a boat.
Dates
- Creation: 1949-1978
Conditions Governing Access
A majority of the materials in this series have been digitized and made available online for research and study. Original Ansel Adams prints are not available for high-resolution download. Please contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for additional information regarding access and reproductions.
Digitized content follows the organization of the physical collection. Related correspondence, memoranda, and photographs are grouped by month and year. Photograph albums were digitized separately. Albums unassociated with correspondence or memoranda have been separated from the month and year of their creation in the intellectual arrangement of the collection.
Extent
30 linear feet (59 boxes)Physical Location
MANU
Creator
- From the Collection: Adams, Ansel (Ansel Easton) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
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