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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...

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...

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...

Scope and Contents: Adams writes about testing the Pathfinder camera and "regular" and "ortho" film. One letter on "regular" and "fast pan" film, and on the ideal camera and other equipment, is notably long (17 pages). He also mentions the Polaroid instruction manual and the reproduction project. Also included are letters to and from John Morris at Magnum Photos. The black and white test photographs associated with the correspondence are of the Mission San Xavier del Bac and the Santuario de Chimayo in Chimayo,...

Scope and Contents: In the correspondence for this month, Adams writes about testing "E088" and "Dex" film and mentions making copy pictures. He also writes about the Mormon town photographic project published in Life magazine being a disappointment, and discusses the poor quality of the reproductions in it. Adams was traveling in Colorado and Utah for part of this month, and some of the letters and test photographs were written and taken there. The letters and memoranda also mention Pirkle Jones and the...

Scope and Contents: Two of the memoranda have subjects: "Report of discussions - Dr. Land and Ansel Adams - on October 14th, 1954" and "Report of discussions with Dr. Land (with A.A.) on this date." Adams reviews several new films: "Highlander E088", "variable contrast E088" and "regular E088." The correspondence also includes discussions about the possibility of doing an insert in Time magazine, as well as creating an instruction manual and basic brochure for Polaroid photography. Adams mentions noted painter...

Scope and Contents: Two of the memoranda have subjects: "Circular addressed to the merchandizing world (as part of the series which comprises engravers, architects, etc.)" and "Presentation of new Polaroid materials." Adams mostly discusses testing "E088" and "Dex" film, as well as Kodak ortho copy film. The correspondence also includes a mention of interest on the part of Morgan and Lester, publishers of Adams' Basic Photo Series, in publishing a book on Polaroid. Adams also discusses factors influencing his...

Scope and Contents: Two of the memoranda have subjects: "Circular addressed to the merchandizing world (as part of the series which comprises engravers, architects, etc.)" and "Presentation of new Polaroid materials." Adams mostly discusses testing "E088" and "Dex" film, as well as Kodak ortho copy film. The correspondence also includes a mention of interest on the part of Morgan and Lester, publishers of Adams' Basic Photo Series, in publishing a book on Polaroid. Adams also discusses factors influencing his...

Scope and Contents: One memorandum has a subject: "Report on High Speed film." In the correspondence, Adams mentions testing "E088" and "Variable Contrast" film, and the Xo-50 and No 12 filters. He also discusses the 4x5 film program, his project with the San Francisco Museum of Art to photograph artwork, his conversations about the Ektolith reproduction process with printer Charles Wood, and a commercial assignment at a golf tournament. Adams also suggests that Polaroid send photographic materials to aerial...

Scope and Contents: One memorandum has a subject: "Report on High Speed film." In the correspondence, Adams mentions testing "E088" and "Variable Contrast" film, and the Xo-50 and No 12 filters. He also discusses the 4x5 film program, his project with the San Francisco Museum of Art to photograph artwork, his conversations about the Ektolith reproduction process with printer Charles Wood, and a commercial assignment at a golf tournament. Adams also suggests that Polaroid send photographic materials to aerial...

Scope and Contents: One of the memoranda has a subject: "Polaroid copy stand." Adams writes about testing the Highlander camera, and Professional Panchromatic and Pola Pan film. Significantly, he describes testing the 4x5 material for the first time, as well as the transparency material. Beaumont Newhall was visiting Adams for part of this month, and Adams writes about Newhall's enthusiasm for Polaroid. The test photographs include portraits of Beaumont and Nancy Newhall on what appears to be a photography...

Scope and Contents: One memorandum among the correspondence for this month has a subject: "Test of Gray card, photo, etc." Adams writes about testing the Pathfinder camera, as well as "E0 77," Plus-X, "N4X," "Regular," "DE 2778 BX," "Old Aero," "E0 88," "Dex," and "PL4137" film, sometimes using the Polaroid back with his Graphic camera to shoot the film. Included among these letters and memoranda are discussions of better camera design, the differences between average photographers and creative photographers,...