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Thirty faculty members gathered around a banquet table for a faculty and staff dinner. Student art work is displayed on the counters along the wall. (L-R): James Doolittle, Gwaine Noot, Will Connell, Eddie Kaminski, unknown, Fannie Kerns, unknown, Ed Biberman, Maxine Rhodes Foor (Tink Adams's secretary), Albert King, Edward "Tink" Adams, Virginia Legakes Adams, A. A. Cooling, Ross Dickinson, Charlie Potts, Dorris Green, Joseph Henninger, Harry Baskerville(?), Elizabeth Franklin, Marjorie Adams, Franklin B. Judson, Stanley Reckless, Norbert Shaeffer(?), Otto Halmer, Eugene Memmler, unknown, C. K. Eaton, Jack Martin Smith (?), Nina Novinska and unknown.

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Unidad documental simple
circa 1940

Parte dePeople photographs

Unknown (photographer)

Photography Department Book, circa 1941

Unidad documental simple
circa 1941

Parte dePhotography and Imaging Department

This Photography Department book was most likely created as a promotional tool to advertise the school's photography program. It includes images of the school's laboratories, photo stages, and equipment, as well as the students and faculty (the first three pages are 24 faculty portraits). Of special interest are the images of location shoots around Southern California. The book is unbound (previously spiral bound) without a cover.

Letter to Former Classmates, 1943

Folder
1943

Parte deBill Meriwether papers

Bill Meriwether, while stationed in Iceland during World War II, wrote this letter to his Photography classmates who attended Art Center in 1942. He lists faculty and students alphabetically and gives updates on their activities and addresses after the war scattered them.

Connell Cooler, 1944

Folder
1944

Parte deBill Meriwether papers

Two issues (January and February 1944) of a newsletter sent to Photography students and alumni by Will and Grace Connell. It gives updates on the Connells, the school, and their classmates as World War II sent them all over the world.

Connell Cooler, 1944

SPEC 21-January
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1944 January

Parte deBill Meriwether papers

January 1944 issue of a newsletter sent to Photography students and alumni by Will and Grace Connell. It gives updates on the Connells, the school, and their classmates as World War II sent them all over the world.

Connell Cooler Beach Party Photo Boards

Unidad documental simple
1946 July

Parte deBill Meriwether papers

These 11 poster boards each have two photographs of a Photography Department beach party after World War II. The first board has an opening "letter" addressed to Dear Tom which describes the day. The same handwriting captions the photographs and identifies many of the attendees.

Photography instructor Charles Potts standing in front of two photographs.