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Ansel Garage Sale Find...... The Real Thing

PostPosted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:39 pm
by bearflag
Buried in Lewis's and Glen's negatives were these 3 gems. The first is Glen's from 1931 and the next two from Lewis, August 1934.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:46 am
by bearflag
Help! Don't confuse this with that cretin down in Fresno with his pipe dream goldmine imaginary AA collection. These photos are from Lewis Clark of Alameda, long-serving Sierra Club officer, and Glen Dawson of Pasadena. Found in 1993 in Lewis's basement, about to be thrown out.
For an interesting read, have a look at Matthew Adams' (grandson) response to the claims of the Great AA Mystery Glass Negative Find here:
http://theanseladamsgallery.blogspot.com/

PostPosted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 4:51 am
by mungeclimber
In addition to not recognizing her handwriting, several of the titles, including “Bridal Vail *sic+ Falls”, “Happy Iles*sic+”, “Washborn *sic+ Point”, Glaciar *sic+ Point” are misspellings of common place names in Yosemite. Virginia had lived in Yosemite every year of her life, and at the time of the darkroom fire, she was 33 years old. Virginia was an intelligent, well read young woman, enjoyed Yosemite and the outdoors, and it is inconceivable to me that she would misspell any Yosemite place names.
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that would be a clincher, no?