Most photographs are 8x10”, most black and white, though some color. Housed in four banker’s boxes.
A rare and significant archive of a leading Associate Press photographer from the 1960s to the 1990s, based in Northern California, first in the San Francisco Bay Area , then in Sacramento. The large archive includes many hundreds of photographs of the once and future Governor of California, Edmund G. (“Jerry”) Brown Jr., plus countless other politicians including Willie Brown (no relation), Jesse Unruh, George Deukemejian, Alan Cranston, Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, Robert F. Kennedy, Gary Hart, George H.W. Bush, and others (the many photographs he took of Ronald Reagan are offered separately in this catalogue). Also Cesar Chavez, Black Panthers, mass murderers, student protests, wanna-be assassin Squeaky Fromme, floods, fires, and more. Also captured is San Francisco in evolution, with Chinatown, Golden Gate Park, North Beach, Market Street, local sports figures including Joe Montana, and the San Francisco Zoo with many shots of exotic animals. And, as with any collection of photographs, there are the inevitable shots of Silly Cats. An incredible collection, offering a remarkable glimpse of our recent past.