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V.M. HANKS, JR. (active 1940s-60s)
Group of 14 photographs relating to San Francisco.
With street scenes depicting a parade and
festivities for the SF Giants, political dignitaries
(including General MacArthur, Mayor George
Christopher, and President Richard Nixon), and
a crime reporter at work. Silver (13) and
chromogenic (one) prints, 7
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x9
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(4) to 13
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(10) inches (19.1x24.1 to 34.3x22.9 cm.), and
the reverse, on 12 mounts measuring 20x16
inches (50.8x40.6 cm.),each with Hanks’signature,
in ink, and some with captions, also in ink, on
mount recto, and most with his St. Francis
Hotel hand stamp on mount verso. 1948-60s
[700/1,000]
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(RODEO)
Group of 31 photographs of rodeo events in Seattle,Washington.
With scenes showing all-American
cowboys performing various stunts including trick riding, calf roping, bronco riding, bull riding,
bulldogging, and bareback riding, while excited spectators perch atop fences and watch from the
bleachers. Most photographed by a local commercial photographer, Allen W.Tropple. Silver prints,
approximately 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), with one measuring 5x7 inches (12.7x17.8 cm.), most
with the photographer’s hand stamp and date stamps, and a few with captions identifying the specific
riders, date, and location, in ink, on verso. 1944-45
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