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Collection contains photographs created by professional San Francisco photographer V. M. Hanks Jr from the 1940s until the late 1980s. The photographs include both negatives and photographic prints...
Show moreCollection contains photographs created by professional San Francisco photographer V. M. Hanks Jr from the 1940s until the late 1980s. The photographs include both negatives and photographic prints created by Hanks beginning with his role as U.S. Marine’s photographer and traces the trajectory of his career as a hotel photographer and significant general San Francisco photographer. The bulk of the collection consists of black and white photographic prints and transparencies. Photographs document visits to San Francisco by heads of state, public officials and royalty from several countries during the 1940s through the 1960s. In the 1970s – 1980s, there is photographic documentation of numismatic events at the old San Francisco Mint.
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Show moreCollection contains photographs created by professional San Francisco photographer V. M. Hanks Jr from the 1940s until the late 1980s. The photographs include both negatives and photographic prints created by Hanks beginning with his role as U.S. Marine’s photographer and traces the trajectory of his career as a hotel photographer and significant general San Francisco photographer. The bulk of the collection consists of black and white photographic prints and transparencies. Photographs document visits to San Francisco by heads of state, public officials and royalty from several countries during the 1940s through the 1960s. In the 1970s – 1980s, there is photographic documentation of numismatic events at the old San Francisco Mint.
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