Edmund Trissell Collection 1940-1995

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Edmund Trissell Collection 1940-1995

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The Edmund Trissell Collection chronicles the life of Dayton photographer Edmund William Trissell through negatives, photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence from Mr. Trissell's daily life and photographic assignments.

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Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives

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