Snapshot albums, ca. 1930s-1940s.

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Snapshot albums, ca. 1930s-1940s.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123081894

The albums are a miscellaneous assembly that contains black and white photographs and contact prints of such subjects as Monterey Peninsula views, the Del Monte Hotel swimming pool, military maneuvers at the Presidio of Monterey, motorcycles on Monterey Beach and a hill climbing competition, San Diego views, Mission Santa Barbara, Huntington Beach oil derricks, Santa Monica beach gymnastics, San Francisco Bay (the Golden Gate and Bay bridges and the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939-40 at Treasure island) and aerial and ground views of the Southwest. There are also photographs at the military bases where Morgan served in the army during World War II: Kingman ( Arizona) Army Air Field and the South Pacific islands of Guadacanal and New Caledonia.

1 photographic album, 19 x 13 cm.

Monterey Public Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6811233

Monterey Public Library

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Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)

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History It has been said that with two great bridges in the course of construction, there began in San Francisco, in about 1933, a substantial feeling that a celebration or exposition should be held to commemorate their completion. As the plans for an exposition developed, it seemed fitting that its theme should be man's progress in communication, transportation, trade and industry, since these were the fields symbolized by the bridges. The S...

Morgan, William L., 1902-1967

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See other William Morgan collection(s) From the description of Snapshot albums, ca. 1930s-1940s. (Monterey Public Library). WorldCat record id: 123081894 William L. Morgan was born at Fort Scott, Kansas in 1902. He was raised in Monterey where his parents moved when he was two. They established a printing shop on Alvarado Street. Morgan worked in the family business until it was sold in 1942. After serving in the Air Force in World War II, he returned to Monterey and worked ...