K. Garrison Clarke collection of photographs of Southern California and Baja California, Mexico, 1948-1975.

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K. Garrison Clarke collection of photographs of Southern California and Baja California, Mexico, 1948-1975.

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The collection consists of 128 black and white reprints of images taken by K. Garrison Clarke between 1948 and 1975. Most of the images are taken in and around Los Angeles County. A sizable amount of photographs are from a 1961 photo shoot at Jungleland USA, an animal training center in Thousand Oaks, CA that housed animals used in Hollywood films. Images from a commercial experiment at Oxnard and the Channel Islands (1965) and photographs from a shoot for Mexico West Coast Magazine in Baja California (1965) are also included.

128 items (1 boxes)

University of Southern California, USC Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 8003991

University of Southern California, USC Libraries

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Corrigan, Ray, 1902-1976

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Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History

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Clarke, K. Garrison (Kenrow Garrison), 1931-

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Kenrow Garrison Clarke was born on February 28, 1931 in Los Angeles, California. He developed his passion for photography at an early age when his neighbor, who happened to be the head photographer for Cecil B. DeMille, introduced him to the craft by giving him some old lenses to play with. In 1948, at the age of 17, Clarke purchased his first camera, a Speed Graphic, for $175. Clarke always looked for photo opportunities and markets for his images. He started selling photographs to local newspa...