Alma Lavenson papers, 1855-1985.

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Alma Lavenson papers, 1855-1985.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/74985235

Biographical and genealogical material; information about her grandparents; catalogues and announcements of her exhibitions; newspaper clippings and articles; and photographs of herself, one of which shows her with a dress that her grandmother saved after the earthquake; her husband, Matthew Wahrhaftig; and her family.

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Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum, Rabbi Morris Goldstein Library

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Lavenson family

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Lavenson, Alma, 1897-1989

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The photographer Alma Lavenson was born in San Francisco. After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, her family moved to Oakland where her father opened a dry goods store. By the 1920s, Lavenson had become a professional photographer and was acquainted with other well-known photographers who were experimenting with new camera techniques and subject matter. Her meeting with Edward Weston and friendship with Imogen Cunningham influenced her work to move away from a soft, lyrical quality towards more...

Wahrhaftig, Matthew

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