Emerson Shaw photographic slide collection, 1939-1958.

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Emerson Shaw photographic slide collection, 1939-1958.

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The Emerson Shaw photographic slide collection consists of over 1800 color slides and an index of photographs taken by Shaw. The collection depicits people, places, and scenery around the Bay Area and the East Coast. The slides provide a rich visual representation of California and other U.S. cities, landmarks, and tourist destinations. The California slides include views of Capitola, Carmel, Carmel Mission, China Town, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, Del Monte Lodge, Dorsey's Station, the Golden Gate Bridge, Half Dome, Lake Tahoe, Donner, and Angora, aerial views of San Francisco and Oakland, Point Lobos, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay and Docks, Santa Cruz town and beach, Stanford University, Sutter's Fort, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and Yosemite National Park. Other cities represented include Annapolis, Maryland; Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Bristol, Rhode Island; Chicago, Illinois; Coolidge Dam, Denver; Colorado; the Hudson River, the Grand Canyon, the Jefferson Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, Maine and the Maine Coast, Manhattan, Mount Vernon, New York City, Niagra Falls, the Painted Desert, Arizona, Quebec, Canada, the Smokey Mountains, the Statue of Liberty, Washington D.C., and West Point. The Emerson Shaw photographic slide collection is arranged into three series: I. California slides, II. East Coast slides, and III. Scenic slides. The photographer's index is arranged by subject and by date.

3 linear feet (5 boxes).

San Jose State University

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San Jose State University

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San JoseĢ State University. Library. Special Collections & Archives

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Organizational History In 1857 the San Francisco Board of Education established an evening school for current and prospective teachers in the city. The school became know as the Minns' Evening Normal School, named after the principal, Washington Minns. In 1862, the California State Legislature formally established Minns' school as the first California State Normal School. The school remained in San Francisco until the California State Legisla...

Shaw, Emerson, 1914-2003.

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Emerson Shaw was born in 1914 in Los Gatos. He graduated from Los Gatos High School in 1933 and in 1934 he entered San Jose State College. Following graduation in 1939 he joined the U.S. Navy, serving during the duration of World War II. Emerson Shaw married Jeanne Shaw, who is frequently featured in the collection. In 1945, he returned to the Bay Area and was hired by NACA Ames- National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which later was renamed NASA Ames Research Center in 1958. Shaw spent tw...