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Record Detail
Call Number: |
PH-00040 |
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Collection Name: |
Frank Armstrong Photography Collection |
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Creator: |
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No. of Items: |
38 photographs |
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Span Dates: |
1968-1987 |
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Description: |
The collection consists of 28 exhibition photographs, 2 photographs, three snapshots, and five postcards by Frank Armstrong (American, born 1935), a commercial photographer and art photographer specializing in Southwestern subjects. The exhibition prints are views of landscapes and architecture seen along various roads around the American West, predominantly in Texas. The photographic postcards were sent by Armstrong to the staff of the Ransom Center between 1979 and 1983. One of these postcards is a portrait of Armstrong and his wife, Ellen Dunlap, on their honeymoon. Print information follows. Also included in the collection is correspondence from George Drucker and Henry Wilhelm from 1975 and 1976, and correspondence and clippings relating to Armstrong's research on Photojournalist: The Career of Jimmy Hare. |
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Location(s): |
Photo Coll MSS Box 1 (correspondence, clippings) A Box, Large (2005:0036:0001) Armstrong, F., Box 1 (976:0003:0001-0012) Armstrong, F., Box 2 (976:0003:0013-0024) Armstrong, F., Box 3 (976:0003:0025-0028; 978:0028:0001-0002; 980:0027:0001-0002; 984:0001:0001; 988:0026:0001-0003; 988:0037:0001) |
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See Also: |
Texas Sesquicentennial Project Photography Collection (a.k.a. Texas Historical Foundation Collection): Additional work by Armstrong can be found in the Texas Sesquicentennial Project Photography Collection (a.k.a. Texas Historical Foundation Collection) (PH-00275). Texas Miscellany Photography Collection: Additional work by Armstrong can be found in the Texas Miscellany Photography Collection (PH-00174). Postcards and Greeting Cards from Various Photographers Collection: Additional work by Armstrong can be found in the Postcards and Greeting Cards from Various Photographers Collection (PH-00236). See items 983:0075:0002; 988:0001:0011; 988:0001:0013. |
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