William Garnett

mounted, signed and dated in pencil on the mount, titled in pencil and with the photographer's '3777 El Sereno, Altadena, California, Sycamore 78483' studio stamp and a 'Photography Collection of the Polaroid Corporation' label, with typed credit and title and accession information in ink, on the reverse, framed, a Polaroid Collection stamp on the reverse, 1953, printed no later than 1957 (Aerial Photographs, pl. 18)

Acquired from the photographer in June 1957 for the Library Collection

This striking early print is in generally excellent condition. Upon close examination in raking light, tiny deposits of original retouching are visible overall. There is minor edge chipping along the lower left and right print edges. The mount, which is ever so lightly age-darkened at the edges, is affixed to a mat with four 1½- to 2-inch strips of paper tape on its reverse. 'Top' is annotated in pencil along the upper edge on the reverse of the mount.
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