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Peter Stackpole (American, 1913-1997)
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Peter Stackpole
San Francisco Waterfront Viewed Through a Cable Saddle On Tower W3, San Francisco Bay Bridge 1935
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Biography |
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1913 |
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Born in San Francisco, CA. |
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1923 |
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Attended the Ecole Alsacciene in Paris, France. |
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1936 |
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Became one of Life Magazine's original staff photographers. |
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1954 |
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Won a George Polk Memorial Award for news photography. |
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1991 |
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A fire at his home in Oakland, California, destroyed most of his negatives. Friends said that Mr. Stackpole had less than 20 minutes to save what he could and managed to salvage only the work that established his career, the building of San Francisco's great bridges. |
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1997 |
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Died. |
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