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Ellen Manchester on Ellen Manchester and Robert Dawson to Barbara Houghton

“The wedding” was Robert Dawson and Ellen Manchester, married in Vermont July 3, 1983.

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Marshall Mayer on Linda Connor to Barbara Houghton

Bonnie and I saw some of Linda's images from this trip to Asia at the Center For Creative Photography in Tucson within a couple of [...]

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Marshall Mayer on Jim Stone to Barbara Houghton

Ole's has always been a stop for me between Colorado and Iowa. I haven't been there in a few years (no family left in IA) [...]

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Marshall Mayer on Thos. K. Meyer to Mark Johnstone

Sorry I just noticed this but I uploaded the images in the reverse order. And now I can't change it (obscure software problem). Sometimes getting [...]

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Barbara Houghton on Roger Mertin to Barbara Houghton

That was Vidi Lange. (You might remember her from Boulder, older woman who's husband owned a ski manufacturing company and she must have studied with [...]

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Barbara Houghton on Michaela Murphy to Jim and Barbara Houghton

1977 H20fall is waterfall (purple writing is Roger Mertin's on back and note on front)

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Barbara Houghton on Lynne Brown to Barbara Houghton

Mary is my sister that was friends with Lynne when she lived in Denver.

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Marshall Mayer on Paul Briggs to Bonnie Lambert and Marshall Mayer

This one requires an explanation. As Bonnie finished her MFA, I got her a job as a waitress at the Aristocrat (her first waitressing job). [...]

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Mark Johnstone on Tom Swope to Mark Johnstone

Tom was my first photography teacher in 1967. Didn't teach me a damn thing about mechanics, but sat me down and had me look at [...]

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Mark Johnstone on Thos. K. Meyer to Mark Johnstone

Taken in 2001, printed and sent later that year or early 2002. Sent from Hollywood. Al Nodal, General Manager of Cultural Affairs, is on the [...]

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Mark Johnstone on Thos. K. Meyer to Mark Johnstone

Tom Meyer's retirement party at Cultural Affairs...I orchestrated "documentation" by pasing out disposable cameras.

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Mark Johnstone on James Bohnen to Mark Johnstone

Whitey Herzog was manager of the St. Louis (baseball) Cardinals. I'm a life-long Cards fan, and Bohnen suffered allegiance to the Cubbies and Pale Hose [...]

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Mark Johnstone on James Bohnen to Mark Johnstone

Japan - I began working with Min Shirota in 1985, who opened a gallery in Tokyo in May, 1986. I advised him on artists, wrote [...]

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Mark Johnstone on James Bohnen to Mark Johnstone

J. Bohnen was one of the co-founders of the "Star Bar Players," a community theater group in Colorado Springs, in the early 1970s. (That's how [...]

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Mark Johnstone on Robert Flynt to Mark Johnstone (2 of 2)

Bob lent me his loft on Bond Street in Manhattan during a visit to the Big Apple, and I sent him a print as "thanks." [...]

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Marshall Mayer on James Bohnen to Mark Johnstone

Too bad the Berger article is not available except to subscribers ( http://harpers.org/archive/1986/01/the-white-bird/ ).

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Mark Johnstone on Tom Lamb to Mark Johnstone

Was probably mid to late 1982 or early 1983 (I lectured for him at CMC in May 1982). Not sure what series - most of [...]

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Kenda North on JoAnn Verburg to Kenda North

Sam Yanes ran the 20 x 24 program at Polaroid for some time; JoAnne Verberg was there maybe before she came to Breckinridge? or after? [...]

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This whole experience (of reviewing old postcards) is a combination of nostalgia and nausea. Mark Johnstone

Thanks for doing all this; I do have many more cards... Kenda North

This is a really swell idea. Thomas F. Barrow

I'm amazed at the traction your project is getting—it inspires my participation. Dave Freund

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Love this project, will need to do some serious and strategic excavations to find pc's... Ellen Manchester

Very cool to see this. It takes me back! Mark Klett

Good luck with your wonderful project. Sandy Hume

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Alan Klotz Alan Nakagawa Alan Trachtenberg Alden Spilman Alex Richman Alex Sweetman Alfred Appel Andrea Jennison Andrea Klotz Anita Stekel Ann and Jack Vernon Arthur Taussig Barbara Bradley Barbara de Genieveeve Barbara Houghton Barbara Jo Revelle Barbara Migdal Barbara Smith Ben Benschneider Beth Gafarian Bill Edwards Bob Figgis Bob Sauer Bonnie Lambert Brenda Mayer Burnett Miller Candida Finkel Carol Duncan Caroline Hinkley Cheri Hiser Cheryl Bailey Chris Gallagher Chris Wiedmann Chuck Forsman Chuck Hagen Clayton Spada Dan Loewenstein Darryl Curran Dave Freund David Barey David Hamilton David Jekel Debbie Tharp Dennis Staffne Diane Germain Ed Ruscha Ellen Land-Weber Ellen Manchester Ellen Van Fleet Ellen Whitney Eric Minuth Eric Paddock Eric Renner Frances Jones Frank Hall Gary Metz Graham Howe Gwen Widmer Harold Jones Heidi Cost Howard Junker Ian Green Irene Borger Jack Fulton Jacky Lavin James Bohnen Jamie Bennett Jay DiLorenzo Jenny Phelps Jerry Burchfield Jim Cannata Jim Houghton Jim Olson Jim Stone Jim Tittle JoAnn Verburg Jody Boyman Joe Deal John Baeder John Pfahl John Priola Judith Dunham Judith Golden Judy Coleman Judy Dater Karen Huntt Ken Abbott Kenda North Kris Lewis Lance Carlson Larry Sultan Les Krims Lew Thomas Linda Connor Linda Montgomery Lon Spiegelman Lynne Brown Maggie Sauer Marcia Ganales Mark Johnstone Mark Klett Mark Mayer Marshall Mayer Martha Madigan Mary Virginia Swanson Mary-Linn Hughes Mauro Altamura Maya Ishiwata Michael Ballou Michael Lesy Michael Peven Michael Smith Michaela Murphy Mike Mandel Miles Forst Mimi Weinberg Myrella Moses Myron Wood Nicholas Devore III Nicki Rousselle Pat Wellenbach Patty Hemmingway Seale Paul Berger Paul Briggs Paul Ginsberg Paula Crane Peter de Lory Peter Galassi Peter Zokosky Reed Estabrook Richard Notkin Rick and Suzy Titcomb Robbert Flick Robert Dawson Robert Fichter Robert Flynt Roberta Heinrich Roella Louie Roger Mertin Rusty Culp Ruth Thorne-Thomsen Sandi Fellman Sandy Hume Sarah Black Scott Engel Scott McLeod Serse Luigetti Seth Mason Sheila King Sheila Pinkel Sherry Wolf Sidney Jason Stuart Klipper Sue Robinson Susan Mogul Susan Morgan Susan Rankaitis Thos. K. Meyer Tim Bradley Tim Peek Tina Barney Tom Black Tom Breeden Tom Lamb Tom Swope Unknown Victor Landweber Vida Freeman Volkert Volkersz

 

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Aaron Siskind Al Nodal Alan Sekula Alexandre Calder Andre Kertesz Andy Ostheimer Andy Warhol Anne Noggle Arlene Gould Arthur Knight Barbara Crane Barbara Kasten Barnett Newman Bea Nettles Beaumont Newhall Ben Bivins Bernard Plossu Beth Gallagher Betty Hahn Bill Jay Brassai Brenda Mayer Brian Botel Bunny Yeager Carlton Watkins Carlyn Tucker Carson Graves Catherine Lord Cathy Gauss Charles Desmaris Chauncey Hare Christo Chuck Forsman Clyde Smith Co Rentmeester Colorado Historical Society David Duncan Douglas David Johnson David Vestal Deb Gelet Deborah Turbeville Don Bottcher Don Nice Duane Michaels Edouard Manet Edwin Dickinson Eileen Berger Eileen Cowin Eugene Atget Evon Streetman F. Jay Haynes Frank Barsotti Frank Gohlke Frantisek Drtikol Fred Endsley Fred Lonidier Frederick Sommer Garry Winogrand Gary Emrich George Blakeley George Tice Gerhard Vormwald Giorgio de Chirico Greg McGregor Hank Lewis Harry Callahan Helen Brunner Helmut Gernsheim Hippolyte Bayard Hunter S. Thompson Imogen Cunningham Irene MacDonald Jack Burnham Jack Higbee Jacob A. Riis Jan Aronson Jan van der Marck Janice Belson Jean Honore Fragonard Jean Walther Jeff Schnackenberg Jeffrey Fuller Jim Dine Jim Hugunin Jim Hunter Joan Brown Joan Lyons Joan Redmond John Berger John Divola John Gutmann John Kacere John Klemmer John Schott John Szarkowski Jose Inez Herrera Joseph Beuys Judy Thorpe Karl Blossfeld Kathy Wren Kay Urry Ken Brown Ken Josephson L. A. Huffman Larry Burrows Lee Friedlander Lemasson Lewis Baltz Light Impressions Linda Anthis Man Ray Mark Chamberlain Marsha and Mike Burns Marsha Burns Martha Rosler Mary Donner Mary Ellen Mark Meridel Rubenstein Michael Bishop Michael Langenstein Minor White Nancy Howell-Koehler Nathan Lyons Newton Harrison Paul Bowles Paul Kubic Peter Bunnell Peter MacGill Philip Guston Pierre Boucher Purdy R. C. Bishop R. G. Zellers Ralph Wolff Rex Westen Richard Pare Robert Adams Robert Cummings Robert Frank Robert Heinecken Robert Motherwell Robert Rauschenberg Robert Sobieszek Ros Baughman Sally Eauclaire Sam Wagstaff Sam Yanes Sandy Ostertag Saul Steinberg Shelby Lee Adams Stacey McCarroll Cutshaw Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities Susan Larsen Ted Solotaroff Ted Thomas Theresa Luisotti Thomas Barrow Thomas Gainsborough Thomas Hart Benton Timothy O'Sullivan Tod Papageorge Tom Mawn Tom Peterson Tom Steiger Underwood & Underwood Van Deren Coke Victor Schrager Vidi Lange Vincent Van Gogh W. J. Carpenter Walker Evans Wayne Lazoric Weegee Wesley Mayer William Henry Jackson Wilson Meader Wynn Bullock Yoko Ono

 

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