Baer, Morley

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Morley Baer, former head of the photography department of the San Francisco Art Institute, was a prize-winning photographer, well-known for his photographs of Victorian houses in San Francisco as well as images of California's farmlands and coastline. He was based in Monterey, moving there in 1946 after his service in the Navy during World War II. His published books of photography include Painted Ladies: San Francisco's Resplendent Victorians, The Wilder Shore, and Adobes in the Sun. He died November 9, 1995.

From the description of Morley Baer photographs, 1954-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122354422

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referencedIn Clinton Day Collection, 1876-1891, ca. 1965 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf General Records of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 1931 - 2003. Central Photograph Files National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Baer, Morley. Baer, Morley : [photography bio file]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Monterey Public Library. California History Room. Photography clippings 1915-1994 Monterey Public Library
referencedIn Wurster, Bernardi, and Emmons. Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences : photographs, 1954. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Stanford University Press archival book copies, 1900-2012 Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Monterey Public Library. California History Room. Authors clippings : "B" [surname] folder 1942-1991. Monterey Public Library
creatorOf Baer, Morley. Morley Baer photographs, 1954-1977. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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associatedWith Day, Clinton, 1846-1916 person
associatedWith Monterey Public Library. California History Room. corporateBody
associatedWith Monterey Public Library. California History Room. corporateBody
associatedWith Paul R. Hanna House (Stanford, Calif.) corporateBody
associatedWith Stanford University corporateBody
associatedWith Stanford University. Press. corporateBody
associatedWith Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959. person
associatedWith Wurster, Bernardi, and Emmons. corporateBody
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Birth 1916-04-05

Death 1995-11-09

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