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Chapter 7: A window is a window
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Chapter 10: Out-of-place Things
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Chapter 14: Alaska That Usta Was
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Chapter 11: (Signs of The Times)
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Includes photographic works by Haffer organized into a series of titled bound volumes. Each volume includes typewritten descriptive notes. Also included are additional photographs not included in the volumes, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.
Virna Haffer
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ca. 1928. "Robert" - portrait photo of young child, circa 1928, wearing a polka-dotted jersey with a large collar shirt. In 1930 Haffer received her first national exposure when this photograph of "Robert" was reproduced by the American Annual of Photography. (A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna Haffer, p. 106)
"Untitled" (Newell Griffith) (Album 1 Image 17)
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ca. 1935. "Untitled" (Newell Griffith) - portrait of person's (Newell Griffith) head split with mirror, circa 1935. (A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna Haffer, p. 74)
"Man in Derby" (Album 2 Image 34)
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ca. 1928. "Man in Derby" - portrait of person (Ralph Rosenberg) in derby hat and dark suit holding a lit cigarette, circa 1928. Haffer would use this photograph as a basis for a print, made from wood or linoleum blocks in 1929. (A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna Haffer, p. 95)
"Don of Taos Pueblo" (Album 2 Image 37)
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ca. 1930. "Don of Taos Pueblo" - profile portrait, circa 1930.
"Model a La Chinese" (Album 2 Image 40)
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"Model a la Chinese" - undated portrait of person with furrowed brow, face strongly lit from below
"Onya la Tour" (Album 2 Image 45)
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ca. 1933. "Onya la Tour" - portrait of person gazing upward. Dangling hoop earrings are in contrast with long dark hair. According to the book "A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna Haffer," title of a bas relief print which featured the same person was "Onya Latoor." It was possibly photographed in California. (A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna Haffer, p. 80)
"Study - Kay Harshberger" (Album 2 Image 46)
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ca. 1930. "Study -Kay Harshberger" - portrait of person with head distorted, circa 1930. According to "A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna Haffer," this work was also titled Caricature. The distorted image was created in the darkroom by rotating the horizontal printing frame slightly on its vertical axis. (A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna Haffer, p.19)
"Isabel Morrison- Dancing Teacher" (Album 2 Image 47)
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ca. 1930. "Isabel Morrison, Dancing Teacher" - circa 1930 portrait of person in kimono standing against a vertically striped wall with Chinese or Japanese characters written on it. According to the book "A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna haffer," Isabel Keith Morrison was a dancer and taught dance in Tacoma during the 1920s. She later moved to Los Angeles where she continued teaching and dancing in regional productions. (A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna haffer, p. 110; p. 20)
"Elizabeth Sale" (Album 2 Image 57)
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"Elizabeth Sale" - portrait of person with drawn castle in background, only head and hands are visible. Elizabeth ("Bettie") Sale was a poet who collaborated with Virna Haffer to produce a book incorporating her poetry along with photographic illlustrations by Haffer. "Abundant Wild Oats" was never published although a prototype was made. (A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna Haffer, p. 116-information on Bettie Sale and "Abundant Wild Oats.")
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"Flashlight Drawing" (Book 2 Image 44)
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"Flashlight Drawing" - photogram of a female with elongated nose and neck, full lips. (Virna Haffer Collection)
"The Unknown" (Book 2 Image 55)
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"The Unknown" - photogram. Probably created during the 1960s when Virna Haffer transitioned to camera-less photographic processes, particularly photograms. (Virna Haffer Collection)
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"Wheat" - Triticum (aestivum) - photogram of wheat with disc of light (sun) (Virna Haffer Collection)