Walter Willard "Spud" Johnson seated next to his hand press, Santa Fe or Taos, 1932
Item Overview
- Title
- Walter Willard "Spud" Johnson seated next to his hand press, Santa Fe or Taos, 1932
- Photographer
- Connell, Will, 1898-1961
- Date Created
- 1932
- Date
- 1932
- Collection
- Connell (Will) Papers
Notes
- Description
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Photograph of Walter Willard "Spud" Johnson wearing a striped shirt and tie and a bib apron, seated at his small hand press
Walter Willard "Spud" Johnson was a poet and author of literary criticism, editorial comments and other prose who lived in New Mexico from 1922 to his death in 1968 and who was a major part of the new Mexico literary scene. He was also the publisher of Laughing Horse literary magazine, printed on a small hand press, which he started with others while a student at UC Berkeley and continued in New Mexico. In 1953 he took up painting and drawing as well.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
- Medium
- b&w acetate negative
Keywords
- Genre
-
acetate film
black-and-white photographs - Names
- Johnson, Walter Willard, 1897-1968
- Location
- New Mexico
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Artist colonies--New Mexico--Santa Fe
Authors--American--New Mexico--Taos
Authors--American--New Mexico--Santa Fe
Poets--New Mexico--Taos
Poets--New Mexico--Santa Fe
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_893_0490
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002h2sh2
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.