Horace Bristol
American Photographer · 1908–1997
22 works on LinkedCulture
Horace Bristol and his photographs were nearly forgotten to history until one day in 1985, when his son asked if he had read John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath. The question prompted Bristol to open a number of musty footlockers whose contents had been stowed away for decades. Inside were photographs that he had made half a century earlier while traveling through California's Central Valle
Works
View as IIIF ↗Car with Hat on Pole, near Visalia, Tulare County, California
Getty Museum · 1938
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Chopping Wood in Camp, near Visalia, Tulare County, California
Getty Museum · 1938
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Fishing, near Visalia, Tulare County, California
Getty Museum · 1938
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Grandma Joad
Getty Museum · 1938
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Grandpa Joad
Getty Museum · 1938
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Joad Family Applying for Relief
Getty Museum · 1938
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Little Ruthie Playing with Bottle, near Visalia, Tulare County, California
Getty Museum · 1938
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Living Under Overpass, near Visalia, Tulare County, California
Getty Museum · 1938
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Lying on Hard Wood Floor, probably San Francisco
Getty Museum · 1936
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Man and Boy in Abandoned Chicken Coop, near Visalia, Tulare County, California
Getty Museum · 1938
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Man and Wife with Chickens, near Visalia, Tulare County, California
Getty Museum · 1938
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[Men sitting on a curb]
Getty Museum · 1936
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Mrs. Sandy, Religious Fanatic, near Visalia, Tulare County, California
Getty Museum · 1938
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Rose of Sharon
Getty Museum · 1938
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Smoking Under Culvert, probably San Francisco
Getty Museum · 1938
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Tents Along the Road, near Visalia, Tulare County, California
Getty Museum · 1938
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[Two children bathing in camp]
Getty Museum · 1938
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Waiting in Line for Three Cent Bath, probably San Francisco
Getty Museum · 1936–1937
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Watching Flood Rise Over Box Cars, near Visalia, Tulare county, California
Getty Museum · 1938
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Winfield and his Rabbit
Getty Museum · 1938
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[Woman with child in rocking chair]
Getty Museum · 1938
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Writing Home in Railroad Jungle, near Sacramento, California
Getty Museum · 1936–1937
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