Ralston Crawford
American Photographer · 1906–1978
23 works on LinkedCulture
The son of a ship's captain, Ralston Crawford's life and career were marked by wanderlust. He worked at various jobs before becoming a sailor himself, from 1926 until 1927. After studying art in Los Angeles, he briefly held a job as an illustrator at Walt Disney's studio. Crawford spent the next decade traveling widely and studying art, meeting with early success in exhibiting his work. Primarily
Works
3rd Avenue "L"
Getty Museum · 1948
![[Barber Shop, New Orleans]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/98bd8083-b46d-4f17-8964-f861d03c533e/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Barber Shop, New Orleans]
Getty Museum · 1960
![[Broken Shell on Wall Street Journal]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/df00f25b-7b92-4544-8dca-73d10a5aed87/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Broken Shell on Wall Street Journal]
Getty Museum · 1964
![[Buffalo Waterfront]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/6c2b2256-b917-4458-a36a-82251349baaf/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Buffalo Waterfront]
Getty Museum · 1942
![[Bull Fight]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/a508d483-4ea8-4816-bc6f-25e246e9c53a/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Bull Fight]
Getty Museum · 1959
![[Car Door, Boulder]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/58a12ead-166e-4dde-9867-76e44350af95/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Car Door, Boulder]
Getty Museum · 1958
![[Car Door, Colorado]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/0fa53770-6b5c-4ea3-a5d8-0f4a1aed4539/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Car Door, Colorado]
Getty Museum · 1958
Cemetery, New Orleans
Getty Museum · 1959
Coulee Dam
Getty Museum · 1971
Fisherman's Wharf, S.F.
Getty Museum · 1972
![[Garden and Grating]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/cbd080fe-8685-4f19-8af9-68f05cc0cac5/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Garden and Grating]
Getty Museum · mid-20th century
![[Girders with Walkway]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/4d1fb804-8edf-4db5-9191-00b60ba0e73e/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Girders with Walkway]
Getty Museum · about 1935–1940
Mardi Gras
Getty Museum · 1964
![[Piece of Wood, Lincoln Center]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/18bbf215-da82-4ebc-a8b2-6c7033bd8232/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Piece of Wood, Lincoln Center]
Getty Museum · 1963
![[Staging Area No. 2].](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/8e287936-68ac-48b4-a418-89a6896ace1f/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Staging Area No. 2].
Getty Museum · 1971
![[Steel Girders]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/2ff5e236-0c28-41e8-9206-0ba45506786f/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Steel Girders]
Getty Museum · 1972
![[Steel Plate, Coulee Dam]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/5b326c33-664c-4c42-9c05-3ec0324c9ca0/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Steel Plate, Coulee Dam]
Getty Museum · 1972
Steel Plates, Coulee Dam, Washington
Getty Museum · 1972
![[Steel Plates, Dam Site]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/215cc2bd-f5d3-4209-8cb1-d03f15ade17f/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Steel Plates, Dam Site]
Getty Museum · 1971
Third Avenue El
Getty Museum · negative 1949; print 1960s
![[Third Avenue Elevated Seen From Below]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/c6f387d4-df33-4b6f-8a08-3600091532a8/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Third Avenue Elevated Seen From Below]
Getty Museum · 1938
![[Train Wheels, Duluth]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/ea1a9868-f5c6-4fdf-be19-d608e5127b32/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Train Wheels, Duluth]
Getty Museum · 1961
![[Window with Venetian Blinds]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/4e67d738-4b2c-4758-b154-f0761dc58f2b/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Window with Venetian Blinds]
Getty Museum · 1975