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NAU.PH.99.3.14.2.12
Item number
75663
Creator
Nichols, Tad, 1911-
Title
Pinacate
Trip
-
Dec
. '
51
.
Nichols
,
Bradt
,
Ezell
,
Olsen
.
[Bradt
,
Ezell
, and
Olsen
with
Alberto
Celaya]
;
Image
Alternate title
Pinacate
Trip
-
December
1951
-
Nichols
,
Bradt
,
Ezell
,
Olsen
.
Date
1951
Description
CONTENT
:
Trip
to the
Pinacate
Region
of the
Mexican
Sonoran
Desert
in
December
of
1951
.
BIOGRAPHICAL
NOTE
:
Tad
Nichols
was
born
in
Springfield
,
Ohio
, on
July
8
,
1911
. He
grew
up
in
Cambridge
,
Massachusetts
until
1930
,
when
due
to his
asthma
, he was
sent
to
Mesa
Ranch
School
in
Arizona
. In
addition
to
academics
, his
school
experiences
there
included
camping
,
hiking
, and
horseback
riding
. These
activities
helped
Nichols
develop
a
great
love
of the
outdoors
. From
fall
of
1932
until
spring
of
1937
, he
attended
the
University
of
Arizona
in
Tucson
. He
graduated
with a
double
degree
in
geology
and
anthropology
. He
met
Mary
Jane
Hayden
in an
astronomy
class
. They were
married
in
1937
.
Tad's
initial
interest
in
taking
pictures
was
inspired
by a
university
photography
class
.
Later
he
studied
with
such
noted
photographers
as
Ansel
Adams
,
Edward
Weston
, and
Brett
Weston
. He
traveled
with
many
scientific
expeditions
,
during
which
he
acted
as
official
photographer
. This
included
several
trips
to
Mexico
to
document
the
eruptions
of
Paricutin
Volcano
, as
well
as
other
worldwide
trips
with
geologist
and
naturalist
Edwin
McKee
.
Nichols
was also
involved
in
making
films
. He had
gained
experience
as a
cameraman
during
World
War
II
,
while
creating
training
films
for the
Air
Force
.
Afterwards
he
made
films
of his
own
about
the
Southwest
, and also
produced
instructional
films
for the
U.S
.
Indian
Service
.
During
the
1950s
,
Nichols
worked
for
Walt
Disney
Productions
and the
Sierra
Club
.
Tad
and
Mary
Jane
traveled
extensively
throughout
the
world
, in
such
diverse
locales
as
Europe
,
Africa
, the
Middle
East
,
Indonesia
,
Mexico
,
Central
America
,
South
America
,
Galapagos
,
Hawaii
,
Alaska
, and the
Southwestern
United
States
. Of
all
these
places
,
Glen
Canyon
was a
favorite
,
where
he
shot
over
four
thousand
images
. From these
many
images
, a
book
was
published
by the
Museum
of
New
Mexico
Press
in
August
of
2000
,
entitled
, '
Glen
Canyon
:
Images
of a
Lost
World
,
Photographs
and
Recollections.
'
Collection name
Nichols, Tad
Finding aid
http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/nau/nichols_tad.xml
Language
English
Repository
Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
Rights
ABOR
Subjects
Deserts--Mexico--Pinacate Mountain Region
Ezell, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1913-
Celaya, Alberto
Bradt, George
Places
Pinacate Mountain Region (Mexico)
Sonoran Desert
Physical format
Black
and
white
polyester
film
negative
Physical dimension
6x6 cm
Master file format
tif
Hardware
Imacon Flextight 848
Software
Photoshop 9.0
Master color scheme
Grayscale
Master image bit depth
16-bit
Master resolution
3200
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