How did the California photograph collection get started?
The photo collection was established on November 29, 1970, shortly after Pat’s discharge from the Army. As fate would have it, while he was looking for a new direction, Jeanne Josselyn, the widow of early Carmel photographer Lewis Josselyn (1883-1964), was looking for a permanent home for her late husband’s photo and negative collection of over 3,800 5″x7″ glass plate, film negatives and original prints, this collection encompassed both Josselyn’s work, Louis S. Slevin and other early Carmel photographers. That was the start of what is now a collection of over 1,100 photographers works and 81,000 historic images.
