Peter E. Palmquist (1936–2003)
Author of Carleton E. Watkins: Photographer of the American West
About the Author
Image credit: Mary K. Brown, 1991
Works by Peter E. Palmquist
Camera Fiends & Kodak Girls: Fifty Selections by and About Women in Photography, 1840-1930 (1989) 9 copies
Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide: A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865 (2005) 8 copies
Camera fiends & Kodak girls II : 60 selections by and about women in photography, 1855-1965 (1995) 6 copies
A collector's obsession : photographs of Humboldt County, California from the Peter E. Palmquist Collection (2001) 6 copies
Redwood and lumbering in California forests : a reconstruction of the original Edgar Cherry edition (1983) 3 copies
Women photographers: A selection of images from the Women in Photography International Archive, 1852-1997 (1997) 3 copies
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- Canonical name
- Palmquist, Peter E.
- Birthdate
- 1936-09-23
- Date of death
- 2003-01-13
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Oakland, California, USA
- Place of death
- Oakland, California, USA
- Cause of death
- hit by car
- Places of residence
- Arcata, California, USA
- Education
- Humboldt State University (BA|1965)
- Occupations
- photography historian
photographer
editor
writer - Organizations
- United States Army
State of California
Humboldt State University
National Stereoscopic Association
Women in Photography International Archive - Short biography
- Peter Palmquist was a collector and historian of photography, as well as a photographer. Palmquist's archive of more than 150,000 photographs and research documents is housed at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut where it forms a cornerstone of its Western Americana Collection.
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- Works
- 42
- Members
- 162
- Popularity
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- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 18
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the expense of readability, they acknowledge. That
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