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    Lobbyists

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    "Dispatched in the fall of 2005 to photograph Washington lobbyists for a photo essay, Neil Selkirk found himself immersed in a completely unexpected world of driven idealists and technocrats (in addition to some who conformed to a more traditional notion of the calling). The resulting 60 portraits, with accompanying biographical information, provide much food for thought for both the cynic and the dispassionate observer--there is indeed someone here for everyone. As Selkirk writes in his introduction, 'If for every interest there seems to be a lobbyist, it would be logical for the world of lobbying to be a microcosm of the world itself--and, in my recent experience, it more or less is. The most effective people in these pictures are at work practically every waking moment. Whatever drives them, their seriousness of purpose is palpable, enviable, and daunting. What they give to what they do may verge on zealotry. Or even madness.'"--Publisher's description.

    653269

  • SW entrance to Carmelita

    SW entrance to Carmelita

    Visual Materials

    Wide view of a driveway running through rows of trees at the entrance to Carmelita, the estate of Dr. Ezra Carr and his wife, Jeanne C. Carr, in Pasadena, California. A house is partially visible through trees. Two dirt roads intersect in front of the driveway.

    photPF 441

  • Rancho Paso de Bartolo : S62 no. 1 - road through part of Rancho Paso de Bartolo

    Rancho Paso de Bartolo : S62 no. 1 - road through part of Rancho Paso de Bartolo

    Manuscripts

    Map within document: "...intersect the division line between Standefer and . Dunlap to the South and Pico to the North..." eighth page in; shows road with courses, distances, adjacent property owners (Cate, Dunlap, Pico, Verdugo, Sanchez, Aguirre), San Gabriel River, hachures, ditch. Title supplied by cataloger.

    mssSolano SR_Box_22(07).13

  • Los Angeles, from San Gabriel Road

    Los Angeles, from San Gabriel Road

    Visual Materials

    Landscape view from above of two large residences amid acres of wide, open land in the San Gabriel Valley, California. Two dirt roads lined with trees intersect in middle of frame, and the more populous Los Angeles area on the horizon.

    photST Watkins

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    Enigma

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    A thriller on the breaking of a secret German radio code during World War II. The protagonists are two British cryptographers, a man and a woman, and their work becomes a race to crack the code in time to save a convoy of U.S. ships from being sunk by U-boats. By the author of The Fatherland.

    620341

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    Music & Drama

    Manuscripts

    A volume of bound programs. Theatres include: the Hollywood Bowl, Long Beach Symphony, and Mailamm Playhouse. Includes programs for: Julius Caesar, Cavalcade of Stairs, A Midsummer Nights Dream, and the Polish Relief Program.

    mssBehymer