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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 203148, member: 33"]This may be totally off base, but I found that a well-known naturalist involved with the National Park Service in the early 20th century named Ansel Hall also took photographs in California. He is also known for being an early mentor to Ansel Adams (although the first name similarity is apparently a coincidence).</p><p><br /></p><p>Some biographies of Ansel Hall do not mention that he was also a photographer, but there are collections that include photos attributed to him:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/Finding_Aids/inventory/Hall.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/Finding_Aids/inventory/Hall.htm" rel="nofollow">https://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/Finding_Aids/inventory/Hall.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://dpg.lib.berkeley.edu/webdb/metcalf/search?Date=&page=104" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dpg.lib.berkeley.edu/webdb/metcalf/search?Date=&page=104" rel="nofollow">http://dpg.lib.berkeley.edu/webdb/metcalf/search?Date=&page=104</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is some biographical information:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Franklin_Hall" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Franklin_Hall" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Franklin_Hall</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://landscapesonglass.com/ansel-ansel.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://landscapesonglass.com/ansel-ansel.html" rel="nofollow">http://landscapesonglass.com/ansel-ansel.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This may or may not be the person who took your photos, but thought I'd give you another line of investigation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 203148, member: 33"]This may be totally off base, but I found that a well-known naturalist involved with the National Park Service in the early 20th century named Ansel Hall also took photographs in California. He is also known for being an early mentor to Ansel Adams (although the first name similarity is apparently a coincidence). Some biographies of Ansel Hall do not mention that he was also a photographer, but there are collections that include photos attributed to him: [URL]https://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/Finding_Aids/inventory/Hall.htm[/URL] [URL]http://dpg.lib.berkeley.edu/webdb/metcalf/search?Date=&page=104[/URL] Here is some biographical information: [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Franklin_Hall[/URL] [URL]http://landscapesonglass.com/ansel-ansel.html[/URL] This may or may not be the person who took your photos, but thought I'd give you another line of investigation.[/QUOTE]
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