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August 27, 1979. The U.S. Grant Hotel is a historic hotel in downtown San Diego, California. It operates under a franchise of Marriott International as part of their Luxury Collection brand. One of the oldest hotels in San Diego, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is 11 stories high and has 270 guest rooms in addition ...
Spouse. C. Hugh Friedman (1972-2013) Education. University of California, Los Angeles (BA) University of San Diego (JD) London School of Economics. Lynn Alice Schenk (born January 5, 1945) is an American politician and lawyer from California. A Democrat, she served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995.
This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (August 2007) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Grant Mudford in Galveston, Texas. Grant Mudford (born 1944 in Sydney), is an Australian photographer. Life and work From 1963 to 1964 he studied ...
Grantville, San Diego. / 32.785556; -117.098333. Grantville is a middle-class neighborhood in the city of San Diego, in California, United States. It borders the communities of Allied Gardens, San Carlos, Tierrasanta and Mission Valley East .
C.C. Curtis was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, on May 28, 1862.He moved to California at the age of 19 and began his photography career as an apprentice in San Francisco. He quickly developed a passion for the craft and began traveling throughout the San Joaquin Valley with his bulky and heavy glass plate photography equipment, using a donkey as his mode of transportation.
W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund is an organisation established to encourage and support individuals who are active in the field of photography for humanitarian purposes. It gives out the W. Eugene Smith Grant and Howard Chapnick Grant. Since 1979 the fund has worked to seek out independent voices who work and create outside the boundaries of ...
March 4, 1891. Milton, Pennsylvania. Died. 1964 (aged 72–73) Known for. Chief Photographer for the U.S. National Park Service. George Alexander Grant (1891–1964) was an American photographer who served as the first Chief Photographer for the U.S. National Park Service (NPS). [ 1][ 2]
The Rancho San Pedro is the site of the First Spanish land grant in California. The land was usurped from the indigenous inhabitants by Spanish soldiers and missionaries, and in 1784 King Carlos III granted the land to Juan Jose Dominguez, a retired Spanish soldier who came to California with the Portola expedition and later with Father Juniperro Serra.