Jack Chinn

1960-1969

Poster mockup, a collage of photographs taped together for use in design of a Sweets Ball Room poster; the images show dancers at a tardeada at Sweets Ball Room; the left most photograph shows...

c. 1945

Two boys and a man at Sweets Ball Room. Photograph has been cut in half.

c. 1965

A photograph of the Capwell's Tire Center. A portion of the Capwell's parking lot has been converted into a retail auto supply store and a garage for fixing tires. The builing is on the corner...

c.1965

A children's choir arrayed in surplices is posed facing the camera in front of the Chapel of Peace in Children's Fairyland. There are both boys and girls in the choir in roughly equal numbers....

c.1965

A miniature, stylized clock tower with stairs leading up and a metal slide leading down. A young girl, dressed in Alice in Wonderland clothing, is coming off the slide. A typewritten notation is...

1955-1975

Flowers and trees in a low, mosaic tile retaining wall are the core of a little plaza whose highlight is circular body of water with two fountains shooting water up to a height of about 5 feet....

1950-1975

According to the handwritten notation on the back of the photo, the building in this photo is Leona Lodge, a club house sited at the end of a lawn on a terrace. The land drops away steeply to the...

1955-1975

The pencilled notation on the back of the photo reads "The Chinese Theme Playground. Lincoln Square Center, Oakland, Calif." A wooden sailing ship for children to climb on, and swings, are the...

1955-1975

A Nativity scene on a lawn, showing the creche and mannequins of visitors to the creche. Three camels are part of the tableau, but it is not clear whether they too are mannequins or live animals...

1955-1975

A cooking teacher, at left, [resembling Julia Child?] is demonstrating the preparation of a recipe to a group of Girl Scouts from behind a counter. The photo number is 59-73

c.1955

A group of seven Boy Scouts is engaged in pulling weeds from the sidewalk and the parking strip of a street curving uphill to the right. The street is behind them. Pine trees are on a bank on...

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