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untitled (Shuttle for weaving with bobbin) Ahrens Weaving Studio 1960s This is a wooden shuttle that was used for weaving by Kay Sekimachi. A wooden bobbin wound with black linen thread is integrated into the center of the shuttle. The bobbin spins on a metal rod...	William Clapp Drawing Equipment (chalk, charcoal, pencil, ink) late 19th century to mid 20th century Drawing equipment: 1 bottle "Diepo" black ink (A); 1 piece white chalk (B); 1 piece black charcoal (C); 1 drawing pencil (D)
Camera Craft Magazine with Cover Portrait of Dorothea Lange by Rondal Partridge May-40 Dorothea Lange is on the cover. This copy was owned by Lange.	William Clapp Painting Equipment (paint brush and 8 tubes of oil paint) late 19th century to mid 20th century A: watercolor paintbrush (brand illegible), 7.25" x 3/8" dia. B: Devoe & Raynolds Co. Inc. oil paint (label illegible), 3.75" x 3/4" x 0.5" C: Devoe & Raynolds Co. Inc. oil...
Untitled (art supplies, wooden box of pastels) 19th century Helen Tanner Brodt's art supplies:	Underwood's Superior Type-Writer Oil Underwood Typewriter Co. late 19th century to early 20th century This is a glass bottle of Underwood's Superior Type-Writer Oil. The bottle is capped with a cork stopper that has a wand embedded in it to apply the oil.
Untitled (art supplies, watercolor box) Helen Tanner Brodt 19th century Helen Tanner Brodt's art supplies:	untitled (broadside and black and white photographs from the Isaac Wallace Baker Scrapbook) Isaac Wallace Baker, Sonora Herald, unknown 1853; mid 20th century A three page section removed from a sketchbook of Isaac Wallace Baker with a print and two photographs.
untitled (clay rib used by Viola Frey) Inc., Kemper Enterprises mid 20th century to early 21st century This is a rubber rib used by Viola Frey when working with clay. The tool is oblong and made from hard black rubber with one flat and one slightly convex side. "KEMPER TOOLS / MADE IN U.S.A...	untitled ( X-Acto knife with plastic anti-roll attachment) Elmer's Products, Inc. mid 20th century to early 21st century This is an X-Acto knife with a plastic anti-roll attachment used by artist Carmen Lomas Garza for paper cutting. The knife consists of a blade mounted on a pen-like aluminum body with a knurled...
untitled (unfinished cut-paper work) Carmen Lomas Garza 2010 This is an unfinished paper cutout with graphite drawing on the surface. The composition includes images of nopal cacti and a hummingbird hovering above two babies in a nest. The paper is matte...	D. F. W. Barry McGee early 21st century This is a staple bound artist zine from Barry McGee's studio. The bright reddish-orange cover shows a black ink graphic of a face in profile with the title "D. F. W." printed below...
untitled (suction bulb tool used by Viola Frey) unknown mid 20th century to early 21st century This is rubber suction bulb used by Viola Frey when working with clay. The tool has a rounded chamber with a small flat base and tapers to a tube at the opposite end. It is constructed with blue...	untitled (clay wire tool used by Viola Frey) unknown late 20th century to early 21st century This is a clay wire tool with a wooden handle used by Viola Frey. The handle is unvarnished with a curved and a flat side.
untitled (clay scraper used by Viola Frey) unknown mid 20th century to early 21st century This is a scraper tool with a looped serrated blade used by Viola Frey. The tool has a turned wooden handle with reddish brown finish; the bottom is pierced with a shape of six points radiating...	untitled (clay rotary cutting tool used by Viola Frey) unknown mid 20th century to early 21st century This is a rotary cutting tool used by Viola Frey when working with clay. The tool has ten discs, which are surrounded by a curved rectangular piece of metal with slots for the blades. The turned...
untitled (two-sided grater used by Viola Frey) unknown mid 20th century to early 21st century This is a two-sided grater used by Viola Frey when working with clay. The metal tool has a flat handle that has two rectangular pieces of metal at each end with multiple holes punched in a grid...	Marvy Uchida Cutting Mat Ltd, Uchida Yoko Co. early 21st century This is a self healing cutting mat used by artist Carmen Lomas Garza for paper cutting. It is produced by Uchida Yoko Co., Ltd under the MARVEY / UCHIDA brand of craft supplies. The board has...
untitled (Raphael fan brush used by Viola Frey) Max Sauer SAS late 20th century to early 21st century This is a Rapha├»┬╛ΓÇól brand size 12 fan brush used by Viola Frey when working with clay. The brush has white bristles and a varnished wooden handle. The top of the...	Palette knife of artist James Walker W.K. Vanderslice & Co. ~ San Francisco 19th century Palette knife used by artist James Walker has a handmade steel blade and a wooden handle.
untitled (Rupert Schmid in studio with California Venus) unknown c. 1895 This is a photograph of the artist Rupert Schmid and another man photographed with the sculpture "California Venus" in the artist's studio. (see A53.409)	Arthur Putnam Working in His Studio unknown c.1910 Photograph of Arthur Putnam working in his studio.
Ansel Adams to Dorothea Lange and Paul Taylor Ansel Adams 25-Jan-40	Oakland Tribune, April 18, 1906, "GREAT EARTHQUAKE" Oakland Tribune 1906 Oakland Tribune Newspaper from April 18, 1906 with the headline, "SAN FRANCISCO DOOMED / GREAT EARTHQUAKE / DEATH AND DESTRUCTION / SWEEP THE BAY CITIES! / HUNDREDS DIE IN RUINS! " Newspaper...