About Stephen H. Willard
Lived 1894 – 1965 (aged 70–71). Stephen H. Willard was an American photographer.
Stephen Hallet Willard (March 8, 1894–1966)
Willard was born in Earlville, Illinois, but moved to Corona, California when he was two years old. He got his first camera when he turned 14, and won his first photography competition when he was 18.
He opened a photography studio and gallery in Palm Springs in 1922. He opened a gallery in Mammoth Lakes in 1924. Willard's photographs of the California deserts were also important in enlarging Death Valley National Park.
Willards daughter Beatrice donated a large set of Willard's artwork and equipment to the Palm Springs Art Museum in 1999.
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Who was Stephen H. Willard?
American photographer (1894–1965)
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Stephen H. Willard was born in 1894 in Illinois.
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Stephen H. Willard died in 1965.
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Stephen H. Willard was a photographer.
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Stephen H. Willard was American.
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