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Bill Owens

 
Bill Owens

photographer, photojournalist, brewer and editor
(San Jose, California, 9/25/1938 - )


25 objects

Costa Cleaners -- Now Open! Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, 1974-1976; From the "Working" series

1974-1976 (printed 2006)
gelatin silver print on paper
Gift of Amy and Frank Linde, Chappaqua, N.Y.
2018.26.28
Image of Costa Cleaners -- Now Open! Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, 1974-1976; From the "Working" series
 

A Banana Split Has One Banana, Three Lumps of Ice Milk, Crushed Pineapple, Strawberries, Chocolate Syrup and Whipped Cream. In Two Days of Our Forty-Nine Cent Special, We Sold Five Thousand Splits. Businessmen Want a Pretty Face at the Counter.....

1976 (printed 2006)
gelatin silver print on paper
Gift of Amy and Frank Linde, Chappaqua, N.Y.
2018.26.33
Image of A Banana Split Has One Banana, Three Lumps of Ice Milk, Crushed Pineapple, Strawberries, Chocolate Syrup and Whipped Cream. In Two Days of Our Forty-Nine Cent Special, We Sold Five Thousand Splits. Businessmen Want a Pretty Face at the Counter.....
 

Modular Construction, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, 1974-1976; From the "Working" series

1974-1976
vintage gelatin silver print on paper
Gift of Amy and Frank Linde, Chappaqua, N.Y.
2018.26.32
Image of Modular Construction, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, 1974-1976; From the "Working" series
 

Nursery Scholarship Fund Has with a Handful of Women Each Year Raised $8000 To Send 40 Children From Disadvantaged Homes to Nursery School. Women's Liberations Degenerates Volunteer Labor, ......

1969-1975
vintage gelatin silver print on paper
Gift of Amy and Frank Linde, Chappaqua, N.Y.
2018.26.30
Image of Nursery Scholarship Fund Has with a Handful of Women Each Year Raised $8000 To Send 40 Children From Disadvantaged Homes to Nursery School. Women's Liberations Degenerates Volunteer Labor, ......
 

As a Member of Support Your Local Police Committee, an Ad Hoc Committee of the Birch Society, I'm Determined to Get Community Support for Our Local Police and Keep Them Independent of Federal Control.....

1969-1975
vintage gelatin silver print on paper
Gift of Amy and Frank Linde, Chappaqua, N.Y.
2018.26.29
Image of As a Member of Support Your Local Police Committee, an Ad Hoc Committee of the Birch Society, I'm Determined to Get Community Support for Our Local Police and Keep Them Independent of Federal Control.....
 

The Charting of the Theta Omega Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha Took Place at the Emperors Garden Restaurant on September 8, 1973. After the Charting, the New Officers Were Duly Sworn in by Candlelight.......

1969-1975
vintage gelatin silver print on paper
Gift of Amy and Frank Linde, Chappaqua, N.Y.
2018.26.31
Image of The Charting of the Theta Omega Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha Took Place at the Emperors Garden Restaurant on September 8, 1973. After the Charting, the New Officers Were Duly Sworn in by Candlelight.......
 

Thirty years ago the Rebecca Women’s Club would have a turkey whist card party. It would bring out 250 players. Today we’re lucky to get 50. That’s with prizes, too. Maybe a turkey isn’t worth as much as it used to be. Grange Hall, Livermore,.......

n.d.
vintage gelatin silver print on paper
Gift of Jon and Nicole Ungar
2016.46.159
Image of Thirty years ago the Rebecca Women’s Club would have a turkey whist card party. It would bring out 250 players. Today we’re lucky to get 50. That’s with prizes, too. Maybe a turkey isn’t worth as much as it used to be. Grange Hall, Livermore,.......
 

Fern greenhouse, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the "Working" series

1974-1976
vintage gelatin silver print on paper
Gift of Jon and Nicole Ungar
2016.46.161
Image of Fern greenhouse, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the "Working" series
 

Machine on Vinyl Floor, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the "Working" series

1974-1976
vintage gelatin silver print on paper
Gift of Jon and Nicole Ungar
2016.46.162
Image of Machine on Vinyl Floor, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the "Working" series
 

Like every body else, I am caught up in the rat race. I work eighty hours a week and with my real estate investments earn $100,000 a year. I just got divorced. In the insurance business, the public thinks we promise the moon but we can only......

n.d.
vintage gelatin silver print on paper
Gift of Jon and Nicole Ungar
2016.46.160
Image of Like every body else, I am caught up in the rat race. I work eighty hours a week and with my real estate investments earn $100,000 a year. I just got divorced. In the insurance business, the public thinks we promise the moon but we can only......
 

Making Paper, Paper Mill, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the "Working" series

1976
vintage gelatin silver print on paper
Gift of Jon and Nicole Ungar
2016.46.167
Image of Making Paper, Paper Mill, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the "Working" series
 

Automobile auction, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the "Working" series

1974-1976
vintage gelatin silver print on paper
Gift of Jon and Nicole Ungar
2016.46.163
Image of Automobile auction, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the "Working" series
 

I took up golf when I retired. It gets me out of the house and away from my wife who always wants me to do something else. Alamo, California, from the "Leisure" series

1976, printed later
gelatin silver print on paper
Gift of Jon and Nicole Ungar
2016.46.168
Image of I took up golf when I retired. It gets me out of the house and away from my wife who always wants me to do something else. Alamo, California, from the "Leisure" series
 

Wind Surfers, Del Valle Regional Park, Livermore, California, from the "Leisure" series

ca. 1975 (printed later)
gelatin silver print on paper
Gift of Jon and Nicole Ungar
2016.46.166
Image of Wind Surfers, Del Valle Regional Park, Livermore, California, from the "Leisure" series
 

We make hand made leather goods, mostly simple items that are offered in small stores and at the flea markets. I use my charms to make sales, from the "Working" series

1974-1976, printed later
gelatin silver print on paper
Gift of Jon and Nicole Ungar
2016.46.164
Image of We make hand made leather goods, mostly simple items that are offered in small stores and at the flea markets. I use my charms to make sales, from the "Working" series
 

The space shuttlecraft is a 2.7-billion-dollar manned space vehicle. It will have the capacity to carry thirty tons of material into orbit. Someday it will place solar collection panels in outer space to beam energy back to earth, from the "Working"......

1975, printed later
gelatin silver print on paper
Gift of Jon and Nicole Ungar
2016.46.165
Image of The space shuttlecraft is a 2.7-billion-dollar manned space vehicle. It will have the capacity to carry thirty tons of material into orbit. Someday it will place solar collection panels in outer space to beam energy back to earth, from the "Working"......
 

Hot Glass Production, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, From the "Working" series

1974-1976
vintage gelatin silver print
Gift, Daveed D. Frazier, MD Collection
2017.48.122
Image of Hot Glass Production, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, From the "Working" series
 

Thanksgiving celebration at grade school (children in paper pilgrim hats), Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, From the "Our Kind of People" series

1969-1975
vintage gelatin silver print
Gift, Daveed D. Frazier, MD Collection
2017.48.123
Image of Thanksgiving celebration at grade school (children in paper pilgrim hats), Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, From the "Our Kind of People" series
 

Three window washers, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, From the "Working" series

1974-1976
vintage gelatin silver print
Gift, Daveed D. Frazier, MD Collection
2017.48.124
Image of Three window washers, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, From the "Working" series
 

I am an old fashioned tinker. I sell pots and pans. Not just ordinary pots and pans but space age utensils. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, From the "Working" series

1975
vintage gelatin silver print
Gift, Daveed D. Frazier, MD Collection
2017.48.125
Image of I am an old fashioned tinker. I sell pots and pans. Not just ordinary pots and pans but space age utensils. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, From the "Working" series
 

I first got interested in hockey when I lived back east. Its speed, sounds, violence, and the beautiful choreographed motion got to me. The Seals are one of the worst teams in the league and........

1974
vintage gelatin silver print
Gift, Daveed D. Frazier, MD Collection
2017.48.126
Image of I first got interested in hockey when I lived back east. Its speed, sounds, violence, and the beautiful choreographed motion got to me. The Seals are one of the worst teams in the league and........
 

Lawn Bowling Is For Old Men With Too Much Time On Their Hands. Livermore, California, 1976; From the "Leisure" Series

1976 (printed 2000)
gelatin silver print on paper
Gift of Drs. Steven and Linda Lee
2018.28.24
Image of Lawn Bowling Is For Old Men With Too Much Time On Their Hands. Livermore, California, 1976; From the "Leisure" Series
 

KSFO Annual Easter Golf Match, Alamo, California, 1977; From the "Leisure" Series

1977 (printed 2005)
gelatin silver print on paper
Gift of Drs. Steven and Linda Lee
2018.28.26
Image of KSFO Annual Easter Golf Match, Alamo, California, 1977; From the "Leisure" Series
 

My Goal At The End Of The Race Is To Beat At Least One Ten-Year-Old Kid Or One Little Old Lady. 10K race, Livermore, California, 1974; From the "Leisure" Series

1974 (printed 2005)
gelatin silver print on paper
Gift of Drs. Steven and Linda Lee
2018.28.27
Image of My Goal At The End Of The Race Is To Beat At Least One Ten-Year-Old Kid Or One Little Old Lady. 10K race, Livermore, California, 1974; From the "Leisure" Series
 

I have To Keep In Shape. It’s Hard Work Being A realtor. Livermore, California, 1974; From the "Leisure" Series

2002
gelatin silver print on paper
Gift of Drs. Steven and Linda Lee
2018.28.25
Image of I have To Keep In Shape. It’s Hard Work Being A realtor. Livermore, California, 1974; From the "Leisure" Series
 

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