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Louis Walton Sipley

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Louis Walton Sipley (April 10, 1897 - October 18, 1968) was a writer, inventor[1] museum proprietor[2][3][4] and an author of books on photography. His museum's collection of photographs and his papers were donated to the George Eastman Museum which has a collection and conservation center named for him.[5][6] The museum of photography he established was the first of its kind. He also created a hall of fame at it for photography innovators and pioneers.[7]

He was part of the Bucknell University class of 1918.[8]

With his wife Alice Gertrude Moïse (May 24, 1906 - April 26, 2003), he directed the American Museum of Photography in Philadelphia.[3][9]

A collection of his work and papers was donated to the George Eastman Museum by 3M in 1977.[10]

He reviewed an art book.[11]

He is buried in a Jewish cemetery.

Bibliography

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  • A half century of color by Louis Walton Sipley (1951)
  • Photography's great inventors by Louis Walton Sipley (1965)
  • A collector's guide to American photography by Louis Walton Sipley (1957)
  • The photomechanical halftone by Louis Walton Sipley (1958)
  • Frederic E. Ives, photo-graphic-arts inventor by Louis Walton Sipley (1956)
  • Paintings by later American artists by Louis Walton Sipley (1939)
  • Mempirs of a Photochemist written by Fritz Wentzel and edited by Sipley[12]
  • Pennsylvania Arts and Sciences (editor)

Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ Finkel, Ken (January 15, 2019). "Once Upon a Day: Philadelphia's American Museum of Photography". PhillyHistory Blog.
  2. ^ "Photography". Wall Street International. February 28, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Louis Walton SIPLEY\Alice Gertrude MOISE". www.windemuth.org.
  4. ^ "HALL OF FAME; Photography Inventors Honored by Jury". The New York Times. May 3, 1964.
  5. ^ "George Eastman Museum receives $340,615 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities | Finger Lakes Region Official Guide".
  6. ^ Sheehan, Tanya (December 22, 2011). Doctored: The Medicine of Photography in Nineteenth-century America. Penn State Press. ISBN 9780271037929 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Louis Walton Sipley/American Museum of Photography Collection | George Eastman Museum". www.eastman.org.
  8. ^ University, Bucknell (December 22, 1916). "Catalogue of Bucknell University". The University – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Alice Sipley Obituary - Philadelphia, PA | The Philadelphia Inquirer". Legacy.com.
  10. ^ "Toronto Metropolitan University research repository - Browse".
  11. ^ Sipley, Louis Walton (1968). "Book Review: American Daguerrian Art. By Floyd and Marion Rinhart". Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography: 268–270.
  12. ^ "Item no longer available".
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