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1902 – John Muir photographed for Camera Craft Magazine, Arthur C. Pillsbury
Ansel Adams born in San Francisco
1903 – Tahoe in the Winter, Camera Craft Magazine, photos and article, Arthur C. Pillsbury
1906 – San Francisco Earthquake and Fire photographed by Arthur C. Pillsbury
California Missions photographed by Arthur C. Pillsbury
Studio of the Three Arrows in Yosemite contracted by Arthur C. Pillsbury
1907 – George Fiske and Galen Clark photographed by Arthur C. Pillsbury
Beginning of Pillsbury's photography as art period.
1908 – Best photo of the entry of the White Fleet to San Francisco, Arthur C. Pillsbury
1909 - First Nature Movie made and shown, Arthur C. Pillsbury
Aerial photographs of San Francisco rebuilding, Arthur C. Pillsbury
The First Nature Center is established, Pillsbury Studio, Yosemite.
1910 – First ship to ship photos at the Dominguez Hills Air Show, article in Sunset Magazine about show, first in the US, Arthur C. Pillsbury
1910 – Hawaii, articles and photos by Arthur C. Pillsbury
1911 – Adopts orphaned children of his brother.
End of Pillsbury's photography as art period.
1912 – First lapse-time camera showing the blooming of a flower, Arthur C. Pillsbury.
1913 – Friend from the East spends time in Yosemite, awakens Pillsbury children to issues for Miwok.
1914 – John Muir dies. Sierra Club membership is below 1,000
1915 – Half Dome ascent by students with Pillsbury
Pacific Exposition photographed by Arthur C. Pillsbury
Ansel Adams spends all his time at the Pacific Exposition, parents let him drop out of school. Stephen T. Mather appointed head of
National Parks. Immediately pushes for accommodations suitable for the 'elite.' Appoints Desmond as chief of concessionaires. Yosemite
Lodge begins construction to serve this purpose.
1916 – First Trip to Yosemite by Ansel Adams, then 14
Contracted to photograph the building of the Glacier Point Hotel, Arthur C. Pillsbury
Studebaker on Overhanging Rock
Fourth of July celebration run by Pillsbury
1917 – Cup offered by Desmond for first car into Yosemite won by Pillsbury.
1918 – Cup offered by Desmond for first car into Yosemite won by Pillsbury
1919 – Ansel Adams hired as caretaker for the Le Conte Memorial.
Cup offered by Desmond for first car into Yosemite by any means won by Pillsbury
1922 – First mass production machine for production of photo post cards, Arthur C. Pillsbury
1924 – Studio of the Three Arrows, first to move to New Village, Pillsbury receives concession for 15 years, longer than anyone but the Curry
Company. New Studio is large, including a theater which holds 250 people for nature movies.
Curry Company starts producing its own postcards, until this date Pillsbury provided these.
Pillsbury photographs the High Trip by the Sierra Club to Mt. Lylle.
Sale of 6 foot by 6 foot d'orotone to the head of a studio for $26,000, Arthur C. Pillsbury.
1925 – High Trip, Sierra Club, Arthur C. Pillsbury
1926 – High Trip, Sierra Club, Arthur C. Pillsbury
Through his lectures in the East Pillsbury presents to 32,000 people from 57 organizations on science and Yosemite. Scheduled by The
Players.
1927 –High Trip, Sierra Club, Arthur C. Pillsbury
Ansel Adams working as janitor and dog's body for Pillsbury Studio
1928 – Ansel Adams hired as photographer for High Trip for the Sierra Club
1929 – Invents the first X-Ray motion picture camera, Arthur C. Pillsbury
1930 – Builds the first mobile underwater motion picture camera, Arthur C. Pillsbury
Films the first underwater motion picture, Arthur C. Pillsbury
1934 – Ansel Adams elected as director for the Sierra Club
1942- Pillsbury identifies the process of osmosis in plants. Popular Science.