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- c. 1963-c. 1972 (Creation)
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2 files (2 parts)
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Scope and content
Consists of 17 mounted photographs.
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Jacob and Rita Bronowski in their living room in La Jolla with the Taung child skull. From promotional material for 'The Ascent of Man'. Black and white, c. 260mm x 205mm.
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Film crew, giant head sculpture and microscope on a beach [from 'The Ascent of Man']. Black and white, c. 260mm x 205mm.
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Bronowski with [his grandson, Daniel] playing with blocks. Black and white, c. 255mm x 205mm.
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Bronowski with a model of a brain. Black and white, c. 255mm x 205mm.
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Bronowski and film crew [from 'The Ascent of Man' filming]. Black and white, c. 255mm x 205mm.
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Bronowski in front of ruins [from 'The Ascent of Man']. Black and white, c. 255mm x 205mm.
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[A scene from 'The Face of Violence' play at the Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, 1971]. Black and white, c. 255mm x 205mm.
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Photographic copy of drawings of the human anatomy [by Leonardo da Vinci]. Black and white, c. 255mm x 200mm.
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Photographic copy of a drawing of a machine [by Leonardo da Vinci]. Black and white, c. 200mm x 150mm.
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A photographic copy of a drawing of William Blake at the age of 28 and 69 by Frederick Tatham. Black and white, c. 255mm x 205mm.
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Bronowski sitting in front of a sphinx, from 'The Ascent of Man'. Black and white, c. 255mm x 205mm.
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Bronowski giving a seminar [at the Salk Institute, on 'The Biological Foundations of Language'/'Language in a Biological Frame', 1968-1969]. Black and white, c. 255mm x 205mm.
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Whitechapel Library and Museum, London. Black and white, c. 255mm x 200mm.
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[Daniel Lehrman lecturing at the Salk Institute, 1967]. Black and white, c. 255mm x 205mm.
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[Leo Szilard lecturing at the Salk Institute, c. 1963-64]. Black and white, c. 255mm x 205mm.
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Aerial view of the Salk Institute. Black and white, c. 255mm x 205mm.
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A head-shot of Bronowski in his office at the Salk Institute during programme 3 of the KPBS-TV series 'Jacob Bronowski: 20th Century Man', 1971. Colour, c. 180mm x 130mm.
The exhibition of selected books and papers from the Jacob Bronowski Collection was held at the University of Toronto Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.