{"id":176,"date":"2016-07-26T00:53:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T00:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/?page_id=176"},"modified":"2020-10-18T19:10:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T19:10:06","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]\n\t\t\t<!-- START slider1 REVOLUTION SLIDER 6.6.12 --><p class=\"rs-p-wp-fix\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t<rs-module-wrap id=\"rev_slider_1_1_wrapper\" data-source=\"gallery\" style=\"visibility:hidden;background:transparent;padding:0;margin:0px auto;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\">\n\t\t\t\t<rs-module id=\"rev_slider_1_1\" style=\"\" data-version=\"6.6.12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<rs-slides style=\"overflow: hidden; position: absolute;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<rs-slide style=\"position: absolute;\" data-key=\"rs-20\" data-title=\"Slide\" data-anim=\"adpr:false;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/revslider\/public\/assets\/assets\/dummy.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"About\" class=\"rev-slidebg tp-rs-img rs-lazyload\" data-lazyload=\"\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Header_clouds_darkGrey.gif\" data-no-retina>\n<!---->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<rs-slide style=\"position: absolute;\" data-key=\"rs-19\" data-title=\"Slide\" data-anim=\"adpr:false;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/revslider\/public\/assets\/assets\/dummy.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"About\" class=\"rev-slidebg tp-rs-img rs-lazyload\" data-lazyload=\"\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Dawson_Header_faces_darkGrey.gif\" data-no-retina>\n<!---->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<rs-slide style=\"position: absolute;\" data-key=\"rs-18\" data-title=\"Slide\" data-anim=\"adpr:false;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/revslider\/public\/assets\/assets\/dummy.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"About\" class=\"rev-slidebg tp-rs-img rs-lazyload\" data-lazyload=\"\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Dawson_Header_books_darkGrey.gif\" data-no-retina>\n<!---->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-slides>\n\t\t\t\t<\/rs-module>\n\t\t\t\t<script>\n\t\t\t\t\tsetREVStartSize({c: 'rev_slider_1_1',rl:[1240,1024,1024,1024],el:[],gw:[1920,1920,1920,1920],gh:[500,500,500,500],type:'standard',justify:'',layout:'fullwidth',mh:\"0\"});if (window.RS_MODULES!==undefined && window.RS_MODULES.modules!==undefined && window.RS_MODULES.modules[\"revslider11\"]!==undefined) {window.RS_MODULES.modules[\"revslider11\"].once = false;window.revapi1 = undefined;if (window.RS_MODULES.checkMinimal!==undefined) window.RS_MODULES.checkMinimal()}\n\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t<\/rs-module-wrap>\n\t\t\t<!-- END REVOLUTION SLIDER -->\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221;][vc_column][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#c2c69f&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;ABOUT&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|font_size:26|text_align:left|color:%23dce8d0|line_height:2&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Alegreya%20Sans%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 469px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 469px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 469px;\">\n<p><strong>Michael Dawson<\/strong> is a private dealer and appraiser specializing in rare books and fine art photography including historical photographs of California and the Southwest. Michael has written widely on photography and has owned and operated his own gallery as well as the celebrated <strong>Dawson\u2019s Book Shop<\/strong> in Los Angeles \u2013 a business established by his grandfather in 1905. He is a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abaa.org\/booksellers\/details\/dawsons-book-shop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA)<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/ilab.org\/booksellers\/dawsons-book-shop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB)<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/aipadshow.com\/AIPAD1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD)<\/a>. Michael is known as an expert in the history of Southern California photography. His writing on the subject is included in <em>LA\u2019s Early Moderns: Art\/Architecture\/Photography <\/em>published by Balcony Press in 2003 and <em>Land of Sunshine: An Environmental History of Los Angeles <\/em>published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in 2005. Michael contributed an essay for the publication from the Book Club of California titled <em>William Reagh. A Long Walk Downtown: Photographs of Los Angeles &amp; Southern California, 1936-1991.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-252 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ModernBooks_pasted_SM_wide.png\" alt=\"modernbooks_pasted_sm_wide\" width=\"450\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ModernBooks_pasted_SM_wide.png 450w, https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ModernBooks_pasted_SM_wide-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ModernBooks_pasted_SM_wide-380x241.png 380w, https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ModernBooks_pasted_SM_wide-280x177.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To contact Michael Dawson use the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/index.php\/contact\/\">Contact<\/a> page, or send an email to:<br \/>\nmichael [at] dawsonbooks.com<\/p>\n<p>Address:<br \/>\nP.O Box 39994<br \/>\nLos Angeles, CA 90039<br \/>\n(213) 910-9139<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#c2c68f&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1077\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1077\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1077 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/amed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/amed.png 520w, https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/amed-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ernest Dawson in first book shop, Broadway Street, Los Angeles, circa 1907<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;ABOUT DAWSON&#8217;S BOOK SHOP&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|font_size:24|text_align:left|color:%23c2c69f|line_height:2&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Alegreya%20Sans%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;10&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Since 1905, Dawson&#8217;s Book Shop has been a leading source in Southern California for rare and out of print books in the fields of California history, Western Americana and photography.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ernest Dawson started the shop in downtown Los Angeles. In 1907 he produced the first catalog of rare books issued in Los Angeles. After three moves downtown and a transfer of ownership to the second generation of Glen and Muir Dawson, the shop settled on Larchmont Boulevard in the Hollywood \/ Hancock Park area in 1968. After 105 years as a continually operating book shop, Dawson&#8217;s closed the Larchmont location in 2010. Michael Dawson continues to buy and sell rare books and photographs from his home in the Echo Park neighborhood in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1079\" style=\"width: 674px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1079 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ernest_Dawson.png\" alt=\"Ernest DawsonLeft: Ernest Dawson book plate showing his children, circa 1924. Right: Portrait of Ernest Dawson, 1924.\" width=\"674\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ernest_Dawson.png 674w, https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ernest_Dawson-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ernest_Dawson-558x414.png 558w, https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ernest_Dawson-655x486.png 655w, https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ernest_Dawson-600x445.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Ernest Dawson book plate showing his children, circa 1924. Right: Portrait of Ernest Dawson, 1924.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1078\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1078\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1078 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dawsonemployeelrg.png\" alt=\"Ernest Dawson and staff, Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, celebrating 40th anniversary in business, 1940\" width=\"1000\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dawsonemployeelrg.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dawsonemployeelrg-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dawsonemployeelrg-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dawsonemployeelrg-806x607.png 806w, https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dawsonemployeelrg-558x420.png 558w, https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dawsonemployeelrg-655x493.png 655w, https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dawsonemployeelrg-600x452.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ernest Dawson and staff, Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, celebrating 40th anniversary in business, 1940.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1076\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1076\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1076 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/packed_house.png\" alt=\"Opening of Dawson\u2019s Book Shop on Larchmont Blvd in Los Angeles, 1968.\" width=\"520\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/packed_house.png 520w, https:\/\/www.dawsonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/packed_house-300x238.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Opening of Dawson\u2019s Book Shop on Larchmont Blvd in Los Angeles, 1968.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221;][vc_column][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#c2c69f&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;ABOUT&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|font_size:26|text_align:left|color:%23dce8d0|line_height:2&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Alegreya%20Sans%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text] Michael Dawson is a private dealer and appraiser specializing in rare books and fine art photography including historical photographs of California and the Southwest. 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