Earl Leaf in Hollywood, Dec 1961 Vintage silver... Lot 122

Earl Leaf in Hollywood, Dec 1961 Vintage silver print, 24x19 cm, cropping lines recto, stamps, annotations and caption in ink, verso: “The Wacky Wonderful Wared Earl Leaf, please credit Elton Sernell' Earl Leaf (1905-1980) was “raised in San Francisco and jumped around working as a cowboy, sailor, prospector, dude rancher, harvest hand, actor, teamster, bookkeeper, Salvation Army cadet, musician, Nevada politician, and a Reno-based journalist. In 1936 he covered the second Sino-Japanese War in China, and interviewed and photographed Mao behind communist lines. Leaf made it back to the states in 1940 and eventually found his place in Hollywood shooting up-and-coming stars. His career ramped up and he went on to be the Beach Boys main band photographer.” (SF Gate)