Ernest Crandall was originally from Rutland, Vt., where he was a reporter and photographer for The Rutland Herald. In 1905, he moved to Washington where he lived and worked for the rest of his life.[1]

Although Crandall spent 35 years as a photographer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture [2], he is best-known for his iconic photographs of Washington, DC [3]. During that time, he was also the official photographer for the Carnegie Institute’s archaeological expeditions to Yucatan, Mexico to study the ruins of Mayan temples (1925-1927) [4], and he enjoyed a long-running working relationship with the Daughters of the American Revolution to photograph and publish pictures of historic interiors.[5]

Aside from his agricultural photos, Crandall’s work appeared regularly in many reputable magazines and journals, most-frequently, The American Monthly Magazine, published by the Daughters of the American Revolution.[6] Other magazines that published his work include Country Life [7], Farmer’s Bulletin [8], the American Annual of Photography, and National Geographic [9]. Additional publications to include photographs by Crandall include the book Washington, The Nations’s Capital [10], the Inventory of Seeds and Plants Imported by the Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction [11], and the contemporary book Monument Wars [12].

Crandall won several awards for his photographs, including third place in a competition by the American Forestry Association to find the most beautiful photograph of an American tree [13], and third prize in the Wanamaker Competition, which was judged by Alfred Steiglitz and included 1400 submissions [14].

Aside from his photography, Crandall was active in civic service. He was a founding member and Treasurer of the Federal Photographers Society [15], and the Postal Photographic Club [16], and was a member of the Art Club of Washington. [17]

Ernest L. Crandall has work in many prominent collections today, including the the New York Public Library [18], the Latin American Library Photographic Archive [19], Tulane University [20], the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. [21], and the Library of Congress [22].

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  1. ^ http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/225647932.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+29,+1950&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post+(1923-1954)&edition=&startpage=4&desc=E.L.+Crandall,+Photographer,+Funeral+Rites+Set+for+Today
  2. ^ http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/225647932.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+29,+1950&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post+(1923-1954)&edition=&startpage=4&desc=E.L.+Crandall,+Photographer,+Funeral+Rites+Set+for+Today
  3. ^ http://www.picturehistory.com/product/id/10241
  4. ^ http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/225647932.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+29,+1950&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post+(1923-1954)&edition=&startpage=4&desc=E.L.+Crandall,+Photographer,+Funeral+Rites+Set+for+Today
  5. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=i3UmAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA31&dq=%22ernest+L.+crandall%22&hl=en&ei=DpxaTpmlOcmftgePyuiFBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAjge%23v=onepage&q=%22ernest%20L.%20crandall%22&f=false#v=snippet&q=%22ernest%20L.%20crandall%22&f=false
  6. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=i3UmAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA31&dq=%22ernest+L.+crandall%22&hl=en&ei=DpxaTpmlOcmftgePyuiFBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAjge%23v=onepage&q=%22ernest%20L.%20crandall%22&f=false#v=snippet&q=%22ernest%20L.%20crandall%22&f=false
  7. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=wwQiAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA34&dq=%22ernest+L.+crandall%22&hl=en&ei=WZxaTvaUGseWtwfM1cCXDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwADg8%23v=onepage&q=%22ernest%20L.%20crandall%22&f=false#v=snippet&q=%22ernest%20L.%20crandall%22&f=false
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  9. ^ http://www.nationalgeographicstock.com/ngsimages/explore/explore.jsf
  10. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=iD56AAAAMAAJ&q=%22e.l.+crandall%22%23v=snippet&q=%22e.l.%20crandall%22&f=false#v=onepage&q=%22e.l.%20crandall%22%23v%3Dsnippet&f=false
  11. ^ http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/pi_books/scans/pi054.pdf
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  13. ^ http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/237302302.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+3,+1933&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post+(1923-1954)&edition=&startpage=M24&desc=Forest+Photo+Prize+Awarded+To+Capital+Man
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  16. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=qL4aAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA295&dq=%22ernest+L.+crandall%22&hl=en&ei=5ZtaTrGTLcTAtgf94-2QDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBzgK%23v=onepage&q=%22ernest%20L.%20crandall%22&f=false#v=snippet&q=%22ernest%20L.%20crandall%22&f=false
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  18. ^ http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=104904&imageID=1160558&word=Washington%20National%20Cathedral%20(Washington,%20D.C.)&s=3&notword=&d=&c=&f=2&k=0&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&total=1&num=0&imgs=20&pNum=&pos=1
  19. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=ARA_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&dq=%22e.l.+crandall%22+photo&source=bl&ots=BT3rMC3Sr8&sig=IYGO9jy5ktzSWZJ9bTJEsPlf1-I&hl=en&ei=NZ9aTqbVAdC2twe6qJ2tDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAQ%23v=onepage&q=e.l.%20crandall&f=false#v=snippet&q=e.l.%20crandall&f=false
  20. ^ http://lal.tulane.edu/collections/imagearchive/gorin
  21. ^ http://www.historydc.org/pdf/MSSguide.pdf
  22. ^ http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004668979/

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