and fans of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
(Willie Wonka
, to movie buffs), but today's entry is Ansel Adams' "golden ticket" to the U.S. Department of the Interior.This is Secretary Harold Ickes' September 30, 1941 letter of introduction to the "Officers and Employees [of the] Department of the Interior." With it, Adams is granted entrée to "reclamation projects, Indian reservations, national parks, and" (my personal favorite) "other places under the jurisdiction of this Department."
I wonder if he ever had to present it to anyone. Or, was his experience a bit more like buying beer on your 21st birthday and having no one ID you?
