Tape 1 Side A: Burton shares about his early life and how he got to Texas. He talks about his time in the military during World War 2 and an injury he sustained. He talks about moving to Austin and studying photography at the University of Texas. He shares how he started getting his photos to be noticed by explaining his trip to San Francisco and photographing the hippies on Haight Street in the 60s.
Part 2 of the audio is available here: https://dc.library.txstate.edu/node/24898
Part 3 of the audio is available here: https://dc.library.txstate.edu/node/24899
Full transcript available here: https://dc.library.txstate.edu/node/24905
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