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Pollak's recollections of her experiences at the Art Students League, written to Lawrence Campbell in 1973 for the League's Hundredth Anniversary Catalog, published two years later.
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In this photograph, Adele Clark (left) and Theresa Pollak (right) celebrate Clark's 100th birthday at Westminster-Canterbury in Richmond, VA.

Clark, together with Nora Houston, founded the Richmond Art Club, where Pollak received her first…
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Theresa in confirmation dress with her brother, Philip.
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Maurice Bonds (right) was one of Pollak's (left) earliest students. He was also one of her earliest colleagues, joining RPI's faculty in 1946 as an instructor of fine arts and art history. Bonds also served as the Chair for both departments during…
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Pollak painting on the beach at Martha's Vineyard Island, Edgartown, Massachusetts.
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Pollak (front, left) is pictured here with her classmates at the Tiffany Foundation in Oyster Bay, Long Island
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Photograph of Pollak as a student at Westhampton College, University of Richmond
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A photograph of Theresa Pollak in the backyard of her home at 3912 Stuart Avenue, Richmond.

Photograph taken by Jack Wright.
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Photograph of Pollak taken by Frances Rose.
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Photograph of Pollak in her painting class studio on the third floor of the gymnasium building at RPI (later VCU)
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Pollak sits in her studio at 1407 Grove Avenue, Richmond.

Photo by Jack Wright.
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Pollak in her studio at 1407 Grove Avenue, Richmond.
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Pollak embarked on her first and only trip to Europe in 1962. Here, she is photographed with a tour group in Italy (2nd row, 6th person from the left).
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