Rare photos of John Steinbeck from the collection of the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies at San Jose State University—including this 1945 image of Steinbeck with wife Gwyn and son Thom—complement an array of academic research articles by Robert DeMott and others in the Winter 2016 issue of Steinbeck Review. The journal is a publication of Penn State Press and appears twice a year. Barbara A. Heavilin is the editor-in-chief, and Nick Taylor is the executive editor. Photo courtesy Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies. To subscribe to the journal, visit the Penn State Press site’s Steinbeck Review page.
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This picture had to have been taken earlier than 1946, since Thom was born in 1944.
Thank you for pointing out our error. The date of the photo given in the journal is 1945, and it has been corrected here.
Pat Hathaway of California Views has this photo among his collection … I used it in my publication on Steinbeck and Ricketts this past September. I am sure he can supply you with the details on the photo.