Jones, Leslie R. (1886-1967) USA

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The Camera Man

Leslie Jones worked for the Boston Herald-Traveler newspaper between the years 1917 and 1956. He was educated at the Farm and Trade School on Thompson Island. Jones first worked as a pattern-maker, but had long held an interest in photography.

While working in a Boston factory, he continued developing himself as a freelance photographer. It was not until Jones unfortunately lost two of his fingers to the factory machinery, however, which led him to convert this avocation into his profession. He joined the Boston Herald-Traveler staff in 1917.

In his 39 years at the newspaper, Jones covered everything from a fox stuck in a tree on the Boston Common, to Charles Lindbergh's U.S. tour after the aviator crossed the Atlantic. His photographs document both the usual and the unusual in the daily life of Boston and its surrounding regions.

Without his family's generosity and their recognition of the importance of his work, the Leslie Jones Collection would not exist and an important piece of the public record would not be available to the public. The photographs were given to the Boston Public Library so that they could be seen by anyone who wanted to see them.

Modest about his abilities as a photographer, (he called himself a camera-man, not a photo-journalist), Jones quietly built an unrivaled collection of photographic negatives, almost 40,000 of which were given to the Boston Public Library by his family in the early 1970s. The collection is a stunning pictorial document of the history of Boston in the 20th century, and a tribute to the craft and artistry of a man who by doing his job preserve the past on glass and film.

Leslie Jones - 136 PHOTOS - YACHTS OF THE AMERICA'S CUP
Leslie Jones Cup defender Resolute under sail 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Yacht Resolute passing buoy during race 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Vanitie and Weetamoe - Marblehead 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Yankee leaving for England 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Leslie Jones Sailing 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Sailing 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Sailing 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Vanitie and Weetamoe - Marblehead 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Leslie Jones Vanitie and Weetamoe racing close of Marblehead 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones The Vanitie racing off Marblehead 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Sailboat 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones America's cup defender Vanitie 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Leslie Jones The Vanitie off Marblehead 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Sailing 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Sailboat 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Sailboat 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Leslie Jones Vanitie vs. Weetamoe off Marblehead 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Sailboat 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones America's cup defender Resolute 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defenders - Vanitie and Resolute 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Leslie Jones Vanitie and Resolute' on trial run 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Vanitie and Resolute on trial spin 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Vanitie 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Vanitie 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Leslie Jones Vanitie - Marblehead 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Vanitie and Resolute 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Vanitie vs. Resolute in close match 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Vanitie vs. Resolute in close match 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Leslie Jones Cup defender Vanitie and Resolute 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Vanitie and Resolute 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Resolute 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Vanitie and the Resolute 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Leslie Jones America - famous racer without mast and being towed 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Famous old yacht America towed out of Boston Harbor with no mast 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones America - famous racer at Boston Pier 0000-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones The Vanitie launched at Lawley's shipyard 1914-00-00 00:00:00
Leslie Jones Cup defender Vanitie when launched at Lawley's ship yard, Neponset 1914-05-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Defiance 1914-05-11 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Defiance built and launched at Maine shipyards 1914-05-11 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Defiance on blocks at boat yard 1914-05-11 00:00:00
Leslie Jones Launching cup defender Defiance in Maine 1914-05-11 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Defiance on blocks at boat yard 1914-05-11 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Defiance 1914-06-01 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Resolute under sail 1920-00-00 00:00:00
Leslie Jones Famous old English cup defender at South Boston Yard 1928-06-27 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Famous old English cup defender, South Boston Yard 1928-06-27 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Passing of the cup defender Mischief. Once queen, she is being prepared at Navy Yard for burial at Graves Light as pauper. 1929-05-26 01:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Mischief won the U.S. Cup in 1881 1929-05-26 02:00:00
Leslie Jones Cup defender Mischief won the U.S. Cup in 1881 1929-05-26 03:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Mischief 1929-05-26 04:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Mischief at East Boston being prepared for burial at sea at Graves Light 1929-05-26 05:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Mischief - queen is dead - burned at sea 1929-05-26 06:00:00
Leslie Jones Cup defender Mischief sent to bottom by cannon fire - Graves Light, Boston Harbor 1929-05-26 07:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Mischief sent to bottom off Graves Light 1929-05-26 08:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Mischief on way to Graves Light to be sunk 1929-05-26 09:00:00	Leslie Jones Famous old cup defender America leaves Boston 1930-00-00 00:00:00
Leslie Jones Charles River yachting 1930-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Whirlwind gets new triangular boom at Lawley's 1930-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Old racing yacht America with masts unshipped and lashed to subchaser 1930-00-00 00:00:01	Leslie Jones Sub chaser 408 tows old racing yacht America out of Boston Harbor for trip south 1930-00-00 00:00:02
Leslie Jones Old racing yacht America being towed out of Boston Harbor 1930-00-00 00:00:03	Leslie Jones W. Sterling Burgess, boat designer of fame, looking over 1929 cup defender Resolute at Bristol, R.I. 1930-03-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Whirlwind 1930-05-07 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Whirlwind at Lawley 1930-05-07 00:00:01
Leslie Jones Cup defender Whirlwind 1930-05-09 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Whirlwind, men in rigging 1930-05-09 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Whirlwind gets new triangular boom at Lawley 1930-05-10 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Cup defender Whirlwind gets new triangular boom at Lawley's 1930-05-10 00:00:00
Leslie Jones Cup defender Whirlwind, Newport 1930-05-20 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Men aboard cup defender Whirlwind at Newport 1930-05-20 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Mr. Nichols (pocket handkerchief) aboard cup defender Weetamoe 1930-08-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Mr. Nichols, center, aboard cup defender Weetamoe 1930-08-00 00:00:00
Leslie Jones Vanitie - Marblehead 1932-07-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Vanitie - Marblehead 1932-07-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Vanitie off Marblehead 1932-07-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Vanitie off Marblehead 1932-07-00 00:00:00
Leslie Jones Weetamoe - Marblehead 1932-07-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Vanitie off Marblehead 1932-07-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Vanitie and Weetamoe off Marblehead 1933-00-00 00:00:00	Leslie Jones Boats under construction at Herreschoff Yard in Bristol, R.I., including cup defender Rainbow 1934-00-00 00:00:00

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