At the same time, Edward became increasingly crippled by Parkinson’s Disease and wrote to Cole asking for his help with the printing of his negatives; and so, in 1946, Cole and his wife moved to Carmel to help his ailing father in his darkroom and studio.
Ve stejnou dobu jeho otce Edwarda stáůe více ochromovala Parkinsonova choroba a napsal Coleovi žádost o pomoc při tisku jeho negativů; a tak v roce 1946 se Cole a jeho žena přestěhovali do Carmelu, aby pomohli nemocnému otci v jeho temné komoře a ateliéru.