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Bohemian Club Photographic Exhibit prints by White

Description: Photographs of people and scenery from White's travels, mounted and signed. The backs have labels for the Bohemian Club Photographic Exhibit, 1936 (11 prints), and 1937 (6 prints).
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1936-1937
Call number: photCL 426
Creator: White, Stewart Edward (1873-1946)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Harwood A. White, 1947.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Stewart Edward White photograph collection

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A collection of approximately 1,800 photographs, almost all taken by Stewart Edward White during his outdoor recreational travels in Africa, the United States, and Canada. The prints are primarily 3 x 5 inches or smaller, with a few larger, mounted photographs. Many have handwritten captions in White's hand on the back, along with chapter or article numbers. The Africa photographs depict White and others on safari, posing with killed animals, as well as African men and women and natural scenery. Some of these images were used in the following books by White: The Land of Footprints (1912), African Camp Fires (1913), The Rediscovered Country (1915), and Lions in the Path (1926). Other photographs depict White in the army at Camp Kearny, San Diego; the Bohemian Grove, California and participants; fishing and boating in the Sierras, and a photograph of Native Americans in Yosemite. The second series consists of film stills from two movies based on White's novels: Call of the North (1921) and The Leopard Woman (1920).

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Bohemian Club at Bohemian Grove, California

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Photographs by White taken at the Bohemian Grove, a campground in the California Redwoods for the private San Francisco–based men's club known as the Bohemian Club. Images include the camp, men socializing, the Grove Play, and other activities. There are several portraits, but they are not identified. Also includes about 20 photographic postcards of the camp and a 1916 postcard from White to his wife.

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Oversize prints, miscellaneous

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Africa, oversize prints

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Printed enlargements of some of White's Africa photographs. Several images of Africans, some identified by tribe.

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Bohemian Club Grove Play

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Photograph by Gabriel Moulin. Inscribed to White from Ned, with musical notation.

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Travel and personal photographs

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A collection of photographs taken by Stewart Edward White on his travels in Africa and the United States, and images documenting his army training during World War I. The travel images focus on outdoor recreation, particularly fishing, hunting, and boating. White appears in some images, as does his wife (sometimes called Bessie or Betty), and many are captioned in White's handwriting.

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Bohemian Club Photographic Exhibit prints by White

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