Lot of 2, including book and poem. 1p, 5.75 x 9 in. "To Arnold Genthe" followed by two-stanza poem (8 lines each stanza). Signed "J.W. Crawford "Capt Jack". The recipient is mentioned again in the second stanza: "So dear Genthe here's a greeting / With these hasty lines I trace. / In rememberence of that meeting / When you trapped my laughing face." Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) was a German-born photographer who emigrated to San Francisco in 1895. He became fascinated by Chinatown and as he taught himself photography, he captured the inhabitants of that city within a city. He often hid his camera, concerned that it might frighten his potential subjects. Those images that survived remain the only known photographs of Chinatown before the earthquake of 1906, which Genthe also photographed extensively, even though the quake and subsequent fire destroyed his studio. Genthe joined the art colony in Carmel-by-the-sea, where he encountered the literary and other artistic elite. Here he pursued his interest in emerging color photography. He was only there for two years or so, then established a new studio in San Francisco. In 1911 he moved to New York City and shifted primarily to taking portraits. Genthe photographed the likes of Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, John D. Rockefeller, Greta Garbo Anna Pavlova, Isadora Duncan, and many more (obviously including Captain Jack Crawford). Also included is a book of Crawford's poetry: Whar the Hand o' God is Seen and other Poems. New York: Lyceum Publishing Co., 1910. 12mo, grey cloth with gilt lettering front and spine. There is a Photograph of Crawford tipped in to inside of front board, "Your Friend" and "1912" added to signature. Plus a typed poem tipped onto first free endpaper, "To my Little Pard Milton F. Davis, Jr." and signed, typed date of Feb. 10th, 1910. And one sheet tipped to hinge at back of frontispiece, with two short poems typed, with Feb. 10th, 1912 lower left. The two poems are titled: "A Sunshine Boomerang (Old)" and "The Other Side (New)." Again signed J.W. Crawford "Capt. Jack." Provenance: Property from the Inventory of Rex Stark Condition: Manuscript poem sheet with light toning, a bit darker around the edges. Book with sunned spine, bumped corners and shelfwear. Slightly cocked.
Lot of 2, including book and poem. 1p, 5.75 x 9 in. "To Arnold Genthe" followed by two-stanza poem (8 lines each stanza). Signed "J.W. Crawford "Capt Jack". The recipient is mentioned again in the second stanza: "So dear Genthe here's a greeting / With these hasty lines I trace. / In rememberence of that meeting / When you trapped my laughing face." Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) was a German-born photographer who emigrated to San Francisco in 1895. He became fascinated by Chinatown and as he taught himself photography, he captured the inhabitants of that city within a city. He often hid his camera, concerned that it might frighten his potential subjects. Those images that survived remain the only known photographs of Chinatown before the earthquake of 1906, which Genthe also photographed extensively, even though the quake and subsequent fire destroyed his studio. Genthe joined the art colony in Carmel-by-the-sea, where he encountered the literary and other artistic elite. Here he pursued his interest in emerging color photography. He was only there for two years or so, then established a new studio in San Francisco. In 1911 he moved to New York City and shifted primarily to taking portraits. Genthe photographed the likes of Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, John D. Rockefeller, Greta Garbo Anna Pavlova, Isadora Duncan, and many more (obviously including Captain Jack Crawford). Also included is a book of Crawford's poetry: Whar the Hand o' God is Seen and other Poems. New York: Lyceum Publishing Co., 1910. 12mo, grey cloth with gilt lettering front and spine. There is a Photograph of Crawford tipped in to inside of front board, "Your Friend" and "1912" added to signature. Plus a typed poem tipped onto first free endpaper, "To my Little Pard Milton F. Davis, Jr." and signed, typed date of Feb. 10th, 1910. And one sheet tipped to hinge at back of frontispiece, with two short poems typed, with Feb. 10th, 1912 lower left. The two poems are titled: "A Sunshine Boomerang (Old)" and "The Other Side (New)." Again signed J.W. Crawford "Capt. Jack." Provenance: Property from the Inventory of Rex Stark Condition: Manuscript poem sheet with light toning, a bit darker around the edges. Book with sunned spine, bumped corners and shelfwear. Slightly cocked.
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