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Call Number:

PH-02371

Collection Name:

100 Whitman Photographs

Creator:

Saunders, Henry Scholey, 1864-1951

No. of Items:

101 items

Span Dates:

1948

Description:

Photographically illustrated book by Henry Scholey Saunders (Canadian, 1864-1951) entitled 100 Whitman Photographs (Ross, Calif.: H.S. Saunders, 1948), containing 101 mounted gelatin silver prints of Walt Whitman. From page [3] of the book: "This is a selection from my volume 'Whitman Portraits' including all the original photographs I have been able to collect, with a few more celebrated paintings, and one statue ... This volume is made entirely by hand, numbered and signed ... Copies are dated as made. First copies made in 1939". The portraits are all photographic prints, mounted on blank leaves, eight per leaf. From the back pastedown: "Bound by Henry S. Saunders, July 1948. No. 2747".

Accession No(s):

958:0269:0001-0101

Location(s):

PS 3235 S35 1948 HRC-P (958:0269:0001-0101)
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See Also:

Walt Whitman Collection

Walt Whitman Art Collection

Walt Whitman Literary File Photography Collection