James Cummins Bookseller

N.p. [Philadelphia]: n.d. [1914].

174 photographs (including nine panoramic images), chiefly 3-1/2 x 6 inches, on black album leaves, many titled in white ink. 1 vols. Oblong Folio (10 x 14 inches). Forming a Hunting Club, 1914. Black cloth covers (worn). First leaf detached, some marginal chipping of album leaves, two photographs removed. Photographs generally fresh (two loose with damage along one edge). Laid into a quarter modern green morocco and cloth dropbox Cf. Heller 759. Item #321955

Early and interesting photographic record of the Minnisink Hunting & Fishing Club in the eastern Poconos, from the initial survey to construction of a board and batten lodge with stone fireplace to the first autumn hunting trip. The photographs include views of Bushkill Falls and a trip to High Knob, pictures of the camp, group and individual portraits, deer hunting (with several trophies, grouse shooting, fishing, and boating. In his entry for Oliver Howard Wolfe's account of the club, Back Log and Pine Knot (1916), Heller notes that the Minnisink was a small club of 8 members. The album is divided into three sections, with names of the participants given for each venture: Pioneer Trip, May 15 to 18 - 1914 (16 photos including one composite panoramic view) William L. Fox, Horace W. Shelmire. Building Expedition, September 5 to 21 - 1914 (36 photos) Members: William L. Fox, O. Howard Wolfe, Horace W. Shelmire, David R. Shelmire, George R. Fleming. Honorary Members: David Shelmire, Matt Wolfe. Helpers: Grant Robertson, J. Monroe Heller. Gunning Trip, November 7 to 23 - 1914 (122 photos including 6 panoramic views) William L. Fox, O. Howard Wolfe, S. Judson Parrott, George Edward Levis, Walter Peirson Jr., David R. Shelmire, Horace W. Shelmire. George Green, Cook.

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