Theisen, Earl, photographer. Collection of photographs of Ernest Hemingway taken on safari and in various places (e.g. Madrid, Kenya, Ketchum, Idaho)

Object Details

General note: Includes approximately 175 contact prints, ten 5 x 6 in. prints, and 9 passport photos. Ph016 is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.

Collection Creator: Train, Russell E., 1920-2012; Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)

See more items in: Russell E. Train Africana collection; Russell E. Train Africana collection / Series 9: Photographs

Extent: 180 Photographs (Black-and-white photographs, 5 x 7 in. or smaller.)

Collection Rights: The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.

Scope and Contents note: Photographs from Hemingway's African safari, taken by Look magazine photographer Earl Theisen. Kenya, winter 1953-1954, including (a) portion of a contact sheet showing 5 images (each 3 x 3 in.) of Hemingway: 3 shots at fireside with his professional hunter, Philip Percival; one of Hemingway crouched behind a tree with a rifle; one of Ernest and Mary talking at dusk, Ernest having just removed his wet shirt; (b) 171 loose contact prints by Theisen showing various scenes and incidents from safari, several with Look magazine stamp on rear, each numbered, and several docketed "Hemingway."