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Osa & Martin Johnson George Eastman House Still Photograph Archive A fantastic collection of their photos. The links to these pages are kind of hard to find from the site's home page so I have listed the pages individually. Note: There are about 50 pages of photos contained within each link listed below so be sure to use the Next and Previous buttons on each web page to see them all. http://www.geh.org/ar/strip36/htmlsrc/johnson_sld00001.html http://www.geh.org/ar/strip37/htmlsrc/johnson_sld00001.html http://www.geh.org/ar/strip38/htmlsrc/johnson_sld00001.html http://www.geh.org/ar/strip39/htmlsrc/johnson_sld00001.html http://www.geh.org/ar/strip40/htmlsrc/johnson_sld00001.html http://www.geh.org/ar/strip41/htmlsrc/johnson_sld00001.html http://www.geh.org/ar/strip42/htmlsrc/johnson_sld00009.html These links will take you to Thumbnail views. Click on each photo to see the full size image. The links to these pages can be found at: http://www.geh.org/conversion-qc.html Scroll down and look for "Osa and Martin Johnson". Home page of the George Eastman House - Photography Collections Online: http://www.geh.org/ The Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum web site: http://www.safarimuseum.com/ -Bob F.  Osa Johnson with Winchester Model 1895 rifle in .405 Winchester. (The description and list of their rifles is given in "I Married Adventure".)     Black Rhino / Thomas Bland double rifle in .470 Nitro Express. | ||
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Thanks Bob, When I was a toddler, mom would read Tarnish, the Lion Cub by Osa & Martin too me before bedtime. These are great pictures. John  | |||
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I watched a short Cabelas' clip the other night which used footage of Osa taking a bull Elephant in the open with what must have been a charge. Very dramatic one-shot kill. If you get a chance watch. I would love to purchase film or DVD of their adventures as I truly enjoyed the two books I've read. Frank | |||
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Those were the days. NRA Life Member, Band of Bubbas Charter Member, PGCA, DRSS. Shoot & hunt with vintage classics. | |||
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The DVD is $25 so it is my Christmas gift to Me. Frank | |||
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Many of their films (and books) are available for purchase on the museum web site. The Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum web site: http://www.safarimuseum.com/ -Bob F. | |||
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Hot Dam! Is that woman beautiful with her double rifle! I'm in love again! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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This is my favorite period of time when it comes to rifles. I have the Johnson's book that was written after Martin died. Without me digging through it can anyone tell us what rifles they used? | |||
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Bob, What a treasure find...Thank you for sharing with us...The way is was and what our dreams are made of... Well done, Mike | |||
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Now that is a REAL impala! ------------------------------- Will Stewart / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor Member, GOA, N.A.G.R. _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ Hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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I've been to the museum, a neat little place if you ever get a chance to visit. I don't know if you can tell from the photos, but Osa was tiny. Regards, Terry  Msasi haogopi mwiba [A hunter is not afraid of thorns] | |||
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Barely 5'. Frank | |||
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The list as given in "I Married Adventure". It is the rifles they used during the "Four Years in Paradise" period which is 1924-1928 (if I remember correctly). 3 English Blands, .470, double-barrel 1 English Bland, .275, Mannlicher action 1 American Springfield, .303, Mauser action [Obviously an editing error. The rifle was probably in .30-06 Springfield. (Or maybe ".30-03"? Close to ".303"; an editing error maybe?). "Mauser action" must mean a bolt action as a descriptive term. I have seen photos of this rifle and it is a Springfield action. I read somewhere that it was a Griffin & Howe sporter. See below. - Bob] 1 English Rigby, .505, Mauser action 3 American Winchesters, .405, lever action 1 American Winchester, .32, lever action 2 English Jeffries [sic], .404, Mauser action 1 American Winchester shotgun, .12, double-barrel 1 American Ithaca, .20, double-barrel 1 American Ithaca, .20, saw-off [sic] shotgun, called riot gun 1 .38 Colt revolver 1 .45 Colt revolver Hmmmmm........ I'd say they had a nice little battery!!!!  Osa pictured in the Serengeti with her new Springfield rifle, 1928. -Bob F. | |||
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Nice photos! Thanks for sharing. | |||
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Bob, Thanks for the eye candy.  I've got the book _I Married Adventure_ by Osa Johnson. Cloth covered hardback in brown and white zebra print, 376 pages, Lippincott, 1940. 6.5"x9.5"x almost 2" thick. I found it in a used book store somewhere long ago for $1.50. A buck and a half. The only mark in the book is the price pencilled on the front inside flap, which is a 2 page photo spread of giraffe on the veld. It is a bit yellowed with age, but otherwise perfect. Is this the first edition of the book, 1940? Obviously aimed at a mass market just before WWII. Probably a lot of them out there so not rare, but still desirable. Ain't she sweet?  A nice find. | |||
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Amazing...those rifles would be an honor to handle wouldn't they? I would love to see them. Are any of them in the museum? | |||
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As of a few years ago, no firearms were in the museum. Wonder what happened to them? The museum is worth visiting none-the-less. NRA Life Member, Band of Bubbas Charter Member, PGCA, DRSS. Shoot & hunt with vintage classics. | |||
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Off hand, I think that is a first edition (but I'm no book expert). Here's a listing from abebooks.com: ------------------------------- I Married Adventure: The Lives and Adventures of Martin and Osa Johnson Osa Johnson Bookseller: Through The Reading Glass (Montrose, CO, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 10.50 Book Description: J B Lippincott Company, 1940. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Spine fading, light edgewear, lower bumped corners and spine. Boards cloth with zebra stripping. Lightly shaken. Text clean, rough cut pages and many B&W photos. The story of this couples adventures in the early 1900's to the South Seas, Borneo, safaris, Black Congo ie. Bookseller Inventory # 01889 ------------------------------- Many of her books are available at abebooks.com at reasonable prices. Just do a search. -Bob F. | |||
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One thing for sure is they knew how to finance a hunt.  S. | |||
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I had an elderly friend who once was a PH in Kenya. His name was Clary Palmer-Wilson. He always recommended the Johnsons' books when I asked him about good reads on Africa. Thanks for posting the photos. Simply enchanting. There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. – John Green, author | |||
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I'm with Rusty on this one! She's a real sweet-heart! Dave "What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value." -Thomas Paine, "American Crisis" | |||
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