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Ernest Dupille Travelogue and Photograph Collection, 1914
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Scope and Content:

The text and photographs (49 black-and-white silver gelatin photographs, 24 x 17.5 cm. and smaller) document the travels across the country of Vaudeville performer Ernest Dupille in 1914. He traveled all over the western United States and wrote his observations down in a notebook entitled, "Travels of a Troubador" (58 pages of holograph text, single-sided). Dupille's observations include facts about the places visited and his perceptions of the people. The photographs include scenic views, Dupille posing with local people, and images of Native Americans. He does not, however, offer much comment on his performances.

Provenance:

The Ernest Dupille travelogue and photographs were purchased in March of 1994.

Register completed by Peter Schmid, May 1998, and revised by Daniel Davis, May 2006.

Inventory:

Box 1.

Fd 1 Travelogue, "Travels of a Troubador", 1914
1:01:01-03. Views of Niagara Falls, New York.
1:01:04. Billboard advertising Dupille's act (along with others), Empress Theatre, Spokane, Washington.
1:01:05. "Cowboy at Billings, Montana".
1:01:06. Dupille with Indian man, "Lone Elk," Butte, Montana.
1:01:07. "Tulsa," an Annie Oakley look-alike.
1:01:08. image Billboard advertising Dupille's act (along with others), Empress Theatre, Spokane, Washington.
1:01:09. Dupille with a "Spokane Indian Chief" on horseback, Couer de Alene, Idaho.
1:01:10. "‘Hindoos' at Victoria, B.C."
1:01:11. "Camp of Siwash Indians at Victoria B.C"
1:01:12. "Strait of San Juan de Fuca, between Vancouver & Victoria B.C."
1:01:13. "Piute Indians in the Mojave Desert".
1:01:14. View of the Mojave Desert.
1:01:15-16. Dupille and orchard owner, Mr. Thom, with Japanese laborers in orange groves of the San Fernando Valley, California.
1:01:17. View of cannon at Santa Monica, California.
1:01:18. "Among the Cacti in California".
1:01:19. Dupille with a life preserver around him in San Diego, California.
1:01:20. "Old Mission Bells in San Diego".
1:01:21. "Mexican Adobe Oven, Tia Juana Mexico".
1:01:22. image "Ernest Dupille The Disciple of Drollery in Mexico" [outside saloon with locals].
1:01:23. Dupille in an automobile, La Jolla, California.
1:01:24. Federal prisoners marching under armed guard, Point Loma, California.
1:01:25. "After the Bull Fight Tia Juana Mexico" [Dupille holding a severed hoof].
1:01:26. "Billy B. Van, Beaumont Sisters, Lou Anger and Sophie Barnard at Mormon Temple, Salt Lake City Utah".
1:01:27-28. image The Empress in Salt Lake City advertising Dupille's performance.
1:01:29. "Arrow-Head Springs, California".
1:01:30. Dupille with Cheyenne Indians on horseback.
1:01:31. Osage Indian women with their horses.
1:01:32. Cheyenne man Swift Horse and two women.
1:01:33. Little Soldier, a Ponca Indian.
1:01:34. Cut Finger and Blue Bird, Piutes.
1:01:35. Chicksaw Indian women bathing.
1:01:36. Sioux children and tepees.
1:01:37. Cut Finger, Piute.
1:01:38. Chocktaw Indians posing before tepees at the reservation.

Fd 2 1:02:01. Snapshot of Dupille.

Fd 3 1:03:01. Publicity photograph of Dupille, inscribed.

Box 2.
2:01-09. image Snapshots, "Among the Micmac Indians–Dartmouth, Nova Scotia September 8th 1909." Mounted on 35 cm. x 27 cm. board.

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