[Vernacular Photograph Album of a Kenyan Safari]

[Kenya, 1965. Very good.. Thirty-five silver gelatin photographs, each circa 6 x 8 inches; thirteen with typed captions. Oblong folio. Brown leatherette, string-tied with grey paper leaves. Light wear to album, internally clean. An album of original photography seeming to be a sales presentation for a Kenyan safari outfit operated by American ex-pat Harold Cope and his young daughter, Karen, called, "Safari Air, Inc."  The images depict the setup and function of a Kenyan safari camp, as well as images of the successful hunt and life camping in the bush.  The opening image shows a string of land rovers stopped along a dirt road. Subsequent images depict the camp, the shower, the latrine, the man who does the ironing, and other camp life functions, each with a lengthy typed caption describing the scene. One such image depicting a fire in the foreground with tents in the background reads: "Supper by Candle light? ... No not really. We do have supper by firelight but this is breakfast by firelight. It [is] so cold in the mornings that first order of the day is to rejuvenate the last nites campfire so one doesn't freeze to death while one is having his first cup of coffee. ... Notice the white linen table cloth all laid out for the breakfast to be served on." Other photos show "bait" being hung in a tree, hyena tracks, local guides beating the bushes, and of course the gratuitous and necessary shots of hunters posing with their kill. One photo shows a woman smiling near a radio under a tent. Others show the local people. A photocopy of a travel article entitled "Shoestring Safari" by Frank Harvey recounts the experience of Cope's safaris on a budget of about $25 per day. (Inventory #: 5443)