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"The First Lenten Lecture," New York Tribune, 25 February 1898
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Wanderlust: Burton Holmes, the father of the Travelogue All the delights of travel for those who stay at
home. In a time before air travel or radio, on the brink of a revolution in photography and filmmaking,
Burton Holmes (1870-1958) set upon a lifelong journey to bring the world home. From the grand
boulevards of Paris to China's Great Wall, from the first modern Olympics in Athens to the 1906
eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Holmes delighted in finding ?the beautiful way around the world? and
made a career of sharing his stories, photographs, and films with audiences across America. As a young
man, Holmes was mentored by John L. Stoddard, a pioneer of the U.S. travel lecture circuit, who
passed on his well-established mantle when he retired. Holmes roamed the globe throughout the
summer and traversed the United States all winter, transforming the staid lecture tradition into an
entertaining show. He coined the term ?Travelogue? in 1904 to advertise his unique performance and
thrilled audiences with two-hour sets of stories timed to projections of hand-painted glass-lantern slides
and some of the first ""moving pictures."" Paris, Peking, Dehli, Dubrovnick, Moscow, Manila, Jakarta,
Jerusalem: Burton Holmes was there. He visited every continent and nearly every country on the
planet, shooting over 30,000 photographs and nearly 500,000 feet of film. This book represents the best
of the Holmes archive, brimming with brilliant color photographs not published in decades. A rare
window on the world of 100 years ago, Burton Holmes Travelogues will transport you to a time that
has all but evaporated, and inspire you to strike out on a journey of your own. The author: In the 1960s,
Genoa Caldwell wasthe New York-based photo researcher for the London Sunday Times, as well as
photo editor for both Black Star and Magnum. While operating her own photo agency in Los Angeles
in the 1970s, Caldwell was introduced to the work of Burton Holmes and became private archivist for
the extensive and unique photographic collection. Caldwell has maintained the collection for over 30
years and has lectured and published on the life and work of Burton Holmes.
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This book represents the best of the Holmes archive, brimming with brilliant color photographs not
published in decades. A rare window on the world of 100 years ago, Burton Holmes Travelogues will
transport you to a time that has all but evaporated, and inspire you to strike out on a journey of your
own.
About the Author
In the 1960s, Genoa Caldwell was the New York-based photo researcher for the London Sunday Times,
as well as photo editor for both Black Star and Magnum. While operating her own photo agency in Los
Angeles in the 1970s, Caldwell was introduced to the work of Burton Holmes and became private
archivist for the extensive and unique photographic collection. Caldwell has maintained the collection
for over 30 years and has lectured and published on the life and work of Burton Holmes.
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The Man Who Photographed the World: Burton Holmes : Travelogues, 18861938 Hardcover July, 1977
by Genoa Caldwell (Editor), Burton Holmes (Photographer)
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In an era before television and air travel, Burton Holmes - the "The Travelogue Man," as he called
himself - was for many people the only window on the world. Single-handed, he brought the glamour
and excitement of foreign lands to Americans unable to go themselves. That excitement is re-created in
this magnificent album of his photographs, accompanied by his own writing. He rode the TransSiberian Railroad across Russia while they were still laying the track. He was in Naples in 1906, and
recorded Vesuvius' most devastating eruption in modern times. He covered the building of the Panama
Canal, the Russo-Japanese War, the Boxer Rebellion in China. Holmes not only brought these and other
events to American audiences, he even presented them in color. In the 1890s, his 3 x 4 -inch glass
slides were exquisitely hand-painted in watercolor by a team of Japanese artists. In later years the
painting was done in the United States by artists personally trained by Holmes, work so find that
single-hair ermine brushes had to be used The results were astonishingly realistic, as can be seen in the
full=color reproductions. For the travel buff, the photographer, the historian, this is a book to delight
the eye and mind. 340 illustrations, including 40 plates in full color. 319 pages.