Benton Club Tableau Costumed Men in Picture Frames, c. 1940

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

Benton Club Tableau

Name/Title

Benton Club Tableau Costumed Men in Picture Frames, c. 1940

Entry/Object ID

P9999.730.17389

Description

Benton Club Tableau Costumed Men in Picture Frames. "Academic Benton" Bachelors Ball February 27, 1926. Each frame depicts a famous painting. The "frames" are evidently auctioned off, as one is marked "Sold". Taken in the ballroom at Benton Club. Frame on extreme right is identified as Bartlett Boder, next to him is identified as C.C. Burnes. St. Joseph News-Press March 1, 1926: Displays "Mona Lisa" (DaVinci), Ray Calkins "The Blue Boy" (Gainsborough), Charles Frazer "The Boy and the Rabbit" (Raeburn), Noel Wiehl-pictured "The Duchess of Devonshire" (Gainsborough), Robert A. Brown, Jr.-pictured "My Mother" (Whistler), Walter Stewart "The Laughing Cavalier" (Franz Hals), Dudly Willis-pictured "The Gleaner" (Breton), Bartlett Boder-pictured "Paul and Virginia Before the Storm" (Cot), Randolph Davis and Lester Binswanger-pictured "The Age of Innocence" (Reynolds), Will Wyeth "Cherubs" (Raphael), C.C. Burnes and Melvin Binswanger-pictured "Infante" (Velasquez), Capt. Ray House-pictured "The Morning Walk (Gainsborough), Elliot Marshall, Jr. and Hayden Campbell "The Discus Thrower" Beverly Pitts-pictured "The Thinker" Barton Pitts Guests Forrest and Mrs. Campbell, old-fashioned costumes Miss Mary Neipp, Turkish Harvey McClary, rube Mrs. McClary, country maid L.H. Smith, pajama man Mrs. Smith, Spanish Dr. Caryl Potter, Trotsky Mrs. Potter, Light Dr. Robert Forgrave, tramp Hugh Rowland, farmer William Clark, clown Mrs. Clark, clown James Bruce, Greek burlesque Mrs. Bruce, barback rider Hal Y. Lemon, rajah Mrs. Lemon, jockey Maj. Russell Hartie, in uniform Mrs. Hartie, Spanish Davis Whimple, clown Mrs. Whimple, Spanish Bailey Waggener, butler Mrs. Waggener, French maid Albert Bartlett, Spanish Mrs. Bartlett, hula hula girl Mrs. William Fairleigh, gypsy Mrs. William Peyton Tucker, ballet dancer H.H. Broadhead, baby Mrs. Broadhead, devil Mrs. Walter Bartlett, convict K. Wanger, Indian chief Mrs. John Broaddus, Carmen Norris Broaddus, Mexican Mrs. Broaddus, Japanese Mr. S.B. Irelan, Mexican Mrs. Irelan, Spanish R.C. Bretz, policeman Maj. and Mrs. C.L. Tinker, Spanish George Porter, Turk Mrs. Porter, Spanish A.P. Clayton, Jr. filling station man John Wyeth, Puritan Miss Magaret Toben, flower girl Miss Bickley Smith, checker board Miss Ada Rainalter, checker board Mr. W.D. Hinds, chef Mrs. Hinds, Mexican Miss Lucy B. Hughes, little girl Dr. H.K.Wallace, ballet dancer Mrs. Wallace, sailor boy Dr. C.H. Wallace, Jr. pirate Miss Marian Sanders, Pierette Robert Orr, clown Mrs. Orr, pirate Miss Annette Davis, calendar Miss Virginia Curtin, cigaret girl Miss Angeline Beasley, skater Mrs. J.S. Brittain, hula hula dancer P.C.K. Bartlett, colored minstrel Mrs. Bartlett, jockey Clay Stark, Spanish Mrs. Stark, Turkish Dr. W.W. Duke and Dr. Rex Dively, black and white costumes Lester Davison, clown K.W. Robinson, sailor Mrs. Robinson, sailor Dr. Charles Geiger, coolie Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Aldrich, deck of cards Phil Pillsbury, pajama man Hugh Rowland, farmer Not in costume Mr. and Mrs. Binswanger Miss Agnes Doyle Mrs. J.M. Ford Mrs. Costigan Mrs. C.M. Carter Mrs. R.R. Calkins Mrs. O.B. Campbell Dr. C.H. Wallace, Sr. Mrs. John Wyeth Mrs. Jarrot McCord Dr. and Mrs. J.M. Dunsmore Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Garvey Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Curtin Dr. and Mrs. W.F. Schmid Frazer Ford Dr. and Mrs. Harry S. Forgrave Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Motter S.I. Motter John Broaddus Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Cox Maj. P.E. Van Nostrand

Made/Created

Studio

Artcrafts Engraving Company

Date made

Feb 27, 1926

Place

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Ethnography

Notes

The word, Gypsy, is referenced in this entry. Gypsy is considered a slur word according to the Romani people.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Benton Club, Social Club

Dimensions

Height

10 in

Width

20 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bartlett Boder

Person or Organization

Lester Binswanger

Person or Organization

Melvin Binswanger

Person or Organization

Robert A. Brown, Jr.

Person or Organization

C. C. Burnes

Person or Organization

Randolph Davis

Person or Organization

Capt. Ray House

Person or Organization

Beverly Pitts

Person or Organization

Noel Wiehl

Person or Organization

Willis, Dudly