Name/Title
Polar Bear Club Photos by Shady (4), c. 1940Entry/Object ID
P1998.50.17Description
Polar Bear Club Photos by Shady (4), c. 1940. b/w. Small photos. Group of men braving the cold with ice blocks, carved polar bear. Sign in front of bear lists names of members and date of membership, ie:
H.C. Hershman, 1937
B. Dubinsky, 1938
C.E. Beaty, 1939
M. Joekel, 1940
L.C. Shady, 1940
R.S. Reed, 1940
A = Group of men in straw hats, white coats around one man. One man is listening to this man's heart with stethoscope. One man in parka.
B = Group of men in overcoats, standing behind block of ice, two men seated are each holding a block of ice on their laps. Taken outside
C = Man in white leaning down to kiss carved polar bear. Sign in front bears the names listed above.
D = Same group as in A above, except seated at an outdoor dining table, one man seated on block of ice.Collection
Lewis C. Shady PhotoMade/Created
Date made
1940Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Social Clubs, Polar Bear ClubDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: variousRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
H. C. HershmanPerson or Organization
B. DubinskyPerson or Organization
C. E. BeatyPerson or Organization
M. JoekelPerson or Organization
Shady, L.C.Person or Organization
R. S. ReedProvenance
Notes
Photos taken by Lewis C. Shady, Donated by his children. Shady was staff photographer for St. Joseph News-Press, late 1930's to c. 1960.
