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BFaucett
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Osa & Martin Johnson - Photo Archive
      #44371 - 19/12/05 08:02 AM

Osa & Martin Johnson
George Eastman House
Still Photograph Archive

A fantastic collection of their photos. The links to these pages are kind of hard to find from the site's home page so I have listed the pages individually. Note: There are about 50 pages of photos per each listed link below so be sure to use the Next and Previous buttons to see them all.

http://www.geh.org/ar/strip36/htmlsrc/johnson_sld00001.html
http://www.geh.org/ar/strip37/htmlsrc/johnson_sld00001.html
http://www.geh.org/ar/strip38/htmlsrc/johnson_sld00001.html
http://www.geh.org/ar/strip39/htmlsrc/johnson_sld00001.html
http://www.geh.org/ar/strip40/htmlsrc/johnson_sld00001.html
http://www.geh.org/ar/strip41/htmlsrc/johnson_sld00001.html
http://www.geh.org/ar/strip42/htmlsrc/johnson_sld00009.html

These links will take you to Thumbnail views. Click on each photo to see the full size image.

The links to these pages can be found at: http://www.geh.org/conversion-qc.html Scroll down and look for "Osa and Martin Johnson".

Home page of the George Eastman House - Photography Collections Online: http://www.geh.org/

The Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum web site:
http://www.safarimuseum.com/

-Bob F.


Osa Johnson with Winchester Model 1895 rifle in .405 Winchester.
(The description and list of their rifles is given in "I Married Adventure".)








Black Rhino / Thomas Bland double rifle in .470 Nitro Express.

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Re: Osa & Martin Johnson - Photo Archive [Re: BFaucett]
      #44375 - 19/12/05 09:17 AM

Thanks for the interesting links Bob.

It's always fun to see what life was like in Africa and elsewhere for explorers such as the Johnsons back in the old days.

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Re: Osa & Martin Johnson - Photo Archive [Re: BFaucett]
      #44381 - 19/12/05 11:06 AM

BobF, great pics. Thanks for taking the time to post them here for us.

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Re: Osa & Martin Johnson - Photo Archive [Re: mikeh416Rigby]
      #44387 - 19/12/05 12:45 PM

Osa Johnson

Was there ever a cuter package to carry a rifle in Africa?

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Re: Osa & Martin Johnson - Photo Archive [Re: mickey]
      #44401 - 20/12/05 12:41 AM

Some might argue in favor of Cindy Garrison, although I do believe that Osa was more of a skilled huntress, and knew more about the country, animals and people than Cindy.

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Re: Osa & Martin Johnson - Photo Archive [Re: mikeh416Rigby]
      #44495 - 21/12/05 09:44 AM

I agree. Plump as a partridge and just as appealing.

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Re: Osa & Martin Johnson - Photo Archive [Re: Oldsarge]
      #44906 - 26/12/05 04:05 PM

I thought some here may find this of interest. This is the list of their guns as listed in "I Married Adventure". From the "Four Years in Paradise" period which is 1924-1928 (if I remember correctly).

3 English Blands, .470, double-barrel
1 English Bland, .275, Mannlicher action
1 American Springfield, .303, Mauser action
[Obviously an editing error. The rifle was probably in .30-06 Springfield. (Or maybe ".30-03"? Close to ".303"; an editing error maybe?). "Mauser action" must have meant a bolt action as a descriptive term. I have seen photos of this rifle and it is a Springfield action. I read somewhere that it was a Griffin & Howe sporter. See pic below. - Bob]
1 English Rigby, .505, Mauser action
3 American Winchesters, .405, lever action
1 American Winchester, .32, lever action
2 English Jeffries [sic], .404, Mauser action
1 American Winchester shotgun, .12, double-barrel
1 American Ithaca, .20, double-barrel
1 American Ithaca, .20, saw-off [sic] shotgun, called riot gun
1 .38 Colt revolver
1 .45 Colt revolver

Hmmmmm........ I'd say they had a nice little battery!!!!


Osa pictured in the Serengeti with her new Springfield rifle, 1928.

-Bob F.

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Re: Osa & Martin Johnson - Photo Archive [Re: BFaucett]
      #44907 - 26/12/05 04:07 PM

One more photo that I thought was interesting.



-Bob F.

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Re: Osa & Martin Johnson - Photo Archive [Re: BFaucett]
      #45261 - 30/12/05 10:36 AM

I bought this these books for my wife to read, so that she would get interested in going to Africa. The Johnsons also were very excellent aviators, which first attracted me to their story. Imagen combining my two greatest loves, Aviation and Hunting! Life couldn't get any better than that!

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Re: Osa & Martin Johnson - Photo Archive [Re: BlainSmipy]
      #45367 - 31/12/05 10:33 AM

A very nice article about Osa in this edition of Sporting Classics.

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Re: Osa & Martin Johnson - Photo Archive [Re: mickey]
      #45402 - 31/12/05 05:23 PM

Saw it, bought it. Why can't you find gals like that any more...DG hunter, explorer, pilot....not have bad looking.

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Re: Osa & Martin Johnson - Photo Archive [Re: mickey]
      #45467 - 01/01/06 09:50 AM

Thanks for the info about the article in Sporting Classics! I'd like to read it. I don't subscribe to the magazine but I'll try to find a copy.

-Bob F.

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Re: Osa & Martin Johnson - Photo Archive [Re: BFaucett]
      #45516 - 02/01/06 06:59 AM

I think she's pretty cute.

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      #84205 - 18/08/07 02:11 PM

BTTT

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