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James Thurber in Bermuda Photographs

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Title	James Thurber in Bermuda Photographs
Subject	Plants and Animals Literary Ohio Authors Thurber, James, 1894-1961 Dogs
Place	Columbus (Ohio) Franklin County (Ohio) Bermuda
Description	These photographs were taken on a trip to Bermuda by humorist James Thurber and his second wife, Helen Wismer Thurber. The first photograph shows Thurber resting on a veranda. Helen Wismer Thurber is shown in the second photograph. The third photograph shows the Thurber's dog, identified in Helen's caption as "Peter--Legs all wrong, but nature perfect." All three photographs measure 2.5" x 3.5" (6.35 x 8.89 cm). James Thurber (1894-1961) was born in Columbus, Ohio. His father, who had dreams of being an actor or lawyer, was said to have been the basis of the typical small, slight man of Thurber's stories. Young James was partially blinded by a childhood accident--his brother William shot an arrow at him. When he was unable to participate in games and sports with other children, he developed a rich fantasy life, which would serve to inspire his later fiction. Between 1913 and 1918 he studied at The Ohio State University. He worked as a code clerk in Washington, D.C., and at the American embassy in Paris and as a journalist for the Chicago Tribune in Paris. In 1926 Thurber went to New York City, where he was a reporter for the Evening Post before joining The New Yorker, where he found his clear, concise prose style and where fifteen of his books first appeared. Thurber's wry humor showed great sensitivity to human fears and follies. Thurber's first book, Is Sex Necessary, appeared in 1929. The book presented Thurber's drawings as well and instantly established him as a true comedic talent. Thurber left The New Yorker in 1933, but remained a contributor. In the 1950s Thurber published modern fairy tales for children. His eyesight became worse in the 1940s, and by the 1950s his blindness was nearly total. Thurber continued to compose stories in his head, and he played himself in 88 performances of the play A Thurber Carnival.
Date of Original	1937
Source	Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution	Thurber House
Type	StillImage
Format	picture

Title	Om2149_2446542_006
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om2149_2446542_006.tif
Image Height	1044
Image Width	747
File Size	231.414 KB

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