Telegram from Amelia Earhart (in Burbank, California) to Nell Shipman (in Roscoe, California) asking Shipman to phone her. Shipman worked for Earhart's husband, George Palmer Putnam, in New York in 1934 and 1935, developing stories for him when he...
One of Robert W. Limbert's new additions, photograph shows the boat house almost complete. The boat house was described by Limbert as being "21x27 feet, 11 logs high to the eaves." A sign in the window reads, "Boat house Please Stay Out."
An example of the ten tent cabins that Robert W. Limbert built around Redfish Lake Lodge. Limbert described the tent cabins as made of "heavy buff canvas each which measure 9x12 feet, with boarded sides making a standard tourist camp." A tourist...
Admission ticket to a showing of motion picture films on the Sawtooth Mountains at Boise High School Auditorium. The motion pictures were filmed by Robert W. Limbert to help promote his new venture, Sawtooth Tours, Inc. that led tours into the...
Robert W. Limbert was a popular entertainer and lecturer that performed at many clubs during the 1920s, including the Shrine Club. This ticket emphasized Limbert's experience as a naturalist.
Tarentum District Sportsmen's Club Ticket. Robert W. Limbert, billed as "Two Gun Limbert of Idaho, " was listed as a naturalist, explorer, writer, radio broadcaster, cowboy, big game hunter, and a world champion revolver marksman.
Tickets; Shooting; Motion pictures; Public speaking;
Admission ticket from Robert W. Limbert's exhibition tours featuring his talents for imitating birds and animals, shooting a revolver, and showing films he made while exploring the Sawtooth Mountains. Limbert's appearance helped raise funds for the...
Izaak Walton League of America; Tickets; Public speaking;
Admission ticket to a Robert W. Limbert lecture in Chicago as part of his winter traveling lecture series. The Izaak Walton League, founded in 1922 to save outdoor America for future generations, often hired Limbert to perform for their...
Two pages taken from Robert W. Limbert's sketchbook that he kept while living in Nebraska. It includes handwritten directions related to proportions and measurements for taxidermy purposes and a drawing of proportions for the dog/wolf.
Directions to a place explorer Robert W. Limbert noted in a file called "places to look up." Handwritten on his own letterhead, the directions are written starting in Shoshone, Idaho, and ends with looking into a bat cave close to Richfield, Idaho.
Letterhead from Robert W. Limbert's taxidermy shop located at 123 S. 11th Street in Boise, Idaho. Limbert's partner was patternmaker E.C. Eckert from 1915-1918.
Flyer designed by Robert W. Limbert inviting people to visit the new national monument, established by U.S. President Calvin Coolidge to "preserve the unusual and weird volcanic formations."
Robert W. Limbert's hand-drawn map of the Cinder Butte Region located near Arco, Idaho. The map includes drawings of wagon roads, horse trails, routes traveled by Limbert, camps, volcanic craters, and a scale.
Izaak Walton League of America; Tickets; Public speaking;
Admission ticket to a Robert W. Limbert lecture in Chicago as part of his winter traveling lecture series. The Izaak Walton League, founded in 1922 to save outdoor America for future generations, often hired Limbert to perform for their...
A copy of the proclamation by President Calvin Coolidge creating the Craters of the Moon National Monument. The proclamation includes a map of the boundaries, approximately 39 square miles near Arco, Idaho. The rubber-stamped signature on the...
