South Sea Islander Beside Stacked Cane, Queensland

William Edgar Geil

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William Edgar Geil

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12cm x 17cm. Silver gelatin photograph.

Original Queensland photograph from American evangelist, explorer, lecturer, photographer, and author William Edgar Geil (1865-1925). Stamped to the verso indicating that is from Geil’s photographic archive. Geil is best known for his evangelistic travels, which took him to China, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific Rim and the South Seas. Geil wrote a number of books about his travels, including, The Isle that is Called Patmos, Ocean and Isle, A Yankee on the Yangtze, A Yankee in Pigmy Land, and The Great Wall of China. He is considered to be one of the most important explorers of his generation and also documented his travels through photography. In addition to his writings and photography, Geil lectured extensively. He married later in life and had no children. His widow, Constance, survived him until the late 1950s. In 1959 his estate was sold at public auction including the contents of his library, which was purchased by a Bucks County book dealer “Gus” Gustafson. It remained in his possession until shortly after his death in February of 2008. This stereo view of a South Sea Islander worker standing beside stacked cane near Bundaberg, Queensland.

Some fading. Tanning to right side. Good Condition.

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