Studies in Starrett

Studies in Starrett

An exploration of the works of Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett

(October 26, 1886 – January 5, 1974)

Curated by Ray Betzner
Original content owned and copyrighted by Ray Betzner

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'I know him from the photograph.' – The Man with the Twisted Lip

October 08, 2024 by Ray Betzner

“You have the photograph?”

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October 08, 2024 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Dan Loving, Don Loving, Ben Hecht, Chicago Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Burton Rascoe, Stanley Starrett, Hugh Young, Robert Polk Starrett, Margaret Dennison Starrett, Vera Cruz, Peter Ruber, The Last Bookman, Oppenheim's, Eugene Hutchinson, Jimmie Lavender, Rachel Latimer, Books Aive
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'Poor Stuff, But Accurate'

February 28, 2024 by Ray Betzner

Chicago, Mexico and Richmond meet in The Reviewer

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February 28, 2024 /Ray Betzner
Richard Harding Davis, Jack London, Chicago Daily News, Vera Cruz, RHD in Mexico, The Reviewer, Hunter Stagg, Arthur Machen, James Branch Cabell, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, H.L. Mencken, "Camera", William Dudley Murgatroyd, "A Dream of Wings", "Butterflies of Uganda", Frank Vigor Morley, Peter Ruber
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Alice—The Ageless Child

November 30, 2023 by Ray Betzner

A Christmas Fantasy

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November 30, 2023 /Ray Betzner
The Escape of Alice, A Christmas Fantasy, Lewis Caroll, Alice in Wonderland, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland., The Torch Press, Charles Dodgson, Luther Albertus Brewer, University of Iowa, A Little Book of Bookly Verse, The Bookfellows, Tenniel, Don Quixote, The Pickwick Papers, J.M Barrie, H.G. Wells, Amy Lowell, Cedar Rapids, Maxwelton Braes, Annie Laurie, Mr. Britling, The Young Visiters, Daisy Ashford, Alexander Woollcott, Mr. Britling Sees it Through, Edward Wagenknecht, A Fireside Book of Yuletide Tales, Dayna Lozinski, Dayna McCausland, The Mad Gardener's Song, Sylvie and Bruno, Peter Ruber, Brilling, Alice, Alice Where art thou?
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New views of Peking with Vincent and Ray

September 28, 2023 by Ray Betzner

New images from an old vacation

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September 28, 2023 /Ray Betzner
The Laughing Buddha, Vincent Starrett, Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Jennifer Hornsby, Yi Ying, Dollar Line, SS President Coolidge, Rachel Latimer, Carmen Valentino, Steven Rothman, Helen Burton, Camel's Bell gift shop, Peter Ruber, The Last Bookman, Ida Pruitt, L.C. Arlington

Best. Day. Ever. Part 1

November 30, 2021 by Ray Betzner

Starrett is honored by the city’s literary elite.

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November 30, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Louis Zara, Brillig, Chicago Tribune, Fanny Butcher, Hotel Sherman, Friends of the Chicago Public Library, Society of Midland Authors, Caxton Club, "Books Alive", Robert J. Casey, J. Finley Christ, Carl Sandburg, Lew Sarett, Frederic Babcock, Thornton Wilder, Russell McLaughlin, Baker Street Irregulars, Sherlockians, Burton Rascoe, Lucy Key Miller, Peter Ruber

“Sally you’re simply great!”

September 05, 2020 by Ray Betzner

His gal Sally

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September 05, 2020 /Ray Betzner
The Bloody Crescendo, Murder at the opera, A Box at the Opera, Ellery Queen, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Vincent Starrett, Peter Ruber, Otto Penzler, The Mysterious Press, Sally Cardiff, Arnold Castle, The Robber Kitten

Digging up a new/old Starrett illustration

March 16, 2019 by Ray Betzner

Heathcote and Hansen

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March 16, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Harry Hansen, Hec Mann, The Wave, The Chicago Daily News, Peter Ruber, The Last Bookman, Reedy's Mirror, Arthur Machen, Charles Honce
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Ray

October 24, 2017 by Ray Betzner

Rachel Latimer

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October 24, 2017 /Ray Betzner
Rachel Latimer, Ray Latimer, Vincent Starrett, Born in a Bookshop, Lillian Hartsig, Stewart Holbrook, The Laughing Buddha, Murder in Peking, Peter Ruber, University of Minnesota, Baker Street Irregulars, Christopher Morley, Edgar W. Smith, The Hounds of the Baskerville (sic)

“Your photographs are not unlike you.”

November 20, 2015 by Ray Betzner

A “new” Vincent Starrett photograph and the mystery that comes with it.

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November 20, 2015 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Murder on B Deck, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Seaports in the Moon, Susan Rice, Robert Mangler, Karen Murdock, Peter Ruber, Charles Honce
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"Snow for Christmas"

December 13, 2014 by Ray Betzner

As the year winds down, we end 2014 with a sentimental tale designed by Starrett for the holiday season.

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December 13, 2014 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Henry Dierkes, Snow for Christmas, David Thursk, Peter Ruber, The Last Bookman
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