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Auction History Result 5t0927 FATHER HUBBARD'S ALASKAN ADVENTURES 1sh 1939 Lowell Thomas, ship and icebergs, beyond rare! Date Sold 1/16/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Folded One-Sheet Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Father Hubbard's Alaskan Adventures, the 1939 travelogue nature documentary short stock poster ("Photographed by the Glacier Priest himself during his many years of exploration!"; "Produced by Truman Talley") which could be used by theaters showing films narrated by both Father Bernard Hubbard and famed commentator Lowell Thomas, who also narrated hundred of other shorts. There were at least 13 shorts in this series, which were released between 1939 and 1944. Note that Bernard R. Hubbard is forgotten today, but he was an American geologist and explorer who popularized the Alaskan wilderness in American media during the middle of the 20th century. Known as "the Glacier Priest", he was a Jesuit priest, head of the Department of Geology at the University of Santa Clara, California, and for a time was the highest-paid lecturer in the world, leading 31 expeditions into Alaska and the Arctic. He passed away in 1962 at the age of 73. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that movie paper from this film is incredibly rare. We have never auctioned even a single movie paper item from this movie until we were consigned this poster! Not only that, but we have never auctioned ANY movie paper from ANY of the 13 shorts in this series so they are clearly beyond rare! Condition: good to very good. There is 2" of separation at the top crossfold and 1" of separation at the other two crossfolds and some small tears and tiny paper loss in the lower right border and a few small tears in the middle fold. There is a partial extra vertical fold. Learn More about condition grades 
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