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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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

Vincent Starrett and the Chinese Box Mystery

January 28, 2022 by Ray Betzner

A souvenir from Peking is also a study in surmise.

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January 28, 2022 /Ray Betzner
Peking, Rachel Latimer, Rachel Latimer Starrett, Vincent Starrett, Black lacquer box, Fridolf Johnson, Chinese art

The Fortnightly Dispatch and Vincent Starrett

May 29, 2020 by Ray Betzner

Talking, a lot, about books

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May 29, 2020 /Ray Betzner
The Fortnightly Dispatch, Steven Doyle, Wessex Press, The Baker Street Irregulars, The Baker Street Journal, Vincent Starrett, Rachel Latimer, 221B, The Unique Hamlet, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Christopher Morley, Elmer Davis
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Who Was Lillian Hartsig?

May 09, 2019 by Ray Betzner

A Marriage Disolves

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May 09, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Lillian Starrett, Lillian Hartsig, Rachel Latimer, Ray Latimer, Fridolf Johnson, Lewis Wheeler Hartsig, Nellie McFarland O'Hara, Willis H. Pate
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The Great Hiatus, 1934-1960

November 02, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Between editions: 1934 to 1960

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November 02, 2018 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Starrett, Christopher Morley, Edgar W. Smith, William Gillette, Alexander Woollcott, Long Long Ago, Baker Street Irregulars, Rachel Latimer, The Unique Hamlet, 221B, Persons From Porlock, 221B: Studies In Sherlock Holmes, The Singular Adventures of Martha Hudson, Books Alive, The Chicago Tribune, Profile by Gaslight, To a Very Literary Lady, The Painful Predicament of Sherlock Holmes:, Sherlock Holmes: A Play
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Going to Graceland

November 03, 2017 by Ray Betzner

The Last Bookman's headstone looks like a book.

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November 03, 2017 /Ray Betzner
Graceland Cemetery, Vincent Starrett, The Last Bookman, Rachel Latimer, Allan Pinkerton, Laura Page, Robert Mangler, The Hounds of the Baskerville (sic), The Needle

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)

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