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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Courter, Franklin C.,     Landscape -- Michigan     Landscape -- River     Landscape -- River     Portrait male -- Titus, Samuel J.     Portrait male -- Shepard, David     Portrait male -- Simpson, Billy     Portrait male -- Nichols, John     Portrait male -- Nichols, Edward C.     Portrait male -- Auleman, Cornelius     Portrait male -- Stewart, Reed     Portrait male -- nichols, John T.     Recreation -- Sport & Play     Object -- Game     Architecture exterior -- Domestic     Architecture -- Other     Painting

The Vibrator Club Hunting Party on the Ausable River in 1876, (painting). Artist:  Courter, Franklin C., 1854-1947, painter. Title:  The Vibrator Club Hunting Party on the Ausable River in 1876, (painting). Dates:  1882. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  30 x 45 in. Inscription:  signed Subject:  Landscape -- Michigan Landscape -- River -- Ausable River Landscape -- River -- Au Sable River Portrait male -- Titus, Samuel J. -- Full length Portrait male -- Shepard, David -- Full length Portrait male -- Simpson, Billy -- Full length Portrait male -- Nichols, John -- Full length Portrait male -- Nichols, Edward C. -- Full length Portrait male -- Auleman, Cornelius -- Full length Portrait male -- Stewart, Reed -- Full length Portrait male -- nichols, John T. -- Full length Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Hunting Object -- Game -- Deer Architecture exterior -- Domestic -- Tent Architecture -- Other -- Campsite Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Kingman Museum of Natural History, Michigan Ave., Battle Creek, Michigan 49017 Remarks:  The Nichols and Shepard Company of Battle Creek, Michigan produced farm equipment, and in the mid-1880s the company invented the Vibrator Threshing Machine. The founders of the Nichols and Shepard Company, along with other local sportsmen and civic leaders organized a club --the Vibrator Club --named for the named in honor of the Vibrator Threshing Machine. For forty-four years, the club conducted hunting parties. The members of the Vibrator Club pictured in this painting are, from left to right: Samuel J. Titus, David Shepard, Billy Simpson, John Nichols, Edward C. Nichols, Cornelius Auleman, Reverend Reed Stewart, and John T. Nichols. The artist Franklin C. Courter was a frequent participant at the Vibrator Club festivities. References:  Kingman Museum of Natural History, 1980, 2008. Mershon, William B., "Recollections of My Fifty Years of Hunting and Fishing," Boston, MA: Stratford Company, 1923. Illustration:  Mershon, William B., "Recollections of My Fifty Years of Hunting and Fishing," Boston, MA: Stratford Company, 1923. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 62960001   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 62960001 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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