Echoes of the "Jinx," (painting).

Echoes of the "Jinx," (painting).

Herriman, George, 1880-1944, painter.

Echoes of the "Jinx," (painting).

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Watercolor and ink on paperboard.

Overall: approx. 51 1/2 x 43 1/2 in.

(On title panel:) ECHOS / OF THE / "JINX" / 1932 / To Jack Roach / in memory of a merry / moment / "Up-lifting / and / "Down Putting" / Geo Herriman / 1932 signed

Twelve individual color illustrations featuring caricatures of members of the Uplifters Club including Lionel Belmore, Charley Butler, Irving Hellman, Ted Pierce, Doc Kress, Fred Beatty, Frank Geiger, Jim Foley, Joe Musgrove, Sim Crabill, Gay Beaman, Joe Amestoy, Gene Biscailuz, Nicolo Guilii, and Jack Roach.

Portrait male -- Belmore, Lionel

Portrait male -- Butler, Charley

Portrait male -- Hellman, Irving

Portrait male -- Pierce, Ted

Portrait male -- Kress, Doc

Portrait male -- Beatty, Fred

Portrait male -- Geiger, Frank

Portrait male -- Foley, Jim

Portrait male -- Musgrove, Joe

Portrait male -- Crabill, Sim

Portrait male -- Beaman, Gay

Portrait male -- Amestoy, Joe

Portrait male -- Biscailuz, Gene

Portrait male -- Guilii, Nicolo

Portrait male -- Roach, Jack

Performing Arts -- Theater -- Performer

Recreation -- Leisure -- Smoking

City of Los Angeles, Rustic Canyon Recreation Center, 601 Latimer Road, Santa Monica, California 90402

Located in the former Uplifters Clubhouse located in the Rustic Canyon. The building is a Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument. The Lofty and Exalted Order of Uplifters, or simply The Uplifters, was a men's social club founded by Harry Marston Haldeman in 1913. Originally from Chicago and a member of such a club there called The Bugs, Haldeman, a plumbing magnate and grandfather of H.R. Haldeman, sought to create something similar. Its membership included Marco H. Hellman, Sim W. Crabill, Ralph Hamlin, Ernest R. Ball, Byron Gay, Will Rogers, Walt Disney, Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, Busby Berkeley, Leo Carrillo, Harold Lloyd, Darryl F. Zanuck, Ferde Grofé, Eugene Biscailuz, Hays Rice, Clarence R. Rundel, Louis F. Gottschalk, and L. Frank Baum. Baum created the group's name, wrote its anthem, "Haldeman," and scripted most of their amateur theatricals until his death, several of which were revived posthumously. IAS files contain a copy of the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission's Historic Cultural Monument application for the Uplifters Clubhouse.

Rustic Canyon Recreation Center, 2015.

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