Roy Schiffer Pinney was a professional photographer, herpetologist, writer, journalist, war correspondent and pilot. As a boy, Pinney had entered the contest to be one of the 3 Boy Scouts who accompanied Martin + Osa Johnson on safari in 1928. Though he didn't get selected, photography and wildlife works would define the rest of his life.

This beautifully framed image is a sanctioned reproduction of the first color portrait ever taken of Osa Johnson. Pinney was the photographer on this shoot that was a feature story about the release of both Osa's book and the coming film "I Married Adventure."

This item was donated by Marth and Jim Cornish.