Osa Johnson~Author of 10 books,
Photo from New Mural

In 2019 the museum conducted an extensive renovation of our first floor portion of the historic Santa Fe Depot. Included in the renovation was the design of large to life size murals for our new main entrance and our new Oceania Gallery.

As a nod to our neighbors, the Chanute Public Library, this image as a mural plus one of Martin with all his books, are on display in the common area of the depot lobby.

The murals are also a reminder of how prolific both Martin + Osa were as authors. Today, I Married Adventure is often the only book fans remember, but between 1909 and 1967, Martin + Osa had 20 books published, authored hundreds of articles, scientific journal entries and comic books.

This photo shows Osa in 1935 typing away in North Borneo surrounded by her "co-authors," four gibbon apes. It also shows a sampling of dust jackets from her own 10 novels, plus one of the comic strips written by Martin that she starred in, Danger Trails: The True Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson.

This photo is approx. 10 x 13 inches. It will come framed in an 11 x 14 inch, clear archival, Mylar sleeve for immediate display.

It would pair perfectly with Martin's Author Mural Photo...check out Auction Item #23!