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Original unpublished photograph of the Sigma Chi Reunion in Oxford, Ohio in June, 1930. Notice the Metropolitan Sound Studios truck parked outside, suggesting a film of the event was underway. The photo on the reverse side of the album page features a Death Valley, California road sign taken during the filming of one of Howard Hughes' films, either "Hell's Angels" or "Sky Devils." The sign displays mileage to several locations including Lone Pine, Ryan, Shoshone, Death Valley Junction, and other places. These images are adhered on opposite pages of a photo album that originally belonged to, and was compiled sometime beginning in 1914, by William Roy Snyder. We know he served in the military during WWI, and later he worked for Metropolitan Sound Studios, Inc. and was involved in the filming of several Hollywood movies. He was also employed by Tropical Radio Co. of New Orleans. The full pages measure 8 x 5.5. Condition: These are original, unpublished photographs, most likely one of a kind. They are in very good condition. Comments: Sigma Chi International Fraternity is one of the largest North American fraternal literary societies. The fraternity has 244 active chapters and 152 alumni chapters across the United States and Canada and has initiated more than 350,000 members. It was founded at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where this photo was taken. Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. During summer, it is the hottest place on Earth. Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the point of lowest elevation in North America, at 282 feet below sea level. |
