I scanned and started cleaning up various imperfections in/on the 90+ year old print. I then started wondering what he was reading. Since I now had a nice print, I tried to scan the book alone and see what could be seen.
The page seems to have separate, listed entries, like in a reference book. There are no paragraphs. It doesn't appear to be a Bible (I don't think Chase was a very religious person). So was Chase "reading" a reference book? A book of motion picture information? Biographies of actors, directors, etc? Did the photographer just grab any book he had on hand to use as a prop?
DOES IT REALLY MATTER??Nope... but these are the things that grab my attention...
