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Robert Edward Mather Bain (August 9, 1858 — May 22, 1932)

BIO*

Born August 9, 1858, Chicago, IL

Died May 22, 1932, Galveston TX**

Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Graduated 1875

Son of George Luke Scobie Bain and Clara Mather Bain

Married Mary Valle (daughter, John Baptiste Valle and Lucie Marie Desloge) of St. Louis, Nov. 3, 1880

Children: Marie Zoe, b 1881 (Mrs. Charle Bernard Raoul Fitz-William), Catherine Louise, b 1884 (Mrs. Elliot Chalmers Bennett), George Vallee, b 1886 (m Clara Louise Gregg), Marguerite Desloge, b 1890 (Mrs. Charles Henry Adams), Lucie Clara, b 1893 (Mrs. John Bernard Furstenburg)

General Passenger Manager for the Southwest International Mercantile Marine Co., 1903-1925

Member Missouri House of Representatives, 1884-’86

PHOTOGRAPHER — Travel, Daily Life, Portraits and Publication Illustration

President, St. Louis Photographic Club, 1892-1902

PUBLISHED

Photographic Artist, “Earthly Footsteps of the Man of Galilee” [Text by Bishop John Heyl Vincent and the Rev. James Wideman Lee; New York, St. Louis, N.D. Thompson Publishing Co. 1894]

“Being Three Hundred and Eighty-Four Original Photographic Views and Descriptions of the Places Connected with the Early Life of our Lord and his Apostles Traced with Note Book and Camera. Showing Where Christ was Born, Brought up, Baptized, Tempted, Transfigured and Crucified, Together with the Scenes of his Prayers, Tears, Miracles and Sermons, and also Places Made Sacred by the Labors of his Apostles, from Jerusalem to Rome” ***

Bain photographed over 400 sites described in the Bible. He was the first photographer to capture these locations in the Holy Lands — Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria,Turkey, Greece, Italy and mostly in Palestine— that was published in 1894 as “Earthly Footsteps of the Man of Galilee” in 1894. They carried crates of glass photographic plates, each weighing 70 pounds, throughout their journey from New York and back. For the major travel time of the journey they had a caravan of eight men, four horses and five mules. They traveled with letters of introduction from government officials including the President of the United States.

On return to St. Louis Bain presented his work to the St. Louis Photographic Club. “Earthly Footsteps of the Man of Galilee” sold over 1M copies in its day, and digital copies continue to be sold today. Photos are housed in Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.

https://www.loc.gov/item/04013494/

“Earthly Footsteps of the Man of Galilee” Magazine Series

The book content was also published by N.D. Thompson as 25 issues of a weekly magazine, Oct 29, 1894-April 15, 1895.

“Self-Interpreting Bible,” the Bible Educational Society, by Josiah Porter, Henry Cooke, John Brown, 1905

MODEL BUILDER, HOME WORKSHOPS

1302 Armstrong Ave.; 3801 Flora Blvd. (same residence as 2125 S. Spring Ave.), St. Louis, MO.

Constructed:

80-inch long working scale model of a New York Central Railroad "870 Class" steam locomotive for fast passenger trains, from the turn-of-the-century era, constructed from 1916-1919. Donated to the Smithsonian Institution October 25, 1928.

9-foot scale model of the steamship S.S. New York, donated to Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, July 1931

30-inch scale model of tugboat Conestoga, fitted with power and lights. Donated to the Smithsonian Institution October 25, 1928.

CAPTAIN OF THE BAIN ZOUAVES 1879-’86

The Bain Zouaves was a company of the St. Louis Police Reserves Regiment, formed in 1877 as a result of that year's railroad strike, before becoming a company under state service in the 3rd Regiment National Guard of Missouri. His sash, uniform, sword and fez are in the Missouri History Museum Collections.

http://mohistory.org/collections/item /resource:203723

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REFERENCES

“Who’s Who in America,” Vol.12, 1922-1923; Chicago: A.N. Marquis & Company/p. 264

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Who_s_who_in_America/iCr91gVZcMAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=who%27s+who+in+america+Bain,+robert+edward+mather&pg=PA264&printsec=frontcover

** The St. Louis Star and Times, May 23, 1932, p. 3

https://stltoday.newspapers.com/image/205532453

*** https://www.loc.gov/item/04013494/

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IMAGE CAPTIONS

80-inch long working scale model of a New York Central Railroad "870 Class" steam locomotive for fast passenger trains, 1916-1919. Smithsonian Institution, 1928

9-foot scale model of the steamship S.S. New York. Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, 1931

30-inch scale model of tugboat Conestoga, fitted with power and lights. Smithsonian Institution, 1928.