The following is a very short synopsis of the larger Jeffers Art Studio story which although I have published portions of over these past 40+ years I will be coming out with a book in August 2024 - on the 100-year anniversary of the tragic death of Vibe's father, Joe Jeffers, on Mt. Olympus during a photo documentary expedition of glaciers. Vibert was holding the other end of the rope...
"During the thirties, Vibert Jeffers promoted his family’s photography business by driving around Olympia in a bright yellow roadster emblazoned with the depression-era slogan of Jeffers Studio: "If there's beauty we take it, if there isn't we make it."
Born in Olympia in 1905, Vibert, nick-named Vibe, spent the early part of his life learning all aspects of the photography business alongside his father Joseph “Joe” Jeffers. Joe and his wife, Opal Prigmore Jeffers, founded and operated Jeffers Art Studio in Olympia, Washington and built it into a well-regarded and prospering local enterprise. Joe died and Opal continued on for 6 years and Vibert continued the business and at Vibert's retirement this family of artists and entrepreneurs had left behind a Legacy of over 200,000 known negatives and various other items that are now known as The Jeffers Collection.
VIBERT JEFFERS, SELF-PORTRAIT 19IN JEFFERS ART STUDIO, 1938 CIRCA (#J400)
"AFTER HOURS AT JEFFERS STUDIO" 1930
GROUP SELFIE BY VIBERT (SEE RIGHT SIDE OF PHOTO HIS HAND IS EXTENED). BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN CELEBRATING VIBERT AND WENZELLA CUSACK'S MARRIAGE (#J401)
S021 - LITTLE HOLLYWOOD
