40180.
20-The Basaar, Taughannock. Small sign reads “G.F. Gates, Glen Views on Sale Here.”
Written on verso “Graham, Nashua View, N.H.” Photo studio with displays & skylight. Morrill & Co. Express store and wagon. Cigar store Indian at left.
Rock City, (near Olean). There is a photographer working under the dark tent at right, his hat lays on the ground.
Floating Bridge. View of Proctor’s Photographic Van on bridge. Proctor was awarded Patent Number 83,545 in 1868 for a photographic room. The room was designed in the shape of an elongated oval, which reflected light toward the center of the room. The room was lighted artificially through a magnesium flame. Photographs could be taken with a 15 second exposure, day or night. Proctor was murdered by his wife: Salem, Mass., Feb 2. — The police this afternoon arrested Mrs. Proctor for the murder of her husband, George K. Proctor, on July 27, 1882, on a capias, the Grand Jury having found an indictment. Mr. Proctor was found unconscious in his cellar, and it was at first thought to be paralysis, but an autopsy showed that he had a bullet in his brain. Detectives have worked on the case since, resulting in this arrest.
14036. Japanese Belles gazing at our Celebrated Views through the No. 81 patented “Saturn,” Tokio, Japan.
49. A dangerous position-H.C. White Co. Photographer working on column of new building, 250 feet above ground, New York.
5034. On the way to school. Children outside the Kilburn factory. Factory staff in background.
Main Street, Littleton, NH, 1894. The Kilburn 1867 factory is the 2nd building from left. See “When I Wanted the Sun to Shine”-Kilburn and Other Littleton, New Hampshire Stereographers, by Linda McShane.
Main Street, Littleton, NH in 1894. Kilburn’s 1867 factory is the 2nd building from the left. See “When I Wanted the Sun to Shine”-Kilburn and Other Littleton, New Hampshire Stereographers, by Linda McShane.
8288. Looking N. up Fifth Ave. past Flatiron Bldg. and Madison Sq., New York. The man on the girder is identified as Horace Dade Ashton. In The Spirit of Villarosa: A Father’s Extraordinary Adventures; A Son’s Challenge by Horace Ashton and Marc Ashton, a biography of Horace Dade Ashton by his sons, it is stated that “My favorite Horace Ashton photograph hangs on the wall in my home. It is the famous black-and-white self-portrait he took from the top of the Woolworth Building in Manhattan. In the picture I have, he is sitting on the girder high above the city. The photograph is my favorite for a number of reasons, certainly because it is a wonderful example of classic American art of the twentieth century, but mostly because it is so typical of Dad. I’m sure he enjoyed the thrill of it all that day.” In this quote the image is referred to as a “self-portrait” which would mean Horace Dade Ashton is both the subject and the photographer.
8300. The Start–Automobile Trip–H.C. White Co. Field Managers’ Convention, Home Office, 1906.
8295. Banquet given by H.C. White Co., to salesmen from Colgate University, May 23, 1904, at Windsor Hotel, Hamilton, NY.
8283. The Home of Perfecscopes and Perfec-Stereographs. Patented Automatic Washers, Stereograph Department.
8281. The Home of Perfecscopes and Perfec-Stereographs. A Section of the Assembling Room, Stereoscope Department.
8273. The Home of Perfecscopes and Perfec-Stereographs. General View of the plant from the south showing part of lumber yards.
8286. The Home of Perfecscopes and Perfec-Stereographs An automatic printing press, Stereograph Department.
8278. The Home of Perfecscopes and Perfec-Stereographs. Main Woodworking Room, Stereoscope Department.
8279. The Home of Perfecscopes and Perfec-Stereographs. In the Press Room, Metal Working Department.
8280. The Home of Perfecscopes and Perfec-Stereographs. A Corner in the Varnishing and Finishing Room, Stereoscope Department.
8282. The Home of Perfecscopes and Perfec-Stereographs. An Automatic Printing Machine, Stereograph Department.
8287. The Home of Perfecscopes and Perfec-Stereographs. Retouching Room, Stereograph Department.
8285. The Home of Perfecscopes and Perfec-Stereographs. Sorting, Trimming and Mounting Room, Stereograph Department.
8274. The Home of Perfecscopes and Perfec-Stereographs. View from N.W., showing Saw mill and Office Building.
8272. The Home of Perfecscopes and Perfec-Stereographs. The largest and most complete plant in the world producing stereoscopes and stereographs.
8277. The Home of Perfecscopes and Perfec-Stereographs. Lens grinding machines, Lens Department.
Mr. H.C. White taking Pictures, Winston Salem N. Carolina. Anna Lavins, Myrtle Mattison Warner, Lizzie Shehan, Nellie Mattison, Billy Tompkins, Murphy Road. H.C. White Co.