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S. Hunter Smith and his stereoscope display.
S. Hunter Smith and his stereoscope display. His harpsichord is on the table in front of him.
Photo wagon of A.E. Hotchkiss. Hotchkiss Views & Life Size Pictures. Cigar store Indian at right.
The Penryn Slate Co. Quarries on the west hill across the slateyard & Middle Granville-Raceway Rd. (1880). Photo wagon of B.C. Kinney in lower left.
The Man sitting is Wm. “Bill” Faster. Do no know the other man. Photographer taking a portrait.
183. J.G. Vail’s Photograph Gallery, Skylight Room. Written on back is “Ja’s & Nettie Vail.” This is the photographer and his wife.
Mr. & Mrs. Ja’s Vail’s Wedding presents. Victor, NY. This is related to the previous view of the photographer and his wife.
Photographer’s Tent. Written on verso “1870, Dubuque, Ia. Traveling to Eau Claire, Wis & St. Paul, Minn.
No. 56. Clay Statue & Touro Building. Theo. Lilienthal Portrait & Landscape Photographer. Exterior of studio.
Camera Obscura at Melville Garden at Downer Landing. This was a resort in Boston harbor in the 1880s.
Camera set-up in the background. Child in carriage is holding a doll and what looks like a black owl toy.
E.B. Nock, Photographer, Advertising boat. From the great-granddaughter of E.B. Nock: “The boat was in the pond at Public Square [Cleveland] from about 1875-1900. He had been a cook on a river boat when he was young and entertained passengers in the evening by playing his guitar. A photographer offered to teach him photography if E. B. would show him how to play the guitar. I believe this is why he used the boat for advertising. The man who raised the flag on Public Square would wind the boat mechanism as well so the figures could move around the decks.” Note that there is a figure of a photographer with camera on the top level at the back of the boat.
398. Camp Life, Upper Ausable Pond, Sept. 8, 1876. Seneca Ray Stoddard self portrait sitting at the table facing camera. The string to pull the shutter is visible.
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.
Tinted stereo-ambrotype of a family group looking at images. The gentleman at left holds a Brewster stereoviewer.