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GrayhiG arts. — The more important contributions were as follows, 

 namely: Materials demonstrating the process of making three-color 

 half-tone plates, from the Zeese-Wilkinson Co., of New York; an 

 exhibit containing half-tone screens from 50 to 400 lines to the inch, 

 and a circular screen for color work, from Mr. Max Levy, of Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. ; a Bruce type-casting machine and a hand mold repre- 

 senting the early methods of type casting, from the xVmerican Type 

 Founders Co., of Jersey City, N. J.; examples of rotary intaglio 

 printing, the first made in this country, as well as later develop- 

 ments of the American patents, from Mr. Charles W. Saalburg, of 

 New York; a collection illustrating the process of and the materials 

 used in the manufacture of j)rinting ink, from Philip Euxton, 

 of St. Paul, Minn. ; an autochrome plate with progressive proofs of 

 the same made by the Colorplate Engraving Co., from Dr. Ulysses 

 S. Kahn, of New York ; and 91 engraved bookplates from the estate 

 of C. W. Sherborn, the engraver, through his brother, Mr. Charles 

 Davies Sherborn, of London, England. 



In view of the extensive changes in progress in the halls of the 

 Smithsonian building assigned to this division, not only was the 

 work of installation brought to a standstill, but it also became neces- 

 sary to place the greater part of the exhibition collection tempo- 

 rarily in storage. With the completion of the renovations and im- 

 provements, however, the conditions surrounding the exhibits should 

 be much improved. Notwithstanding the inconveniences thus oc- 

 casioned, much work was done upon the collections, including the 

 preparation, remounting, and labeling of display material. 



The section of photography also came into possession of valuable 

 exhibition material. A collection of talbotypes, also called calotypes, 

 made by the inventor, Henry Fox Talbot, was presented by Mr. 

 C. H. Talbot, of Chippenham, England. A series of photographs of 

 stellar spectra, apparatus, etc., was contributed by the Harvard 

 College Observatory, through Prof. E. C. Pickering, director ; and a 

 fine lot of photomicrographs of disease germs, illustrating the use 

 of photography in laboratory investigations at the Rockefeller In- 

 stitute for Medical Eesearch, was received as a gift from that insti- 

 tute. The Alfred Stieglitz collection of pictorial photography was 

 purchased at a nominal price from Mr. Stieglitz, of New York, to 

 whom the Museum is greatly indebted. Mrs. Julian James, of Wash- 

 ington, presented a large series of graphoscopic and stereoscopic 

 views, and the Eastman Kodak Co., of Rochester, N. Y., con- 

 tributed an excellent representation of the history of the hand 

 camera. Through the kind offices of Mr. George W. Harris, of 

 Washington, a portrait from each of nine of the leading portrait 

 photographers of the country was secured to form a group illustra- 

 tive of professional portraiture. 



