TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 95 



repairs have become imperative. At the present time, the most 

 serious weakness has been temporarily supported by a truss. 



Additional storage room is badly needed in the Service Yard, 

 and if the $15,000 once informally agreed to by the Board of 

 Estimate and Apportionment about a year and a half ago, can- 

 not be made available, some temporary structures must be added 

 to the present equipment. 



The task before this department, in order to rehabilitate the 

 Park, is at least as great as it was a year ago, but with the 

 present outlook of lower material costs and greater availability 

 of material as well as labor, it is hoped that a grand cleanup of 

 all of the important items can be made during the coming season, 

 if sufficient funds can be appropriated. 



DEPARTMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND PUBLICATION. 



Elwin R. Sanborn, Editor and Photographer; Anna Newman, Assistant. 



Photography. — The photographic work during the past year 

 of 1920 comprised the usual details of this department in making 

 various phases of construction records, copying drawings and 

 paintings, still life subjects and the living collections. Some of 

 the subjects photographed were Bactrian camel and young, yak, 

 Polar bear, eyra cat, giant ant-eater, otter. Rocky Mountain 

 sheep, chimpanzee, alligators, panda, onager, black-tailed deer, 

 musk-ox, wapiti, hog deer, barasingha deer, sika deer, zebra, 

 llama, alpaca, tree duck, dromedary, lung-fish, feather-tailed 

 mouse, opossum mouse, wild-fowl, tree toad, Belgian Expedition, 

 Roosevelt Day events at the Italian Gardens, and various detail 

 work such as construction, still life, maps, copies, etc. No doubt 

 the cessation of the war inspired a welcome relief that was experi- 

 enced among all classes, stimulated business, and aroused many 

 dormant crafts to renewed life. This change was manifested 

 materially in a greatly increased demand for photographs for 

 publications, advertisements and for the use of sculptors, artists, 

 taxidermists and designers. One publisher alone used over 200 

 photographs in his publications. This Department is now recog- 

 nized among the publication and news offices of New York as a 

 source of supply. The demands for pictures are increasing 

 yearly. 



