104 REPORT OF NATIONAL, MUSEUM, 1925 



A fine enlargement, showing the apparatus used by the early 

 photographer, Fox Talbot, was received from H. H. Blakelock, 

 secretary of the Royal Photographic Society, London, England. 

 The apparatus depicted is in the society's club rooms and is of 

 special interest to the Museum since many of the original photo- 

 graphs by Talbot in the section of photography were probably 

 made by this or similar equipment. P. H. Emerson, author of 

 " Naturalistic Photography," donated a booklet with illustrations 

 made from his photographs. 



Dr. W. H. Wright, of Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, Calif., 

 gave a very remarkable photograph, a view of the Sierra Mountains, 

 an achievement in long distant photography, the distance being 135 

 miles. Even at that long range details are recognizable. Plates 

 sensitive to the infra red rays were used with a red filter. In the 

 aerial section, three fine views of the city of Washington, D, C, were 

 donated by the Fairchild Aerial Surveys, (Inc.), of New York City. 

 These are remarkable for their fine quality and clearness and should 

 be of great interest to the tourist as they give an excellent idea of 

 the Capital city. 



The collection of pictorial photographs is becoming one of the 

 most important public collections in the country, due to the efforts 

 of Dr. A. J. Olmsted, custodian, and of Floyd Vail, of New York 

 City. The latter generously sent four very rare pictorial prints 

 from his portifolio. Three are original prints by Count von 

 Gloeden which are entered as a loan, and the other, a reproduction 

 of a print by W. A. Cadby, is a gift. These were much needed for 

 the collection and, being early prints, are hard to obtain. 



Other notable pictorial photographs included two additional 

 prints from Dr. J. B. Pardoe, Bound Brook, N. J., well worthy of 

 his style; three prints from Herbert Bairstow, of Halifax, England, 

 " The Oyster Gatherers " being especially attractive ; seven very 

 forceful portraits from Aage Remfeldt, of Oslo, Norway, and three 

 from Madam d'Ora, of Vienna, Austria, which have much charm 

 and individuality. Jose Ortiz Echagiie, Madrid, Spain, furnished 

 six of his studies of Spanish peasant life, very characteristic of his 

 work and welcome additions. Dr. Emil Mayer, Vienna, Austria, 

 who delights in architectural studies, sent six prints as beautiful 

 and artistic as the subjects he pictures. From Switzerland, Max 

 Rudolph contributed 10 prints full of feeling and atmosphere depict- 

 ing Alpine heights, with sheep and flowers in the meadows. 



Clark Blickensderfer, of Denver, Colo., is represented in the year's 

 advance by one print, "A Ptarmigan in Winter," wonderful in tonal 

 value and subject matter. Three prints made and donated by Mrs. 

 Minna Keene, of Oakville, Canada, are unusual. The South African 



