'AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



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AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



" For sport the lens is better than the gun. " 



I wish to make this department of the utmost 

 use to amateurs. I shall, therefore, be^ glad to 

 answer any questions and to print any items sent 

 me by practical amateurs relating to their experi- 

 ence in photography. 



AND NOW COMES THE 6th COMPETITION. 



Recreation has conducted 5 amateur 

 photographic competitions, all of which 

 have been eminently successful. The 6th 

 opened April 1st, 1901, and will close No- 

 vember 30th, 1 90 1. 



Following is a list of prizes to be 

 awarded: 



First prize: A Long T^ocus Korona "Camera, 

 5x7, made by the Gundlach Optical Co., Roch- 

 ester, N. Y., fitted with a Turner-Reich Anastig- 

 mat Lens, and listed at $85. 



Second prize: A No. 3 Folding Pocket Kodak, 

 made by the Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, 

 N. y., fitted with a Goerz Double Anastigmat 

 Lens, and New Automatic T. I. B. Shutter, and 

 listed at $61.50. 



Third prize: An Al- Vista-Panoramic Camera, 

 made by the Multiscope and Film Co., Burling- 

 ton, Wis., and listed at $40, 



Fourth prize: A Wizard C Camera, 4x5, 

 made by the Manhattan Optical Co., Cresskill, 

 N. J., with B. & L. Iris Diaphragm and Leather 

 Carrying Case; listed at $33. 



Fifth prize: A Waterproof Wall Tent, 12 x 16, 

 made by D. T. Abercrombie & Co., New York, 

 and listed at $32. 



Sixth prize: A Gold Hunting Case Watch; 

 listed at $20. 



Seventh prize : A Tourists Hawkeye Camera, 

 4x5, and made by the Blair Camera Co., Rochester, 

 N. Y. and listed at $15. 



Eighth prize: A "Bristol Steel Fishing Rod, 

 made by the Horton Mfg. Co., Bristol, Conn., and 

 listed at $6. ■ , 



The 10 next best pictures will each be awarded 

 one dozen 8 x 10 Carbutt Plates, made by the 

 Carbutt Dry Plate Co., Wayne Junction, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. ' , , 

 The 10 next best pictures will each be awarded 

 one dozen 5x7 Carbutt Plates. 



The 10 next best pjctures will each be awarded 

 one dozen 4x5 Carbutt Plates. 



Subjects are limited to wild animals, 

 birds, fishes, camp scenes and to figures or 

 groups of persons, or other animals, repre- 

 senting in a truthful manner shooting, 

 fishing, amateur photography, bicycling, 

 sailing or other form of outdoor or indoor 

 sport or recreation. Awards to be made 

 by 3 judges, none of whom shall be com- 

 petitors. 



, Condition: Contestants must submit 2 

 mounted prints, either silver, bromide, 

 platinum or carbon, of each subject, which, 

 as well as the negative, shall become the 

 property of Recreation. Negatives not 

 to be sent unless called for. 



In submitting pictures, please write sim- 

 ply your full name and address on the 

 back of each, and number such prints as 

 you may send, h 2, 3, etc. Then in a let- 



ter addressed Photographic Editor, Rec- 

 reation, say, for instance: 



No. 1 is entitled . 



Made with a camera. 



lens. 



On a 



plate. 



Printed on 



Length of exposure, 



paper. 



Then add any further information /ou 

 may deem of interest to the judges, or to 

 other amateur photographers. Same as 

 to Nos. 2, 3, etc. 



This is necessary in order to save post- 

 age. In all cases where more than the 

 name and address of the sender and serial 

 number of picture are written on the back 

 of prints I am required to pay letter post- 

 age here. I have paid as high as $2.50 on 

 a single package of a dozen pictures, in 

 addition to that prepaid by the sender, on 

 account of too much writing on the prints. 



Any number of subjects may be sub- 

 mitted. 



Pictures that may have been published 

 elsewhere, or that may have been entered 

 in any other competition, not available. 

 No entry fee charged. 



Don't let people who pose for you look 

 at the camera. Occupy them in some other 

 way. Many otherwise fine pictures have 

 failed to win in the former competitions 

 because the makers did not heed this 

 warning. 



PLEASE VOTE ON THIS, 



Hon. John W. Titcomb, 



St. Johnsbury, Vt. 

 Dear Sir: — 



I have read carefully all the correspon- 

 dence that has come to this office regard- 

 ing the beaver picture and will now give 

 you as briefly as possible my deductions. 



When the beaver picture first came to 

 me, I wrote Mr. Balch informing him 

 that a question as to whether or not the 

 beavers were alive when the picture was 

 made had been raised by the judges ap- 

 pointed to award prizes. At that time I 

 believed the beavers were alive, and so 

 stated to Mr. Balch. I advised him, how- 

 ever, that if the animals were alive, it 

 would be well to make an affidavit to that 

 effect, and that if any person was with 

 him at the time he should have such per- 

 son make an affidavit also. Mr. Balch re- 

 plied that the beavers were alive, and he 

 enclosed an affidavit to that effect. He 

 also enclosed an affidavit made by L. I. 

 B'ishop, to the same effect. Mr. Balch 

 said nothing about anyone else being with 

 him on the trip; but after I had pub- 

 lished the picture of the beavers above 

 referred to I received a letter from A. 

 Hedges, Foxboro, Mass., in which he 

 said he had lately received a letter from 

 H. Goding, who was with Balch when 



