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CHICAGO WAS THE LOCALE of the national convention of the Photographic 
Society of America during the first week of October, 1954. Over a thou- 
sand members gathered at the Drake Hotel for meetings and conferences 
planned to improve photographic activities and the services of camera clubs 
throughout the world. 
An exhibit of photography was held at the Drake in connection with the 
Convention, and this brought forth a display of the best pictures produced 
by more than 2000 photographers from 41 states and 35 foreign countries. 
Pictures were grouped into Pictorial, Color, Stereo, Journalistic, Technical, 
Motion Picture, and Nature Divisions, with separate contests and prizes 
for each. More than 1500 nature slides were submitted, of which 480 were 
accepted for exhibition. 
One of the “Honorable Mention” slides was the close-up of a barn owl 
reproduced here, by Joseph J. Malek of Reading, Pa. 
