IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) // ^^ .^^. 1.0 I.I 2.0 US 1.25 1.4 1.6 < ■ 6" ► V] Va ^ 7 ^K^^/ V: . Photographic Sciences Corporation 13 WIST MAIN STRUT WHSTIR.N.Y. USIO (716) S73-4S03 4 \ -,, ^'WBOfT/{;f( A CAMI^A ^. toi4<«£.4 .^j >., '".if THE WORLD'S FAIR " THROUGH A CAMERA: AND HOW I MADE MY PICTURES. ... ff*%'^^ By W. E. H. MASSEY. With Introduction by W. H. WITHROW, D. D., F. R. S. C. TORONTO: WILLIAM HRIGGS, WESLEY P.UILDINGS. C. W. COATES, MONTUEAL, gUF | S. F. HUESTIS, HALIFAX, N.S. '-^-~m&. ■* :.m METROPOLITAN TORONTO CENTRAL LIBRARY Fine Ait AR INTRODUCTION. " Now to the sessions of sweet, silent thought, I siunmon up remembrance of things past," So sings Shakespeare in one of his noble sonnets. The same feeling haunts one at the memory of the short-lived glories of the be.autiful White City on the shores of Lake Michigan. But so manifold were the attractions of that fairy-like scene that they are apt to become blurred in the mind. Mr. Massey's vivid and realistic pictures have seized the evanescent and made them permanent. With these before us we can revisit those scenes of beauty and call up clearly their associati(ms. For those who did not see the World's Fair, such graphic pictures as these are the besu substitute. They enable one to get a very admirable conception of the architectural and landscape beauties of the White City without the fatigue and discomfort inseparable from a personal accjuaintance with its scenic grandeur. Mr. Massey is an enthusiajtic amateur photogiapher, and has succeeded with marvellous skill in presenting s(^me of the most attractive aspects of the gieat Fair. W. H. WITHROW. ■•^'4 HOW 1 MADE MY 1 XTURES AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. ONE day last summer, while out in the country, I was walking along a small village street with my camera in hand, ready to make an exposure, when a small boy came running up saying, " Mister, give us a tune on that, pLase." I have had some amusing experiences while out picture-making, but never before had I been accredited with carrying about a concertina, for which my innocent photographic instrument was evidently mistaken. However, the World's Fair camera detectives, of whom there are several stationed at every entrance, are not so easily deceived in the outward appearances of cunningly devised and carefully concealed picture-taking apparatus ; and though modern cameras scarcely look like photographic instruments at all, it is next to impossible to get through the gates with any kind of a camera without being stopped, and many a fellow has had to open his box of lunch to prove that it was I 6 HOW I MADE MY PICTURES not a camera. I had heard that the way of the amateur photographer at the World's Fair was hard, and that he was not held in very high esteem. This I realized to be a fact all too soon. Of course an enthusiastic amateur, such as I must confess I am, would have no more thought of going to the World's Fair without a camera than he would think of starting off without a reasonably well-filled purse. Therefore, the morning after my arrival in Chicago, the latter part of May last — it being a delightfully clear and bright day — found me at the World's Columbian Exposition gates with a camera " loaded " and ready for business. Scarcely had I passed the turnstile when two men, noticing the black case in my hand — at once suspecting it to be a camera — demanded to know if it were. On my answering in the affirmative, a fee of $2.00 was ordered tt) be paid, this fee entitling me to the use of the camera for one day, and that, too, under rigid restrictions. Among other things, no camera is allowed which takes a view over 4x5 inches (which was the size of the instrument I had with me). No pictures can be taken in the Art Gallery, and none of individual exhibits without the exhibitor's consent, and worst of ail, no " tripod " or stand can be used. This last restriction confines the amateur to the use of what is known as the "hand " camera, which practically means that what photographs he does take will be " snap " shots — AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. at the This I -s I must without a id purse, last — it )luinbian : case in ere. On this fee ler rigid iew over pictures lout the Pliis last camera, shots — that is, made instantaneously — for it is not possible to hold a camera sufficiently steady to make " time " exposures. True, one can occasionally find a railing, a chair, or a box to rest the camera upon for the purpose of focusing with greater care and making a longer exposure, but opportunities of this kind are rare, and seldom admit of taking a picture from the most desirable point of view. " Instantaneous " or "snap" shot exposures require the strongest light, hence the photographer who visits the Fair is really limited to out-of-door work except in a few instances, as the interiors of the buildings are not light enough for " snap " shots. Therefore, as the best photographs cannot be produced without the use of a tripod to admit of accurate focusing, and further, as explained, it being possible to photograph only such objects as are in the strongest light without giving lengthened exposures, it will be seen that the amateur photographer at the World's Fair is pretty badly handicapped. All these restrictions are made by the Exposition authorities to protect a "concession." This concession is an exclusive right to make and sell pictures in and about the Exposition grounds and buildings, which concession has been sold for a large sum of money. At first it was determined to shut out amateurs altogether and allow no artist within the gates except the official photographers. Such an indignation was awakened, however, from one end of the United States to the other, ,/ f \ 8 HOW 1 MADE MY PICTURES that the restricted privileges mentioned above were finally granted, but were, never- theless, so unsatisfactory that the war was waged further, and other privileges were granted. Meantime, however, the " camera fiends " have had to make the best of the situation. Most amateurs are more interested in photographing the handsome exteriors of the buildings and the pretty bits of landscape surrounding them, than they are the interiors. While they must forego the much desired opportunity of using a regular /iew camera with a tripod, it is nevertheless quite possible to obtain passable pictures with a hand camera which will constitute most interesting souvenirs. , The Irailiiii nng constructed largely of the wonderful white "staff," very readily admit of h ' .:<( instantaneous exposure. Having, therefore, obtained my "permit" atid 8ign((i the pledge of obedience to the rules, I set out to get my two dollars' w s th o^' i(- ., Having made one exposure, while focusing for the second I was st.u't),.. uy a tap on the shoulder and a uniformed Columbian guard demanded : "Is that a camera, sir % Show your permit." A little surprised, T produced the special pass, which being satisfactory we parted company. A little later I started across the Art Gallery, as it was the most convenient route to the point T wished to reach. Wlien but a short distance inside the entrance a guard very politely offered me free I AT THE WORL.^'S FAIR. 9 vere, never- ilriges were the best of ixteriors of ley are the J, a regular n passable snirs. , The sry readily " permit " wo dollars' ond T was iided : " Is bhe special ted across I to reach, id me free storage for my instrument. I showed the permit. "That doesn't matter," said he. "No camera allowed here under any circumstances" (of which T was not aware up to this time). An explanation that I just merely wanted to pass through the building did not satisfy him, but while the argument was in progress we had gotten half-way across, so he concluded it was about as well to let me go to the opposite entrance as to make me return to the one I came in at. A few views in the vicinity of the State and Foreign Buildings were then taken without interruption. Soon, however, another guard, some distance off, espied me in the act of getting the German Building on the focusing-glass. i\s he hurried to me in apparent good nature, I held up the invaluable permit and shouted to him to stand still and have his picture taken. It worked like magic— the smile depicted on that countenance would have cured a bad case of dyspepsia. His features, though, assumed normal conditions when he learned that his order for one would have to be filled from Toronto, and that the picture would not be finished (developed) for some weeks. The Columbian guards are for the most pait a decent lot of young fellows — (juite unsophisticated, and many of them from the back country districts — who have been clad in gay uniforms and endowed with suthcient authority to make them feel — some of them, at least — as though a good deal of the World's Fail- belonged to them. The ^, ^ijg^ \-\ 10 HOW I MADE MY PICTURES poor, much-used " permit " (which I at last tied to the camera handle that, if possible, all the world might know I was not a thief and a robber) had to be produced no less than eight or ten times that day, if not more. Sometimes a guard who challenged my right to be making photographs would walk away as though really disappointed at being unable to exercise the full extent of his authority — that is, to make an arrest. Any person who manages to smuggle in a camera without paying the regular fee is destined to be "run in," and even some dignitaries and newspaper correspondents who have been given permits (not on the usual forms), granted possibly by letter from the Director-General, or even the President himself, have been given a free I'ide in a patrol waggon — all for the dreadful crime of taking a few photographs at the World's Fair. Such are some of the annoyances the poor afflicted amateur photograj)her has to put up with at the World's Fair. But if he can only succeed in capturing some of the hundreds of fascinating sc(»nes which win his admiration he will feel rej)ai(l for all his trou))le. Ph(tt(>gi'aj)lis can be purchased, of course, but there are always some special pictures or pai'ticular points of view which we cannot obtain, and wliich we must make for (>urselv(\s ; and further, AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. 11 luM' has to in the very act of taking a photograph of a view we study it and become tlie mf)re interested in its preservation. By far the most interesting feature of the World's Fair is the buildings themselves and their charming surroundings. I do not mean to under-estimate the magnificent exhibits, which in all the departments, I fully believe, have never before been excelled (and I have seen many of the great exhibitions of recent years) ; but the admii-able grouping of the splendid structures in which the exhibits are placed, and the beauty of the Park, surpass anything I have ever been privileged to see. As to the buildings, one hears so much of their enormous size (which is all quite true) that they b'ttie think of them as great works of art, which they really are. They are just as artistic as they are great, and nmst be seen and studied to be appreciated. These magnificent white buildings have been grouped with the greatest care, and with the surrounding landscape — which is like a fairyland, beautified with artificial lakes and canals, the latter spanned here and there with handsome white bridges — combine to make up a veritable paradise. T was simply charmed with the Exjiosition Park, and found my gi'catest pleas ire in wandering about the buildings and studying the beautiful vistas from various points of view. Under the varying conditions of sunshine atid shadow, there seemed to be an unending beauty in this marvellous creation of man. 12 HOW I MADE MY PICTURES AT THE WORLDS FAIR. Naturally enough, such a place would delight the amateur photographer's heart, and it was with the hope of preserving some of these charming views as souvenirs, that I used my camera while there. While my pictures are but meagre representations of the beauty of the original, they may perhaps convey an idea at least. Most of the accompanying views, which have been reproduced by the photogravure process, were taken from a dongola or an electric launch going at full speed. It is needless to say that under these circumstances one has to work pretty dexterously and watch very closely to get the picture correctly located on the film or plate. The fact that this can be accomplished even with a measure of success indicates the wonderful strides in advance which the photographic art has made in recent years. 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