[Members in attendance of the convention of the National Photographic Association, Cleveland, Ohio, 1870]
Photograph
[Members in attendance of the convention of the National Photographic Association, Cleveland, Ohio, 1870]
1870
Albumen silver print
Image (each): 3 1/16 × 2 15/16 in. (7.8 × 7.5 cm)
Mount: 3 3/8 × 6 15/16 in. (8.5 × 17.6 cm)
Gift of Donald K. Weber
1994.1472.0001
DescriptionMembers in attendence of the Convention of the National Photographic Association at Cleveland, 1870. Of the officers (seated in front), Edward L. Wilson (American, 1838–1903), the secretary, is on the extreme right; Abraham Bogardus (American, 1822–1908), the president, the third from the right; and Hermann Wilhelm Vogel (German, 1834–1898), the guest of honor, the fourth from the right. Notice the "ghost" of the second photographer in the foreground who apparently stepped back when Sweeny began his exposure. [Adapted from Robert Taft, "Photography and the American Scene" (1938)]
Inscriptions Printed in black on recto, L: SWEENY, Photographer, Cleveland, O.
Printed in black on recto, R: Views of Cleveland and vicinity.
Inscribed in black ink on recto, BRC: 1870
Inscribed in pencil on verso, TL: Taft \ Chap XVI, # 7 lower
Applied label inscribed in pencil on verso, LC: E64-6 \ E64-6
Applied label with stamp of the Charlotte Engraving Co, \ Charlotte N. C., [information filled in pencil] on verso, C: No. 10886-A Screen: 133 \ Wide: 27 picas \ Style: A \ [illegible]: Yes
Inscribed in red pencil on verso, BC: Use best half only
Inscribed in red pencil on verso, RC [some obscured by attached label]: 27 picas \ use only half
Inscirbed in pencil on verso, BRC: QQ.
Printed in black on recto, R: Views of Cleveland and vicinity.
Inscribed in black ink on recto, BRC: 1870
Inscribed in pencil on verso, TL: Taft \ Chap XVI, # 7 lower
Applied label inscribed in pencil on verso, LC: E64-6 \ E64-6
Applied label with stamp of the Charlotte Engraving Co, \ Charlotte N. C., [information filled in pencil] on verso, C: No. 10886-A Screen: 133 \ Wide: 27 picas \ Style: A \ [illegible]: Yes
Inscribed in red pencil on verso, BC: Use best half only
Inscribed in red pencil on verso, RC [some obscured by attached label]: 27 picas \ use only half
Inscirbed in pencil on verso, BRC: QQ.
