Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-06-13
WITH A PHOTOGRAPHER.
How Vanderbilt, Gould, O'Conor, and Barnum
Sit for Pictures.

best customers, throws off all reserve
when he comes here, and talks and
acts as Jolly as yachtsman. The last
time he gave me sitting | caught him
on the broad smile, and his friends
were SO delighted with the picture that
they sent down and ordered a large
number from the same negative. They
said they had taken all the other pho
tographs of Mr.. Vanderbilt out of the
albums and replaced them with the
smilers. / think that good many of
these new photographs of Mr.. Wander
bilt have gone to Europe. | never had
JAY Gould here but once, and here's
the picture | made of him.
"lt' 'sa very strange looking picture"
we said"
"Of course it is. But how do YOU
think it was made? He presented
himself one day and said: well, Mr..
-, they have got me here at last
BE quick, please, for I'm in an awful
hurry But said |, L can't take
your picture in those ridiculous light
clothes. It'll come out almost white.
You'd better go home and get on
black coat.
"'You must 90 it now or never he
said, and was about to walk out again,
when ] collared him and took him up
to the operating room. It's one of the
worst pictures have ever made. The
only black about it is the beard and
eyes. | sent the picture home, and he's
never been here since"
but here's splendid picture of
Charles O'Conor. | shall never for
get what he said the last time he was
here. A short time before that the
newspapers all announced that he was
dead. He came in looking very sol
cmn, and said Mr. -, before |
died you made some photographs for
me, I'd like to have some more of the
same kind. There was Just the SIGN
of smile upon his face after he said
it, and it struck me as being odd"
''When Barnum sends for a lot of
pictures it is always with the under
standing that if they look too much
like him he will send them back. Bob
lngersOll makes first rate sitter, eX
cept that he makes me laugh too
much. He's full of fun. The last
time he was here there was a good
deal of talk going on as to who was
going to be the next secretary of the
interior. Ingersoll brought a friend
whom he introduced rs the coming
secretary of the exterior. Ingersoll's
head is almost as round rs bullet"
The last time that Senator Logan
was here | asked him to stand up and
strike a military attitude. He said he
didn't want it too military, but stood
up, and thrust one hand under the
breast of his coat, while he rested the
ot her on tho arm, of chair -
"Who are your best paying Gus
tomers?'
"Just now, the politicians, especially
presidential candidates. Every time a
great election approaches the pictures
begin to fly. I've been getting orders
for Mr.. Blaine's pictures by the hun
dred from different parts of the coun
try Blaine has remarkably hand
some head and makes Il fine picture
There has also been great demand
for photographs of Senator Logan, who
is an old customer of mine. Roscoe
Conkling won t sit for love or money.
Not long ago | sent a man to invite
him to come and give us a sitting
Mr.. Conkling said there were too many
pictures of him eXtant already. If /
: sit at all | will sit for you, said he;
} but, he said, Il shall not sit at all |
: tell YOU pictures do great deal to
make man POPULAR especially if he's
good looking. Not long ago a hand
some gentleman from a neighborinp
, city came here for photographs. Be
fore he left | ascertained that he was
, a candidate for a high Office. Let me
make you enough pictures and / will
elect y Aou,' | said, for he made a very