National Republican., 1888-02-26
DEMANDS FOR PICTURES.
those of the Pubic Buildings Have n
steady Sale.

Very few visitors leave this city without
hearing away Photographic mcmcntocs of
the beautiful buildings that make Wash
ingtun So attractive. \ REPuRLICAN re-
porter was chatting with one of the lead
ing photographers yesterday evening and
the conversation turned on the sales of pic.
lures to tourists and Others.
"rhc President and Mrs. Cleveland sell
continuously" said he, "and the demand
appears to he increasing instead of dimin.
i>hiug. We get them up in n number oi
styles, and although the ordinary cabinet
picture has steady sale yet the prctcrcnc,
seems to he for something more ianciiul =
like this. for instance cc'-producing Il pic.
turc of the President on prettily Orna'
mcntrd card, while beneath the well.
known features was miniature photo.
gruph of the white house. The card was
backed with Il cardboard prop 50 that il
could he stood upright on mantlepirce oi
table. "AmOthcr style continued the
dealer, "is this. Nothing more than tn,
pictures of the happy pair. Joined, you
see. by hinges of cnlored ribbon. Makes Il
pretty souvenir, doesn't it,
Inquiry on the part of the scribe devcl'
opcd IT,, fact that just At the present time
.thcrc iS no phenomenal demand for the
phuiugraph of any one of the men now
prominent in public life. Sherman 5
counterfeit prcscntmcnts are always quote,
high. while comparatively few people in
vest in pictures of Ingalls,. Lamar always
sold well, and for awhile after his elcva-
ton to the Supreme bench there was quite
a boom in the demand. 1t was Il rare
thing for anybody to call for n picture OF
any one member of the Cabinet until
lately, when Il number of NilaSs photo
graphs have gone oil-rcason unknown.
As rule the entire set of Cabinet officials
were purchased
Sheridan is always favOritc, and lots OF
soldiers step in to purchase the image OF
their commander. Quite II number OF
people are said to have inquired for pho
tographS of Don NJ. Dickinson, but up to
the present time he is not on exhibition,
Lately there has been considerable dc-
mund for Kcicr, the cX-Spcaker but the
artist could not understand why.
How do visitors take to pictures of
public buildings p qucricd the reporter.
They sell well all the time was the
reply. There is always steady sale for
the white house and the capitol; they are
in the lead. The treasury and the state,
war, and navy building come next, while
but few people seem to care for pictures OF
the Interior or the PostOilicc Depart
mcnts."
"Do you dispose of many photographs
of statues"
NO unless you except the Washington
monument; that is always salcable. Ther,
| is another branch of our business that Is
assuming large proportions, ! refer IL
pictures of fine interiors. The east room
1T the white house is Il prime invoritc
and we have one picture of il rs it wa
when decorated on the occasion of the laS
| diplomatic dinner, which is the mos
| popular of all. Other rooms in the whit,
house are sought after and it has got Il
| be II fashionable fad" to make collections
of pictures of this kind. Strangers rarely
leave here without securing photographs
of the Senate chamber and the House o
Representatives, and some of them Spcn,
quite large sums in securing a copy %
each of our principal pictures