The morning call., 1890-08-28
AT THE CAMERA CLUB
An Interesting Exhibition of San
Francisco Views.
Preparing Views for Exchange With Europe
The Clubs New Quarters-A Grand
Marine Outing Day.

Tho California Camera Club held its
regular meeting in its rooms In the Murphy
Building last night. Considerable interest
was manifested in the meeting, both from
the fact that 1t would be the last meeting
of the club In those rooms prior to their
removal to the new quarters. and also be-
cause of the preliminary exhibition of lam
tern slides that were made for the purpose
Of selecting views for the triplicate set
which the club makes to exchange with the
Eastern and European circuits.
The club was called to order by President
George w. Reed. and Secretary T. P. An
drews read the minutes. The following
new members were elected into the fellow
ship of the club: w. Gerste, Morgan
Backus, o. II. Greenwald, Mrs. Z. Fretwell
and A. Gerberding. the addition of these
new names making an active membership
roll of 100 names.
Some sixty views of subjects in and
around San Francisco were thrown on the
canvas. These views had been selected
for the exchange set by committee out of
the multitude Of views OF San Francisco
subjects owned by the society The sixty
selected were very fine, and the selection
was at once approved of by the society.
Some twenty-Six OF the negatives were
views of Oh inatOwn, aud were selected out
OF some 1000 negatives collected by L. p.
Andrews during five months work in
Chinatown. They were all taken by flash
light, and show the life Of Chinatown with
startling fidelity.
TO GO ABROAD.
These sixty views will be IMPLICATED.
One set OF copies will be sent to Europe for
the use of the European Amateur Pro-
Geographic Circuit; another set will be sent
third set will be given TO the California
State Worlds Fair Convention for use at
the Worlds Fair.
After these views were disposed of
series OF scenes depicting the Paris Expo
sition were thrown upon the canvas This
series comprised fifty-nine views. They
were very fine indeed, and gave a faithful
idea Of the chief points of interest in that
big show. 1t took about an hour to show
them all.
After that series of views portraying
the interior OF the clubs new rooms in the
Academy OF Science Building were shown.
The club has suite of nine rooms in this
new building. which comprises a library,
receptlon-r0om, meeting-room, Directors
room. lantern-room, enlarglng-room and
darkroom.
The new quarters will be the finest ANA
teur Photographic club-rooms in the world,
and VIII be fitted out with every modern
appliance ana convenience for the photo
graphic work of the members. A distin-
gushing feature will be- a complete electric
light apparatus, SO that those OF the men,
Ders VINO by reason of business interior
ence cannot prosecute amateur photography
IN the daytime may havs every facility to
do the work at night. Another feature will
be complete Photographic library, in which
every WORK bearing upon the science will
be found.
VIEWS OF THE YOSEMITE,
The club has in preparation a series of
views showing a trip through the Yosemite
Valley which, when completed, will be the
finest illustration of that region extant
They also have several other series in
preparation. All of these will be exchanged
with the Eastern and European circuits.
1t was decided last night to charter the
t ting Active on the 18Th Of September for the
cameras will be on board. ranging in size
from Iron the smallest Kodak to the huge No.
1922. II is expected that any part OF all out
doors which comes within range of these
cameras and escapes being ''taken" will
have monument or whistling buoy
placed. upon the spot in commemoration
thereof. .