The morning call., 1890-04-03
AMATEUR ART.
photographers Preparing for the
Exhibition.
Brief History of the Pac fl: Coast Association.
Ladies to Be Admitted at the Meet
ing Tonight

Members of the Pacific Coast Amateur
Photographic Association are all agog
about their fourth exhibition, which will be
held in the rooms of the San Francisco Art
Association next Monday and Tuesday.
They expect it to be the greatest event in
the history of the association, as every
member is active in his efforts to make the
affair a success. A majority of the men,
bers will have productions from their
studios in the exhibit and some pictures
thai will astonish even professionals are
promised Bad weather has interfered
somewhat, but the recent sunny days have
given them an opportunity to finish most
of the work.
The first two exhibitions were given by
the association at the Mechanics Pavilion,
and silver medals were offered as prizes for
pictures Of merit. Since then there has
been an exhibition of higher order, and at
which many more works in number aud in
point of excellence were shown.
1t was in 1883 that the association was or
ganized and the foundation laid for the
present prosperous, entertaining and in
structive society.
ADVANTAGES OFFERED.
At that time there were Il good many am
ateur artists in and around San Francisco
who saw the advantages to be derived
from an interchange of ideas and the
social pleasures that would come
from an organization that would
bring them together in their work. There
were eleven charter members but this num-
Der increased rapidly until there are now
over sixty active, eleven corresponding and
four honorary members. 1t now has hand
some club-rOOms at 605 Merchant street,
where there are dark rooms, parlOrs, Ii
brary and almost everything to make the
headquarters pleasant, comfortable and at
tractiye. These rooms are almost made
quate, however, because OF the increasing
membership, and more commOdlouS quar-
ters are desired. Some steps have been
taken toward securing rooms in the new
Academy of Sciences Binding. but no deli
Mite arrangement has as yet been made.
Among the properties OF the association
and its members are some of the finest
cameras, lenses and drop shadows known,
besides a large and varied collection OF
works of the art that compares favorable
with any similar collection in the country.
Its members have awaited themselves of
whatever was new in photography and are
justly proud of their fine property. The
society was organized on strictly amateur
basis, which has been maintained up to this
time
PROVED SUCCESS.
Many of the active members are we'll
known business men, and II has been con-
Quoted on a conservative financial basis,
which has been one of the secrets of its sue
cess, and to-day it owes no man.
BY resolution recently passed, the men,
bership privileges will be extended to in-
clude ladies', and twelve or fifteen are ex-
pected to be elected tonight. Some exhibits
are expected from these as il. anticipation
of being elected they have been employing
their time making some pictures for the
occasion.
In previous exhibitions by the associa-
ton, some of the lantern slides came from
the East, but in this they will all be from
California