The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-05-16

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Eighty-eightn street his 10Th birthday.
The date also commemorated his forty
third year In the business life OF the
city and his forty-seventh year as a
Photographer he picked up the art in
his teens at Troy, n. " and three
years later opened gallery in the old
Roosevelt building at Thirteenth street
and Broadway. he was the laughing
stock or his contemporaries, for Ibir-
teerth street was then the Harlem OF
old New York. remote from the bust
ness center. In the Roosevelt building,
which was burned in 1877 he photo
graphed William Cullen Bryant, Hor-
ace Greeley, William NJ. Eyarts, Bay
ard Taylor, N. =. Willis, General Win
field Scott. Martin Van Buren and all
the other celebrities OF the day Sud
laid the foundation of career ,Aat
contributed much to the advancement
of photography in the United States
Mir. lockwood made the first carte
de visite in this country in 1855 The
subject was the late Baron Rothschtld
The baron was much interested in pho
Biography, and took lessons from MIR.
lockwood 1t was the day of wet
plates, and while experimenting in his
boarding house the baron upset a sill
yer bathtub. The water trickied
through the ceiling, running wallpaper
and carpets to the extent of $1,000,
which sum he was Obliged to pay. The
first woman of whom Mr.. ROcNwood
made yigne'te carte dc vislte was
Mrs August Belmont. The carte de-
visite became a fashionable tad, and
the young photographer was the man
of the hour. Since those days he has
given sittings in his studio to not less
than "a million persons. In his busi-
ness career he has made only two ~
movals, going from the Roosevelt
building after the fire to Fifteenth
street and Union square and froIn
there to his present studio. in the
Holland building, which he has occu
pied for eleven years, and where we're
made the popular photographs of Pres
1 idents Cleveland, Mckinley and Roose.
velt
In his younger days Mr.. lockwood
was a well known singer. He is still
. the oldest American chorlster. having
4 sung under DR.. John Ireland Tucker,
who introduced the first choral service
\ in this country at Troy, N. y, ffty-s!x
4 years ago He was for many years the
tenor of the quartet in Henry Ward
a Beecher's Brooklyn church, which in
cluded Emma Thursby. Antoinetta
Sterling and Jules Lumbert.
x frequently met Mr.. Greeley" said
MIR. lockwood. "and photographed him
both at my studio and in the wooos
near Champaqua, with an axe on hi;
y shoulder. One day Mr.. Greeley came
y to my studio, tagged and worn our. In
posing him | started a political discus
sion IN the hope OF securing an eager
look in his eye. To all ny efforts there
was one reply--a gentle snore.
Il was more successful with Major
Anderson of Fort Sumter" he contin-
ued. MAJOR Anderson was my warm
personal friend. His calm, serene spirit
seemed to find relief in my enthusiasm
and he came frequently to my estab-
lishment One day when | had him
before my camera | said; 'Major II is
stated in some of the newspapers hat
there was a time during the lombard.
ment of Fort Sumter when you were
on the eve of surrender. Tell me. is
that trueg
''IIe sat stil for moment then.
slowly rising, he lifted his hand above
his bead, and in the most solemn man
ner and with great dramatic force,
said: No, Mr.. lockwood. Mo- When
raised that flag on high, with pray
er to Almighty God for its protectior,
/ knew that it would never come down
in disgrace.
"In his second administration, Pres
ident Cleveland came to my gallery
and when l saw him open the door, |
rose and, extending my hand, said:
'Mr. Cleveland, | am very happy tc
grasp the hand of the FIRST Democratic
y president ever voted for Mr. Cleve-
lands face bealned with pleasure.
" 4 am glad to know you voted for
me, Mr.. lockwood, re replied.
" Yes, | voted for you in the Irst
campaign, said I. and II God will for
give me, l will never vote for another
Oemocratlc president Mr. Clevelpni
bnrst into a hearty laugh, and was in
this good humor when the camera
snapped
TO stimulate DR.. Seth Lows inter-
est when hs came 10 my gallery upon
the eve Of his departure for Europe,
was not so easy a matter. In place oi
hts usual sunny. genial smile when
greeting a friend. he wore thought
f1l. serious expression. | was puzzled
for a moment how TO dlsDel It.
DR.. Low, | began, aid you ever
mest a human being with whom you
wenld exchange personaliliesY
'EIe looked up with a quizzlcal in
plifing twinkle. while l went on. 4
iDn'f mean conditions. but absolute
exchange Of personalities OF being"
F" I don't know that / ever thought
Df that, he said with quickened inter
psf
Well. never afd.' said /, but i
lhe man existed with whom woul'
exchange. you are the man, DIR. Low.
He started, and his face was
study. The man. | continued, 'wh'