Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27


the yard, day or night or anywhere, !
is the invention of James w. Anderson
that bids fair to revolutionize the art
OF photography. 1t Is an automatic |
camera embracing the various at
tributes of taking moving pictures on
glass, paper, films of all kinds and
numerous other popular motion forms, |
when you see yourself as others see
you.
The following, bearing date at Santa
Cruz, gives explanation and comments
regarding the great invention:
SANTA CRUZ, Jan. 26.-There is at
this time man who has perfected an
invention which promises to revolu
tionize the art of photography, and
which will place him among the fore
most inventors of the time. 1t Is
James w. Anderson, now of this city.
He was born in Warrensburg, Mo-,
spent his boyhood there and his mother
and several brothers and sisters now
live there. He has recently been in the
east and is now on his way back to
this city.
The invention consists of an auto
matte camera. 1t Is constructed largely
OF aluminium and embraces many
wholly novel and remarkable features.
1t has been patented in the United
States, in Canada and in all European
1t will do:
Makes moving pictures on glass, any
number.
Makes moving pictures on films in
any style.
Makes moving pictures for kineto-
scope books.
Makes the silhouettes now so popu-
lar, but also in motion form.
Makes pictures of the eyes and
mouth, the latest fad.
Makes moving pictures for the cylin-
descope.
Makes from four to 200 stamp pic
lures on SKI plate.
Makes them one at a time or in mo-
ton form.
Makes stamps on tintype.
Makes them on postal cards, or by
the yard.
Makes them day or night
Makes them anywhere or any place.
Makes them with or without a dark
ROOM
Makes them just as in life, you see
yourself as others see you.
Pictures delivered at time of sitting.
Made in four different ways, as an
attachment for studio camera, as an
independent camera, as an automatic
camera and to be used with any Kodak
no matter how small.
Anderson has had to tread the thorny1
path before achieving final success. He
tells his story as follows:
Twelve years ago l took up photo
graphy as a pastime. After a few years
as an amateur 1 took such an interest
in the art that | went into the studio
as an assistant. While there I OBJ
served so much torturing of subjects
to remain still, to look pleasant, as
It were, that the idea struck newly
not moving pictures? If they were
good for the theater, why not for the
hot ;,, q. 7
to work.
Worked with Plates
First, by following up the work of
the well-known labors of Muybridge.
Marcy, Auchutz and Edison, all of
whom worked on the principle of a
sensitive band or film, which was all
right for the purpose they had in view,
but film for gallery use is not what
the photogra pher wants. 1t must be a
plate: 1t had always been contended
that to put a glass plate in motion
fast enough to produce animated pic
lures would cause blurring of the
image Knowing what a task I had
before me, but believing that 1 was on
the right track. set out to win.
After eight years of hard labor, and
not all day labor at that; going
through trials that | never dreamed of,
for two months on the verge of total
blindness from overwork / finally ac-
complished my purpose, making ma
chine camera which will do all 1 claim
it will do This was in January, 1906.
In order to be in a better position to
present my invention to the public in
the best form, l moved to San Fran
cisco. After being there only two
months the earthquake and fire wiped
out all of my models, negatives and
other accumulations of eight years
work. This meant that it must all be
done over again.
Luckily, 1 had a small notebook in
my pocket at the time of the fire.
which contained the rough drawings
and dimensions of my model and this
was a godsend in starting again. 1
then returned to this city with my
family, and, after a summers work,
got 1t going again.
"This time things took better turn,
everything seeming to come my way,
whereas, before the fire, everything
went against me. Capital to manu-
facture came to me from all directions,
so, by the help l am now getting, 1t
will be only a short time before the
public will have an invention that will
reVolutionize the art of photography.
The old way of posing done away with,
1t remains to take the habitude; to no
longer make one pose, but to make
him speak and seize him with the ex-
preston characteristic of him, and
WnlCn, let IL not De IOrSOtten, is q
series of true expressions, and brings
to mind that old adage which says:
'To merely reproduce the face and
form Is mechanical; to portray the
subject in unconscious pose in varying
moods, is art"
Who Will Use 1t
"The professional must use it, as 1t
will open up a new revenue in more
ways than one. To think how in af-
ter years, a mother can look back and
see how her grown son or daughter
moved and acted when a baby, how
the baby smile came over it's face. and
now she can see 1t again by running
her fingers over the leaves.
1.-THE street photographer the penny
arcade man must get them, as it will
be entirely new-nothing like it, Pic
lures by the yard pictures on postals,
pictures on tintype, one at time, or
in motion form, no two alike.
ITO the sheriff or chief of police 1t
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