The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-06
Planning To Boom
 Bridgeport With
 Aid Of The Camera
Photographers Who Are to Hold Convention Here Plan to do
 City a Service

The coming convention of the Pho yfosraphers' Association of New Eng Hand, to b eheld at Steeplechase Is- land, 6ept F. 13, IA and 15, was the Eau absorbing topic of discussion at the meeting of the Photographers Club of Bridgeport, at Betts & Co. s studio. last evening. Carl F. Acker- tsociation. and widely known as the tpublisher of the Photographic News. was present and addressed the mem lbers, in fact he made several ad- dresses. He is in very close touch with conditions throughout the coln- ltry and he aroused the interest of the members to a high pitch as he told of the enthusiasm throughout the country among the photographers and manufacturers and the magnitude of this event to be held here.
 Actresses were also made by Messrs. , George Bassett, of the Central Dry tPlate Co.,, Fl. E. Niles, of the East man Kodak Co, and J. D. Rice, of the Areco O., all of whom have be- come members of the local club. They ialso told of conditions as they have Hound them in their territories, saying f that far more interest is being mani tfested in this convention than any held in years, and that from all in dications there will be a record break HE SdLIlSflIfS Ol pcOPiC photography
 AS an indication of the interest be- ing manifested in New York city there fnay be cited the case of George MIr- tphy, Inc, the largest photographic .1obbing house in the country, which l on Wednesday, Sept. 13, New York day, is to run a special train to this city, bringing 250 or more people to the convention. Several of the large photographic organizations of New York cfty will be represented by large
 delegations of the members as well as by numerous fine collections of pictures
 for the photographing of the entire city on Friday. Sept 15, consisting of L. H. Corbit, chairman, H. J. Seeley, Betts & O., John Graham, w. J. Scher, c. TreadweH, c. W. Cochran, Fl J. Shaw and Duane Hawley, have about perfected the necessary plans
 This feat of photographing an entire city in one day has never been ac- complished before, it is said, with the exception of an organized effort made ! by the Camera Club of San Francisco
 some years ago.
 The visiting photographers will be given an automobile ride around the city and plans have been made by which the cars will stop at all the
 
 are being made. These pictures will
 be used to illustrate the report of the
 convention to be issued by the asso- ciation and will also be exhibited in
 the city by the Photographers Club.
 It is also planned to use the nega-
 lives in making lantern slides to be
 used by the Board of Trade and other local organizations engaged in bring
 ing to the attention of the country
 the many advantages of Bridgeport as
 convention city
 In connection with this photograph ing of the city the committee desire to state that they would be glad to
 receive from any of the manufactur-
 CTS, or others, any group pictures of
 the employees, such as when leaving
 the factory at noon, etc, and include them In the exhibit at the island In addition to the official conven- tion emblem the members of the local club will wear a button bearing the