Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-28
ARTIST SHEEL0R BUILDING YACHT
Valdez Artist Building Boat to Be Used in Panoramic Work on
 Alaskan Coast and Rivers.

i F. w. Sheelor, the artist, whose panoramic views have made Alaska famous, has contracted for 45-foot boat to be built this year, the keel to be laid in Seattle somtime in the early summer The boat will be of the converted cruiser type. 45 feet long. 10 foot beam, and with ample horsepower to stem the swift cur rents of the Alaskan rivers.
 The boat will be used by Mir Sheel- or in taking panoramic views of the many glaciers and mountains along the coast, and will be the last thing in comfort and seaworthiness. Her construction will he supervised by MT. Sheelor, who will adopt many of his own ideas in her interior finish, to make her convenient for his pano- ramic work.
 Mir. Sheelor has also purchased a 25-35 Red Wing Thoroughbred light weight aluminium base motor, and as soon as the ice breaks on the Yukon will go to Whitehorse, where he will construct a river boat after his own design, in which he will travel down the Yukon to St. Michaels, taking pie lures of that interesting waterway, on his trip down river. Arriving at Michaels, he will pack and ship his films and pictures, and return up the triver on his boat to Whitehorse, where the craft will he dismantled, and the motor shipped outside to be used in a speed launch as tender for his cruiser.
 He will be accompanied on the trip by his wife, and they will take pano- ramic views of all place of interest on the interior
 ! Mir. Sheelor makes the finest pano- jramic views in America, and has trav- eled extensively through the mining districts of Nevada, Arizona. Colorado and Utah, taking panoramic views of all the principal mining camps. Some of his photos are gems of the photog- rapher's art, feet wide and twelve feet long Also he takes smaller views one foot by five feet long.
 The pictures are taken with cam era made by MT. Sheelor himself and run by clockwork The camera is set on a toOthed gear, which is revolved an entire circle by clockwork. The films are made specially for this big machine, and are ? feet by 12 feet They are wound on cylinder on one side of the machine and as the came ra revolves, passes slowly in front of a slot a half inch wide behind the lens, which is of great strength. The film runs one direction and the cam era another thus keeping the film the same speed exactly as the camera re- wolves. After exposure the negatives !are developed in specially construct cd tank, devised by MT. Sheelor, and printed in a special frame. So i'm mense is this outfit that it takes five 1 tain, and sometimes a whole day is required to get one negative, which often costs as high as one hundred dollars.
 i Mir. Sheelor has panoramic views of all the towns in Alaska with the ex- ception of Anchorage, and also of all the i'm portant glaciers. He will leave next week for the. Mt. Mckinley dis trict, accompanied by his wife, where they will take pictures of the noun tain made famous by Dr. Cook.
 Mir. Sheelor receives hundreds of orders from the big art houses in the States, and his work finds ready sale wherever exhibited. He has spent several years along the Alaskan coast and he and his wife have visited every town in the interior.
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