The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-11-16
LARGEST PHOTO
IS 96X10 FEET
Huge Picture Made by Dr..
Frank M. Woodruff Of
Academy of Science

1 tltit "it, NOV. ih,--A pnut,'
graph 96 feet long and 10 feet high.
one OF the largest ever made. has
been completed by nr. Frank NJ.
Y Woodruff, curator OF the Chicago
Academy q Sciences. IN i.incola
park,
II shows q pararama uf the Lake
Michigan shore at Miller beach. near
Barry. Ind. the famous Indiana saad
dunes, the sluggish grani Calumet
river, and the swamps and swalc
stretching around the eastern and
southeastern cnvlrons of Chicago
TIE photograph is tinted In natural
co,ors.
The picture is one Of four immense
panorama photographs which when
all are complete, will form the
backgrounds OF exhibits showing the
birds. animals. reptiles, trees and
flowers common now or in earlier
days in the Chicago rcgioa.
\ second picture. - feet long
| and ton feet hiGh. has been CON.
I pic,od. and two more. one 90 and
the other - feet long. are To BE-
made.
/ N'hc, complete the series will
show typical bits OF sceucry from
the sand dune region. through tn"
swamrs 70 the Calumet sag. north
/ through the prair!cs. and back to
/ the lake somewhere above the north
shore suburbs.
The photographs mark tho advent
Of new art. and have displaced
oil paintings costiag thousands OF
/ dollars. A picture % feet long can
be produced. according to DR.. Wood
ruff. for less than 500. and the
tinting In transparent oils costs but
small amount additional, rs CON.
pared With the heavy cost OF oil
paintings.
Any art student who understands
color can do the tlnting. he says.
as the photograph itself furnishes
the highlights and shadows.
Photographic backgrounds. ac.
ccrding to government ornithologisis
who recently inspected the pictures
during the convention here of the
American Ornithoiogists union. mark
milestone IN museum displays.
Unlike the oil paintings formerly
used. they are exact In every detail.
and the perspective is much better.
The improved perspective blends the
background into the foreground ex.
hibit. and carries out the illusion |
OF vast space.
Birds. animals. trees cf SPECIAL
shape or anything else can be- add |
ed to the background. DR.. Wood.
ruff found, by enlarging the. photo
graphs 10 the right size. cutting out
the picture. tlnting II. ard sticking !
II on with a pin. Birds In flight.
OF the same species shown among !
the stuffed foreground exhibits. are
given the appearance OF actual mo.
tioa through space because the pin
suspends them In front OF the back.
ground. instead OF their being
PAINTED part of II.
In making the immense photo /
graphs DR.. Woodruff. who took all .
the original pictures himself. had 10 4
develop new methods and special .
eqApmeai. The photographs are .
printed in 10 b. II foot sections, /
each section being the enlargement
cf one eight by ten negative. Dev.
elop!ng papers In strips eleven feet
lOlg and forty inches wide is used.
three strips being mounted on the
printing board at time. To keep
ell parts OF such a large printing
build II In curve corresponding to
on arc OF the circle OF which the
enlarglng camera Is the center.
To develop the huge prints an i'm
mense tray Is mounted on wooden
horses and four extra tall men drag
the paper back and forth. while
hoy wearing rubber boots climbs into
the developer armed with a swob
mounted on broomstick handle and
assists their efforts.
In addition 10 the four big pie
lures. DR.. Woodruff has completed
10 photographs ten feet high and
five feet wide for smaller exhibit
cases.