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IMAGE • Vol. 28, No. 2 • June 1985<br />

Journal <strong>of</strong> Photography and Motion Pictures<br />

<strong>of</strong> the International Museum <strong>of</strong> Photography<br />

at <strong>George</strong> <strong>Eastman</strong> House<br />

<strong>Table</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Contents</strong><br />

1 A Letter to Members <strong>of</strong> the International Museum <strong>of</strong> Photography at <strong>George</strong> <strong>Eastman</strong> House<br />

2 Daguerre: The Artist by Janet E. Buerger and David Kwasigroh<br />

Editorial Staff<br />

Robert A. Mayer, Director<br />

Robert A, Sobieszek, Director, Photographic Collections<br />

Janet E. Buerger, Associate Curator, Photographic Collections<br />

Marianne Fulton, Assistant Curator, Photographic Collections<br />

Heather Alberts, Curatorial Assistant, Photographic Collections<br />

Joanne Lukitsh, Curatorial Assistant, Photographic Collections<br />

Philip L. Condax, Director, Technology Collections<br />

Morgan Wesson, Assistant Curator, Technology Collections<br />

John B. Kuiper, Director, Film Collections<br />

<strong>George</strong> C. Pratt, Curator Emeritus<br />

Jan-Christopher Horak, Associate Curator, Film<br />

Allan Bobey, Assistant Curator, Film Preservation<br />

Andrew H. Eskind, Director, Interdepartmental Services<br />

Grant Romer, Conservator<br />

Barbara Hall, Public Relations Director<br />

Barbara Puorro Galasso, Darkroom Supervisor<br />

Board <strong>of</strong> Trustees<br />

Trustees<br />

Dr. Wesley T. Hanson, Jr.<br />

Chairman<br />

Georgia P. Gosnell<br />

Alan C. Hasselwander<br />

Thomas F. Judson, Jr.<br />

<strong>George</strong> S. Mclsaac<br />

Vice-Chairmen<br />

Paul L. Smith<br />

Treasurer<br />

Sue Stewart<br />

Secretary<br />

Robert A. Mayer<br />

Director<br />

Bruce B. Bates<br />

Colby H. Chandler<br />

Eugene C. Dorsey<br />

Walter A. Fallon<br />

Robert B. Frame<br />

Alexander D. Hargrave<br />

Douglass C. Harvey<br />

A. Arendt Hopeman III<br />

Harrison D. Horblit<br />

Frank M. Hutchins<br />

Nancy C. Kennedy<br />

Preston F. Kodak<br />

Richard L. Menschel<br />

J. Randall Plummer<br />

Richard M. Ross<br />

Harris H. Rusitzky<br />

Robert P. Schwartz<br />

Joanna T. Steichen<br />

Robert A. Taub<br />

Andrew D. Wolfe<br />

Trustees Emeritus<br />

Edward P. Curtis<br />

Mark Ellingson<br />

Sherman Farnham<br />

Vincent S. Jones<br />

William E. Lee<br />

Robert A. Sherman<br />

William S. Vaughn<br />

Marie Curran Wilson<br />

Honorary Trustees<br />

Berenice Abbott<br />

Walter Clark<br />

Andre Kertesz<br />

David H. McAlpin<br />

Beaumont Newhall<br />

IMAGE is published for members by<br />

International Museum <strong>of</strong> Photography at<br />

<strong>George</strong> <strong>Eastman</strong> House<br />

900 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607<br />

Copyright 1985 by International Museum<br />

<strong>of</strong> Photography at <strong>George</strong> <strong>Eastman</strong><br />

House. All rights reserved. Printed in<br />

U.S.A.<br />

COVER PHOTOGRAPH:<br />

Louis J. M. Daguerre. The Inauguration <strong>of</strong><br />

the Temple <strong>of</strong> Solomon, ca. 1836. Brown<br />

ink and wash study for the Diorama.<br />

Provenance: Gabriel Cromer Collection.<br />

Gift <strong>of</strong> <strong>Eastman</strong> Kodak Company<br />

Single copies <strong>of</strong> this issue are available at<br />

$4.50 each, plus postage.<br />

ISSN: 0536-5465


A Letter to Members <strong>of</strong> the International Museum <strong>of</strong> Photography at <strong>George</strong><br />

<strong>Eastman</strong> House<br />

In our last members' Newsletter, we were please to announce that the Museum had been given a piece <strong>of</strong><br />

valuable property by the <strong>Eastman</strong> Kodak Company to create an endowment for the future expenses <strong>of</strong><br />

operating the Museum's archives in Rochester.<br />

This places a great challenge on all those <strong>of</strong> us who care about these collections. The Kodak gift<br />

requires that we be ready to move into a "debt free" building by July 1989, just four short years from<br />

now, or lose the endowment. Our Board <strong>of</strong> Trustees will soon begin a Capital Campaign to raise funds<br />

to construct a building to house properly the collections. We hope that all <strong>of</strong> our members will join in<br />

this effort and give generously to such a campaign.<br />

Under the terms <strong>of</strong> the Kodak gift, however, the income from the endowment cannot be used for<br />

the archives operating expenses until we are ready to occupy such a facility. This could be three years<br />

or more away. In the interim the Museum will need to exercise budget restraint to live within our<br />

present income levels. This will mean temporary dislocation <strong>of</strong> some program activities, many <strong>of</strong><br />

which would most likely be resumed after the endowment income becomes available for archives<br />

operations. One <strong>of</strong> the areas in which we will need to temporarily reduce our activities is our<br />

publication program.<br />

We have been pleased to provide our members with an improved quarterly publication over the last<br />

several years. Since 1983 IMAGE has won twelve awards. We are proud <strong>of</strong> this achievement. However,<br />

we must make an effort to contain cost and will publish in 1985 only the first two issues <strong>of</strong><br />

Volume 28: No. 1, March 1985 (which you have already received) and this issue, No. 2. Beginning in<br />

1986, we will publish only one issue <strong>of</strong> IMAGE a year, until the financial status <strong>of</strong> the Museum permits<br />

a logical expansion <strong>of</strong> the publication program again.<br />

We are sure that you will understand this temporary measure. We want to thank you for your<br />

continued support <strong>of</strong> the Museum.<br />

Sincerely,<br />

Robert A. Mayer<br />

Director<br />

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Daguerre: The Artist<br />

In Paris in 1839, when Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre announced the first practical photographic process to<br />

the public, the fame <strong>of</strong> the daguerreotype eclipsed his magnificent career as a painter. It is difficult<br />

to piece together his pre-photographic oeuvre. Only a handful <strong>of</strong> small works survive today, most <strong>of</strong><br />

them at <strong>George</strong> <strong>Eastman</strong> House. Until 1839 his reputation rested on his naturalistic stage designs<br />

(1816-22) and Diorama paintings (1822-39), but most if not all <strong>of</strong> these were destroyed by fire before<br />

his death in 1851. What is here is beyond value, and yet is only a pale reflection <strong>of</strong> the work that<br />

made him famous.<br />

His huge Diorama paintings were remarkable achievements <strong>of</strong> optical illusion. Shown to an audience<br />

seated in a darkened auditorium in a specially designed building, each scenic picture was larger<br />

in width than the Brackett Clark wing <strong>of</strong> the Museum. Each magically changed when carefully placed,<br />

filtered light "decomposed" one or the other <strong>of</strong> several superimposed atmospheric or time-lapse<br />

"effects" on the same canvas. Daguerre's genius dazzled connoisseur and public alike by combining<br />

the tricks <strong>of</strong> art and science, <strong>of</strong> fantasy and reality. He and his associate, Charles-Marie Bouton,<br />

received medals <strong>of</strong> the Legion <strong>of</strong> Honor when they exhibited small copies <strong>of</strong> Diorama subjects at the<br />

Salon.<br />

Daguerre was a key figure in the transformation from early nineteenth century Neo-Classic and<br />

Romantic Art, to mid-nineteenth century Realism. He drew attention to landscape painting and documentary<br />

work at a time when the Academy <strong>of</strong> Fine Arts favored history painting. A critically acclaimed<br />

popular artist, he penetrated the barriers <strong>of</strong> tradition with the scientific, pre-photographic<br />

temperament <strong>of</strong> his time. He foreshadowed Courbet, the Barbizon painters, Impressionism and<br />

photography, and prepared the way for the movies that were to come.<br />

Janet E. Buerger<br />

Associate Curator, Photographic Collections<br />

David Kwasigroh<br />

VSW/RIT Intern<br />

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Art<br />

Daguerre was born in 1787 in Cormeilles-en-Parisis,<br />

not far from Paris. In 1804, after apprenticing to a<br />

local architect, he went to Paris where he studied in<br />

the studio <strong>of</strong> the celebrated Italian painter, who was<br />

then chief stage designer at the Paris Opera, Eugene<br />

Marie Degotti. He immediately experienced the huge<br />

panorama paintings that, opening that year, constituted<br />

the rage <strong>of</strong> Paris, and about 1807 became<br />

apprenticed to their author, Pierre Prevost, where he<br />

remained until 1816. During this period he showed<br />

at the Salon his "Interior <strong>of</strong> a Chapel <strong>of</strong> the Church <strong>of</strong><br />

the Feuillants, Paris" (now in the Louvre and represented<br />

in the <strong>Eastman</strong> House by an engraving).<br />

Many <strong>of</strong> Daguerre's early drawings and paintings<br />

exhibit a penchant for the naturalistic open-air<br />

approach, a concept that he would foster throughout<br />

his career and that would become popular later in<br />

the century with the Barbizon painters. None <strong>of</strong> the<br />

works in this section is directly related to his stage<br />

designs or Diorama paintings, but they collectively<br />

are our most important evidence for his fresh,<br />

accomplished technique. Because his own style was<br />

lost when his larger works were reproduced by<br />

surviving examples <strong>of</strong> engraving and lithography,<br />

these small drawings and paintings take on particular<br />

significance as we try to imagine the effect <strong>of</strong> his<br />

masterpieces on their audience.<br />

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Voyages Pittoresques<br />

Lithography (printing from a stone with a drawing<br />

made from a greasy material) was discovered in<br />

Germany only at the end <strong>of</strong> the eighteenth century<br />

and was still a new, experimental art form in<br />

Daguerre's youth. Again, we find the young<br />

Daguerre in the vanguard. His "Entrance to the<br />

Church <strong>of</strong> the Holy Sepulcre" was published in 1819<br />

as part <strong>of</strong> le comte de Forbin's 78 plate Voyage dans<br />

le Levant (Voyage to the Orient). This was one <strong>of</strong> the<br />

most important <strong>of</strong> the early lithographic collections in<br />

France, gathering together, among the many early<br />

lithographic draftsmen, the co-inventors <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Diorama, Daguerre and Bouton.<br />

The most impressive lithographic publication,<br />

however, was Voyages pittoresques et romantiques<br />

dans I'ancienne France (Picturesque and Romantic<br />

Travels in Old France), a vast series <strong>of</strong> nearly 3,000<br />

plates issued in 20 odd volumes between 1820 and<br />

1878 by Baron Isidore Taylor, Charles Nodier and<br />

Alphonse de Cailleux. The Romantic movement is<br />

epitomized by the gothic ruins and travel views in<br />

Voyages pittoresques.<br />

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Theatre<br />

Daguerre's first real acclaim came in response to his<br />

stage designs in 1816-1822 for the Theatre de<br />

I'Ambigu-Comique and in 1820-1822 for the Opera.<br />

None <strong>of</strong> these works survive. From his master<br />

Degotti, Daguerre learned the spectacular Piranesitype<br />

oblique-angle design <strong>of</strong> the Italian Baroque<br />

stage. The revival <strong>of</strong> this style came as a great relief<br />

after the drab symmetrical work employed during<br />

the Revolution and Neo-Classical periods.<br />

At the Ambigu-Comique, Daguerre's designs<br />

received higher praise than the plays:<br />

"One seeks in vain for interest in Elodie, but as compensation,<br />

what pomp <strong>of</strong> spectacle, what decoration! Daguerre has<br />

surpassed himself, which seemed impossible."<br />

The apex <strong>of</strong> his theatre career came when he<br />

assisted Pierre-Luc-Charles Ciceri (1782-1868),<br />

successor to Degotti at the Opera. Their important<br />

1822 production <strong>of</strong> Aladdin or the Marvelous Lamp<br />

inaugurated a new opera building and initiated the<br />

use <strong>of</strong> gas lighting in the theatre. By dimming the<br />

auditorium and using new sources for his light,<br />

Daguerre revolutionized traditional stage design. His<br />

realistically executed final scene <strong>of</strong> the "Palace <strong>of</strong><br />

Light", with a moving sun effect, secured his reputation.<br />

Critics raved:<br />

"Never did the genius <strong>of</strong> Servandoni. . . or Degotti approach<br />

the marvels created by Daguerre". . . "We are no longer dependent<br />

on Italy for our decors. Today we surpass our masters."<br />

To Italian Baroque, Daguerre had added a magically<br />

darkened theatre, fantastic light effects, and trompe<br />

I'oeil naturalism—the sun itself included.<br />

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The Diorama<br />

"(It) is not a vain representation—it is reality itself. . .<br />

"It was believed by thousands that the little boy in the foreground<br />

. . . was either a very quiet charity boy, or at least a suit<br />

<strong>of</strong> clothes stuffed, instead <strong>of</strong> the mere effect <strong>of</strong> the pencil."<br />

Of "Roslyn Chapel" they continued:<br />

"On viewing the Diorama (the visitors) might think themselves<br />

transported by some magic spell to the scene itself—so<br />

perfect was the illusion . . . An artist . . . declared that had he<br />

not clearly ascertained that the view . . . was a painting on a<br />

flat surface, he would have believed that the effect was produced<br />

by more than one position <strong>of</strong> scenery, or rather many scenes<br />

placed in different positions."<br />

Daguerre's most important pre-photographic<br />

achievement was his Diorama. In 1822, with Bouton,<br />

he opened an entire building for the exhibition <strong>of</strong> two<br />

45 1 /2 x 72 1 /2 foot canvases. Each was a marvel <strong>of</strong><br />

illusionistic painting, calculatedly designed<br />

according to the principles <strong>of</strong> physics so that, say, a<br />

red form would "decompose" when lit by red<br />

(filtered) light to reveal a different configuration or<br />

"effect" underneath.<br />

The Diorama—literally "two views" (or canvases)—<br />

showed one painting with an architectural view<br />

representing a man-made wonder, and then another<br />

with a scenic view representing a natural wonder.<br />

Daguerre presented a performance <strong>of</strong> varied<br />

"effects" for each <strong>of</strong> the two paintings. To the stock<br />

Romantic subject matter <strong>of</strong> architectural ruins and<br />

travel views, he added the illusion <strong>of</strong> reality. From a<br />

darkened auditorium, each view, though painted on<br />

a flat surface, looked large as life, naturalistic and<br />

three dimensional. Critics were struck with awe. Of<br />

Daguerre's "View <strong>of</strong> Brest Harbour" they exclaimed:<br />

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The Double-Effect Diorama<br />

In 1834, with his student Sebron, Daguerre introduced<br />

the double-effect Diorama, which employed<br />

the front and the back <strong>of</strong> the canvas, and reflected<br />

and transmitted light, to present two quite different<br />

effects <strong>of</strong> the same view (day and night, a valley<br />

before and after an avalanche, an empty church and<br />

one filled with people). Often the changes in "effect"<br />

gave the impression <strong>of</strong> movement. In "The Inauguration<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Temple <strong>of</strong> Solomon", for instance,<br />

worshipers appeared gradually in the second<br />

"effect", giving the impression that they were moving<br />

from the background to the foreground. The principle<br />

<strong>of</strong> the double-effect is demonstrated in crude<br />

form by various nineteenth century optical toys such<br />

as the Polyorama Panoptique or the later photographic<br />

Megalethoscope, where two scenes <strong>of</strong> the<br />

same picture appear, depending on whether the<br />

viewer activates front or rear lighting.<br />

The Museum has a number <strong>of</strong> sketches relating to<br />

the Diorama paintings. These include Daguerre's<br />

"Inauguration <strong>of</strong> the Temple <strong>of</strong> Solomon" and<br />

Bouton's "Interior <strong>of</strong> Chartres Cathedral",<br />

"Edinburgh during the Fire <strong>of</strong> 1824" (painted by<br />

Daguerre), "Ruins <strong>of</strong> Fountains Abbey by Moonlight"<br />

(for the London Diorama) and "Fribourg" (for<br />

his own Diorama in Paris, built after Daguerre's<br />

burned in 1839).<br />

Bouton And Sebron<br />

Daguerre worked primarily with two associates:<br />

Charles-Marie Bouton, with whom he opened the<br />

Diorama; and Hippolyte Sebron, who created the<br />

double-effect Diorama with him.<br />

Of the two, Bouton is better known. Partly selftrained,<br />

like Daguerre, he worked—according to<br />

some accounts—with the famous neo-classical<br />

painter Jacques Louis David, and, like Daguerre, he<br />

collaborated with the panorama painter Prevost. His<br />

meticulous detail and precise perspective were<br />

excellently suited to Diorama work. From about 1823<br />

to 1840 he worked with the London Diorama as well.<br />

He returned to Paris to construct his own Diorama<br />

after fire destroyed Daguerre's in 1839. Throughout<br />

this period he was an active lithographic artist and<br />

easel painter but the popularity <strong>of</strong> his accurate style<br />

did not survive his death in 1853.<br />

Sebron trained with Daguerre, and travelled extensively<br />

to sketch material for the Diorama. He spent<br />

time in America, where he painted Niagara Falls and<br />

contributed the first Diorama to the New World.<br />

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The Diorama In America<br />

The Paris Diorama was so popular that imitations<br />

appeared in the French provinces, in London, Berlin,<br />

Cologne, Breslau, Stockholm, and in various cities in<br />

America. In 1838 it made its first appearance in the<br />

United States in Philadelphia with a 2,000 sq. ft.<br />

"Crucifixion with the City <strong>of</strong> Jerusalem" painted by<br />

Daguerre's pupil, Sebron.<br />

"Daguerre's Real and New Diorama", made its<br />

debut in New York City in 1840, imported from Paris<br />

by Maffey and Lonati. The premier scenes were<br />

(Daguerre's?) "Midnight Mass at the Church <strong>of</strong><br />

St. Etienne du Mont at Paris", and (Bouton's?)<br />

"View <strong>of</strong> Venice on a Festival Night <strong>of</strong> the Carnival"<br />

Following the Parisian tradition <strong>of</strong> musical accompaniment,<br />

Mrs. Lonati assisted the painted performance<br />

on piano.<br />

From 1840 to 1843 the Diorama toured New York<br />

City, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Charleston,<br />

Washington, D.C. and New Orleans. There is<br />

evidence <strong>of</strong> a southern tour but exact locations are<br />

not known. The Diorama was to be shown in<br />

Havana, but it was destroyed in New Orleans by fire<br />

in 1843. New scenes created for America were not<br />

always the same monumental size as those for the<br />

European Diorama. No Diorama buildings appear to<br />

have been built (except in Philadelphia), so concert<br />

halls and large auditoriums served to house the<br />

productions.<br />

THE DIORAMA IN AMERICA: A CHRONOLOGY<br />

1838 PHILADELPHIA, Diorama Building, Sanson Street:<br />

"The Crucifixion, with the City <strong>of</strong> Jerusalem,"<br />

painted by Sebron<br />

1840-1841 NEW YORK CITY, Mr Lockwoods Rooms, 411 Broadway:<br />

Church St. Etienne du Mont, Midnight Mass<br />

(Daguerre and Sebron)<br />

View <strong>of</strong> Venice, Festival Night<br />

Paris under Charles IX<br />

St. Barthelemy<br />

Valley <strong>of</strong> Goldau (Daguerre and Sebron)<br />

1841 PHILADELPHIA<br />

1841 BOSTON, Concert Hall:<br />

Venice on Festival Night<br />

St. Etienne du Mont, Midnight Mass<br />

View <strong>of</strong> City <strong>of</strong> Constantinople<br />

Valley <strong>of</strong> Goldau<br />

Sicilian Vespers, or Palermo 1282<br />

1841 BALTIMORE, Assembly Room:<br />

St. Etienne du Mont, Midnight Mass<br />

Venice on Festival Night<br />

Valley <strong>of</strong> Goldau<br />

1842 WASHINGTON, D. C., Carusi's Assembly Room:<br />

St. Etienne du Mont, Midnight Mass<br />

Venice on Festival Night<br />

Valley <strong>of</strong> Goldau<br />

The Remains <strong>of</strong> Napoleon, in the Church <strong>of</strong> lnvalides,<br />

Paris, on 15th December, 1840<br />

1842 NEW YORK CITY, City Hall:<br />

The Remains <strong>of</strong> Napoleon<br />

St. Etienne du Mont, Midnight Mass<br />

View <strong>of</strong> Venice<br />

TOUR OF THE SOUTH<br />

1842-1843 NEW ORLEANS<br />

1st location—rear <strong>of</strong> Cathedral, opposite Orleans St.,<br />

2nd location-38 St. Charles St. (formerly the<br />

museum):<br />

Inauguration <strong>of</strong> Solomon's Temple (Daguerre and<br />

Sebron)<br />

Valley <strong>of</strong> Goldau<br />

Interior <strong>of</strong> St. Stephens Church, Paris<br />

Interior <strong>of</strong> Monastery <strong>of</strong> Mount Serrat, California<br />

Sicilian Vespers, or Palermo 1282<br />

St. Etienne du Mont, Midnight Mass<br />

View <strong>of</strong> Venice<br />

1843 Diorama burns in New Orleans<br />

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Photography And The<br />

New Tradition<br />

In Daguerre's work we can see many prephotographic<br />

trends. In order to aid his naturalistic<br />

renderings he and his colleagues sketched with the<br />

aid <strong>of</strong> the camera lucida or camera obscura (devices<br />

that projected nature's image on the artist's paper for<br />

him to trace). Daguerre's desire to chemically fix the<br />

image <strong>of</strong> the camera led to experiments that resulted<br />

in his daguerreotype process. Since naturalism was<br />

their aim, Bouton's on-site sketches are barely<br />

distinguishable from later photographically-derived<br />

imagery.<br />

Daguerre's early travel views and his interest in the<br />

panorama and Diorama reflected the growing desire<br />

<strong>of</strong> early nineteenth century man to record every<br />

facet <strong>of</strong> Nature around him. Frederick von Martens,<br />

an engraver specializing in panoramic views, translated<br />

that interest directly into photography.<br />

Panoramic city views and landscapes would be<br />

among the earliest daguerreotypes made and would<br />

become a staple in photography for years to come.<br />

Scientists and explorers routinely armed themselves<br />

with both daguerreotype and material to make<br />

plaster casts, to enhance the accuracy <strong>of</strong> their<br />

recording technique. But the desire to copy nature<br />

could not be satisfied: optical toys, including stereographic<br />

views (drawn and photographic), would<br />

suggest the variation and three dimensional illusion<br />

so admired in Daguerre's Diorama.<br />

In Daguerre's work, illusion was based on a<br />

perfect combination <strong>of</strong> fantasy and reality, the artist<br />

and Nature working in full synchronization. It was he<br />

who discovered the real power <strong>of</strong> this apparently<br />

contradictory combination. The field <strong>of</strong> photography<br />

and photographic masters like Henri LeSecq inherited<br />

this power, and it remains to fascinate us today.<br />

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:<br />

This exhibition is deeply indebted to colleagues here and in<br />

Europe for their enthusiastic help.<br />

First, we thank Grant Romer <strong>of</strong> IMP/GEH, who inspired us with<br />

a small show on Daguerre in the late 1970s, and Helmut<br />

Gernsheim, whose book L. J. M. Daguerre is still the standard<br />

work. Among others, we were aided enormously by Stephanie<br />

Fronz <strong>of</strong> the University <strong>of</strong> Rochester Art Libraries; Barry Daniels<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Theatre Division at Kent State University; Bernard Marbot<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris; Jacques Foucart and Mlle.<br />

Landraud <strong>of</strong> the Musee du Louvre; Jeanne Roberts <strong>of</strong> the Historical<br />

Society <strong>of</strong> Pennsylvania; Elizabeth J. Miller <strong>of</strong> the Columbia<br />

Historical Society in Washington, D.C.; Stephen White <strong>of</strong> Los<br />

Angeles; Gerard Levy <strong>of</strong> Paris; Laurie Batie <strong>of</strong> the Maryland<br />

Historical Society; Roy Flukinger <strong>of</strong> the University <strong>of</strong> Texas,<br />

Austin; and Edward Morris <strong>of</strong> Merseyside County Council,<br />

Liverpool.<br />

As always, we relied heavily on our library, archives, registration,<br />

conservation, exhibitions and development departments,<br />

and on <strong>George</strong> Pratt for help in editing the labels. A special<br />

thanks is due Andrew Eskind and Philip Condax for their aid with<br />

the stereos and the Polyorama Panoptique.<br />

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Corporate and Foundation Contributors<br />

Underwriters<br />

<strong>Eastman</strong> Kodak Co.<br />

Ford Motor Company Fund<br />

Gannett Foundation<br />

Gleason Memorial Fund<br />

IBM Corp.<br />

Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Co.<br />

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation<br />

The Pew Memorial Trust<br />

Sponsors<br />

The Howard Gilman Foundation<br />

Patrons<br />

Access Rentals, Inc.<br />

Bausch and Lomb, Inc.<br />

Cortland L. Brovitz & Co.<br />

Case-Hoyt Corp.<br />

Citibank<br />

Computer Consoles, Inc.<br />

Curtice Burns, Inc.<br />

D. O. Industries, Inc.<br />

Holiday Inn<br />

Hopeman Brothers, Inc.<br />

Itek Graphic Products (Itek Corp.)<br />

Jones Chemicals, Inc.<br />

Kodak Camera Club<br />

Raymond LeChase, Inc.<br />

Marriott Corp.<br />

Money <strong>Magazine</strong><br />

Morgan Guaranty Trust Co.<br />

Photographic Historical Society, Inc.<br />

John B. Pike & Sons, Inc.<br />

Polaroid Foundation, Inc.<br />

Price Waterhouse<br />

RF Communications/Harris Corp.<br />

Rochester Clearing House Assoc.<br />

Central Trust Co.<br />

Chase Lincoln First Bank, N.A.<br />

Chemical Bank—Rochester Region<br />

Citibank (New York State), N.A.<br />

Key Bank <strong>of</strong> Western New York, N.A.<br />

Manufacturers Hanover, N.A.—Rochester Region<br />

Marine Midland Bank, N.A.—Rochester Region<br />

Monroe Savings Bank<br />

The Rochester Community Savings Bank<br />

Security Trust Company<br />

Rochester Gas & Electric Corp.<br />

Rochester Telephone Corp.<br />

Schlegel Corp.<br />

Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co.<br />

Sybron Corp.<br />

J. Walter Thompson USA, Inc.<br />

Wilmorite, Inc.<br />

Xerox Corp.<br />

Young & Rubicam USA Foundation/Hutchins Y&R<br />

Benefactors<br />

Chase Lincoln First Bank<br />

Corn Hill Neighbors Assoc.<br />

Flanigan Furniture, Inc.<br />

Garlock, Inc.<br />

Genesee Brewing Co., Inc.<br />

Goldome<br />

I. Gordon Realty Corp.<br />

Gould Pumps<br />

Great Lakes Press<br />

Robert F. Hyland and Sons, Inc.<br />

Lovenheim Foundation<br />

Page Avjet Inc.<br />

Preferred Properties/Robert Bruce Lindsay Co., Inc.<br />

Rochester Acoustical Corp.<br />

Rumrill-Hoyt, Inc.<br />

Tapetex Products, Inc.<br />

Wegman's Food Market, Inc.<br />

Sustainers<br />

Arthur Andersen & Co.<br />

Canandaigua Wine Co.<br />

Carhart Photo, Inc.<br />

DeRidder/Thurston, Inc.<br />

Dolomite Products Co.<br />

Domine Builders Supply Corp.<br />

Erdle Perforating<br />

Forbes Products Corp,<br />

S. H. Gow & Co., Inc.<br />

LeCesse Brothers Contracting, Inc.<br />

Manitou Construction Co., Inc.<br />

Marsh and McLennan, Inc.<br />

Monroe Reprographics, Inc.<br />

Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.<br />

The Pfaudler Co.<br />

Qualitrol Corp.<br />

RTR Transportation Corp.<br />

Riedman Foundation<br />

Rochester Asphalt Materials. Inc.<br />

Rochester Polychrome Press, Inc.<br />

Rochester Van & Storage Co. (Mayflower)<br />

Serv-Rite Food Service & Consulting Corp.<br />

Simcona Electronics Corp.<br />

Vanderlinde Electric Corp.<br />

Voplex Corp.<br />

Contributors<br />

Ailing and Cory Co.<br />

Burleigh Instruments, Inc.<br />

Caldwell Manufacturing Co.<br />

Harold J. Coleman Foundation<br />

Conifer Development, Inc.<br />

Cook Iron Store<br />

Coopers & Lybrand<br />

Credit Bureau <strong>of</strong> Rochester<br />

DeCarolis Truck Rental, Inc.<br />

Detection Systems<br />

Dollinger Corp.<br />

Doyle Detective Bureau, Inc.<br />

Emhart Corp.<br />

Exchange Genesee Associates<br />

Federated Department Stores Foundation<br />

Thomas W. Finucane Corp.<br />

First National Bank <strong>of</strong> Rochester<br />

Paul T. Freund Corp.<br />

General Cinema Corp.<br />

General Railway Signal<br />

Germanow-Simon Machine Co., Inc.<br />

T. H. Green Electric Co., Inc.<br />

Handler-Grosso<br />

Hansford Manufacturing Corp.<br />

Hatch-Leonard/Markin-Shaw. Inc.<br />

F L. Heughes&Co., Inc.<br />

Hickey-Freeman Co.<br />

Hickson Electric Corp.<br />

E. F. Hutton and Co., Inc.<br />

Hydroacoustics, Inc.<br />

IMPCO<br />

Kolko Paper Co., Inc.<br />

Labelon Corp.<br />

Janet Lehr, Inc.<br />

Light Impressions Corp.<br />

Logical Operations<br />

Lyons Development, Inc.<br />

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith<br />

Laurence Miller Gallery, Inc.<br />

Mixing Equipment Co,, Inc.<br />

Neikrug Photographica, Ltd.<br />

Otis Eastern Service, Inc.<br />

P.W.K.H. Wine Shop, Inc.<br />

Park-Meigs Association<br />

Marcuse Pfeifer Gallery, Ltd.<br />

Pittsford Travel Agency, Inc.<br />

James Stewart Polshek & Partners<br />

The Red Barn Gentlemen's Apparel, Inc.<br />

Red Carpet Travel<br />

Robfogel Mill Andrews Corp.<br />

Rochester Coca Cola Bottling Corp.<br />

Rochester Empire Graphics<br />

The Rochester Group<br />

Rochester Midland Corp.<br />

Peter J. Schmidt Co., Inc.<br />

Schuler-Haas Electric Corp.<br />

Scrantoms Book & Stationery Co.<br />

Sloan & Co., Inc.<br />

Snyder, E. G. Co., Inc.<br />

Society <strong>of</strong> Photographic Scientists & Engineers<br />

Staples & Charles, Ltd.<br />

The Textron Charitable Trust<br />

Town & Country Dry Cleaners<br />

Arthur V. Towner, Inc.<br />

VIC & IRV, INC.<br />

Visual In-Seitz, Inc.<br />

Waste Management, Inc. (H<strong>of</strong>f Bros.)<br />

Werner Spitz Construction<br />

Stephen White Gallery <strong>of</strong> Photography, Inc.<br />

Wilson, Klaes. Brucker & Worden, P.C.

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