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- "The Allies" and Home Relief, Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania, The Second Made in America Bazaar
- Advertisement for Christmas Bazaar organized by the Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania. Depicts flags of American allies during World War I along with a list of goods for sale at the bazaar on recto. Text blacked out on recto reads: National Surgical Dressings Committee. The Emergency Aid, a women’s charitable organization, raised funds for foreign relief and to assist victims of the influenza epidemic. The National Surgical Dressings Committee, founded in New York City in 1914, distributed dressings to hospitals on the front lines.
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- Arthur Showell
- Full-length studio portrait showing Showell, seated in a chair, and attired in a suit, tie, and spats. His legs are crossed, with one hand resting on his knee, and the other hand resting on the arm of the chair. A studio backdrop is visible in the background. Showell, a resident of South Philadelphia, worked as a laborer with the Adams Express Co. He also served in World War I in the 368th Infantry, part of the African American 92nd Infantry Division known as the "Buffalo Soldiers.", Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Brice C. Showell., Fragile condition.
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- Broad St. looking North from Locust St., Flag Day, May 9, 1917
- stamped on verso: Rau Art Studio
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- p. 52: Rochester, New York, Aug. and Sept. 1918
- Album compiled by Draucker between 1913 and 1918 containing snapshots, photocollages, and photomechanical prints of family and friends in Philadelphia, getaways and vacations, and his experiences as a World War I draftee in Fort Sill, Ok. and Rochester and Long Island N.Y. Philadelphia views depict University of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park, including the waterworks, Boat House Row and the Schuylkill River; Logan’s Square; Delaware River; Broad and Market streets near and including City Hall; Draucker’s residence at 235 South 15th Street; and Rittenhouse Square, including the annual Flower Show in 1916. Vacation images show Draucker and friends and/or family at recreational sites in Atlantic City, N.J., Lock Haven, Pa., Hecla Park, Center County, Pa., and Riverview, Pa. The vacation views often show picnicking, canoeing, and swimming. World War I imagery predominantly includes portrait snapshots of Draucker and his fellow soldiers, as well as interior views of his barracks at 202nd Aero Squadron and the U.S. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, N.Y. Album also contains portrait studies of persons and pets, including Rau "celebrity dog 'Bob'," as well as photocollages composed of sketched bodies and photographic heads; views of the dam at Lafayette, Pa. and Cascadella Gorge, Ithaca, N.Y.; images of the “Ad-Men’s Convention 1916” in Philadelphia; works by Draucker awarded prizes at exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Y.M.C.A. (p. 19, 25, 27, 30); and a series of images of a crashed car being removed from a Philadelphia storefront (p. 31)., Portraiture depicts Draucker’s family, including his sister Annetta and father Edward; friends and professional colleagues, including Al Swope, Charles R. Darwin, D. Sargent Bell, and William Rau; and group portraits of “M[otion P[icture] Operators Lyric Theatre, Lock Haven, Pa. 1912” and young men “Fredericks. Swope. Myers. Messerly. Kissenger” in driving attire and riding motorcycles., Stamped on front cover: National Simplex., Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker., Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover., Many of the pages contain titles., Majority of images annotated with a caption., Accompanied by "Studio Light: a Magazine of Information for the Profession. Published by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rochester, N.Y. 1930." Vol. 22, No. 7. (September 1930). Promotional periodical illustrated with Draucker’s photographs and including biography of Draucker. [P.2007.35b]., Carson R. Draucker (1895-1971), son of Stathia and Edward Draucker, a hotel manager in Clinton, Pennsylvania was a professional photographer who specialized in portraiture in Syracuse, N.Y. by 1921. During his early years, he worked as a motion picture operator in his hometown of Clinton, Pa. and later, most likely in the Philadelphia photographic studio of William H. Rau. His early work was displayed and awarded at amateur exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Philadelphia Y.M.C.A. Camera club. He attended Army Schools of Photography at Rochester and Cornell University and served in the Photographic Section of the Air Service during World War I. Draucker was also featured in "Studio Light: A Magazine of Information for the Profession" (1930) and copyrighted a photoflash calculator in 1937. He was married to Lucretia Draucker and passed away in San Diego, Ca. in January 1971.
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- p. 53: Rochester, New York, Aug. and Sept. 1918
- Album compiled by Draucker between 1913 and 1918 containing snapshots, photocollages, and photomechanical prints of family and friends in Philadelphia, getaways and vacations, and his experiences as a World War I draftee in Fort Sill, Ok. and Rochester and Long Island N.Y. Philadelphia views depict University of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park, including the waterworks, Boat House Row and the Schuylkill River; Logan’s Square; Delaware River; Broad and Market streets near and including City Hall; Draucker’s residence at 235 South 15th Street; and Rittenhouse Square, including the annual Flower Show in 1916. Vacation images show Draucker and friends and/or family at recreational sites in Atlantic City, N.J., Lock Haven, Pa., Hecla Park, Center County, Pa., and Riverview, Pa. The vacation views often show picnicking, canoeing, and swimming. World War I imagery predominantly includes portrait snapshots of Draucker and his fellow soldiers, as well as interior views of his barracks at 202nd Aero Squadron and the U.S. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, N.Y. Album also contains portrait studies of persons and pets, including Rau "celebrity dog 'Bob'," as well as photocollages composed of sketched bodies and photographic heads; views of the dam at Lafayette, Pa. and Cascadella Gorge, Ithaca, N.Y.; images of the “Ad-Men’s Convention 1916” in Philadelphia; works by Draucker awarded prizes at exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Y.M.C.A. (p. 19, 25, 27, 30); and a series of images of a crashed car being removed from a Philadelphia storefront (p. 31)., Portraiture depicts Draucker’s family, including his sister Annetta and father Edward; friends and professional colleagues, including Al Swope, Charles R. Darwin, D. Sargent Bell, and William Rau; and group portraits of “M[otion P[icture] Operators Lyric Theatre, Lock Haven, Pa. 1912” and young men “Fredericks. Swope. Myers. Messerly. Kissenger” in driving attire and riding motorcycles., Stamped on front cover: National Simplex., Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker., Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover., Many of the pages contain titles., Majority of images annotated with a caption., Accompanied by "Studio Light: a Magazine of Information for the Profession. Published by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rochester, N.Y. 1930." Vol. 22, No. 7. (September 1930). Promotional periodical illustrated with Draucker’s photographs and including biography of Draucker. [P.2007.35b]., Carson R. Draucker (1895-1971), son of Stathia and Edward Draucker, a hotel manager in Clinton, Pennsylvania was a professional photographer who specialized in portraiture in Syracuse, N.Y. by 1921. During his early years, he worked as a motion picture operator in his hometown of Clinton, Pa. and later, most likely in the Philadelphia photographic studio of William H. Rau. His early work was displayed and awarded at amateur exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Philadelphia Y.M.C.A. Camera club. He attended Army Schools of Photography at Rochester and Cornell University and served in the Photographic Section of the Air Service during World War I. Draucker was also featured in "Studio Light: A Magazine of Information for the Profession" (1930) and copyrighted a photoflash calculator in 1937. He was married to Lucretia Draucker and passed away in San Diego, Ca. in January 1971.
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- p. 54: Rochester, New York, Aug. and Sept. 1918
- Album compiled by Draucker between 1913 and 1918 containing snapshots, photocollages, and photomechanical prints of family and friends in Philadelphia, getaways and vacations, and his experiences as a World War I draftee in Fort Sill, Ok. and Rochester and Long Island N.Y. Philadelphia views depict University of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park, including the waterworks, Boat House Row and the Schuylkill River; Logan’s Square; Delaware River; Broad and Market streets near and including City Hall; Draucker’s residence at 235 South 15th Street; and Rittenhouse Square, including the annual Flower Show in 1916. Vacation images show Draucker and friends and/or family at recreational sites in Atlantic City, N.J., Lock Haven, Pa., Hecla Park, Center County, Pa., and Riverview, Pa. The vacation views often show picnicking, canoeing, and swimming. World War I imagery predominantly includes portrait snapshots of Draucker and his fellow soldiers, as well as interior views of his barracks at 202nd Aero Squadron and the U.S. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, N.Y. Album also contains portrait studies of persons and pets, including Rau "celebrity dog 'Bob'," as well as photocollages composed of sketched bodies and photographic heads; views of the dam at Lafayette, Pa. and Cascadella Gorge, Ithaca, N.Y.; images of the “Ad-Men’s Convention 1916” in Philadelphia; works by Draucker awarded prizes at exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Y.M.C.A. (p. 19, 25, 27, 30); and a series of images of a crashed car being removed from a Philadelphia storefront (p. 31)., Portraiture depicts Draucker’s family, including his sister Annetta and father Edward; friends and professional colleagues, including Al Swope, Charles R. Darwin, D. Sargent Bell, and William Rau; and group portraits of “M[otion P[icture] Operators Lyric Theatre, Lock Haven, Pa. 1912” and young men “Fredericks. Swope. Myers. Messerly. Kissenger” in driving attire and riding motorcycles., Stamped on front cover: National Simplex., Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker., Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover., Many of the pages contain titles., Majority of images annotated with a caption., Accompanied by "Studio Light: a Magazine of Information for the Profession. Published by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rochester, N.Y. 1930." Vol. 22, No. 7. (September 1930). Promotional periodical illustrated with Draucker’s photographs and including biography of Draucker. [P.2007.35b]., Carson R. Draucker (1895-1971), son of Stathia and Edward Draucker, a hotel manager in Clinton, Pennsylvania was a professional photographer who specialized in portraiture in Syracuse, N.Y. by 1921. During his early years, he worked as a motion picture operator in his hometown of Clinton, Pa. and later, most likely in the Philadelphia photographic studio of William H. Rau. His early work was displayed and awarded at amateur exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Philadelphia Y.M.C.A. Camera club. He attended Army Schools of Photography at Rochester and Cornell University and served in the Photographic Section of the Air Service during World War I. Draucker was also featured in "Studio Light: A Magazine of Information for the Profession" (1930) and copyrighted a photoflash calculator in 1937. He was married to Lucretia Draucker and passed away in San Diego, Ca. in January 1971.
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- p. 55: Cornell Uni., Ithaca N.Y., Sept. + Oct. 1918
- Album compiled by Draucker between 1913 and 1918 containing snapshots, photocollages, and photomechanical prints of family and friends in Philadelphia, getaways and vacations, and his experiences as a World War I draftee in Fort Sill, Ok. and Rochester and Long Island N.Y. Philadelphia views depict University of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park, including the waterworks, Boat House Row and the Schuylkill River; Logan’s Square; Delaware River; Broad and Market streets near and including City Hall; Draucker’s residence at 235 South 15th Street; and Rittenhouse Square, including the annual Flower Show in 1916. Vacation images show Draucker and friends and/or family at recreational sites in Atlantic City, N.J., Lock Haven, Pa., Hecla Park, Center County, Pa., and Riverview, Pa. The vacation views often show picnicking, canoeing, and swimming. World War I imagery predominantly includes portrait snapshots of Draucker and his fellow soldiers, as well as interior views of his barracks at 202nd Aero Squadron and the U.S. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, N.Y. Album also contains portrait studies of persons and pets, including Rau "celebrity dog 'Bob'," as well as photocollages composed of sketched bodies and photographic heads; views of the dam at Lafayette, Pa. and Cascadella Gorge, Ithaca, N.Y.; images of the “Ad-Men’s Convention 1916” in Philadelphia; works by Draucker awarded prizes at exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Y.M.C.A. (p. 19, 25, 27, 30); and a series of images of a crashed car being removed from a Philadelphia storefront (p. 31)., Portraiture depicts Draucker’s family, including his sister Annetta and father Edward; friends and professional colleagues, including Al Swope, Charles R. Darwin, D. Sargent Bell, and William Rau; and group portraits of “M[otion P[icture] Operators Lyric Theatre, Lock Haven, Pa. 1912” and young men “Fredericks. Swope. Myers. Messerly. Kissenger” in driving attire and riding motorcycles., Stamped on front cover: National Simplex., Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker., Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover., Many of the pages contain titles., Majority of images annotated with a caption., Accompanied by "Studio Light: a Magazine of Information for the Profession. Published by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rochester, N.Y. 1930." Vol. 22, No. 7. (September 1930). Promotional periodical illustrated with Draucker’s photographs and including biography of Draucker. [P.2007.35b]., Carson R. Draucker (1895-1971), son of Stathia and Edward Draucker, a hotel manager in Clinton, Pennsylvania was a professional photographer who specialized in portraiture in Syracuse, N.Y. by 1921. During his early years, he worked as a motion picture operator in his hometown of Clinton, Pa. and later, most likely in the Philadelphia photographic studio of William H. Rau. His early work was displayed and awarded at amateur exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Philadelphia Y.M.C.A. Camera club. He attended Army Schools of Photography at Rochester and Cornell University and served in the Photographic Section of the Air Service during World War I. Draucker was also featured in "Studio Light: A Magazine of Information for the Profession" (1930) and copyrighted a photoflash calculator in 1937. He was married to Lucretia Draucker and passed away in San Diego, Ca. in January 1971.
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- p. 56: Cornell Uni., Ithaca N.Y., Sept. + Oct. 1918
- Album compiled by Draucker between 1913 and 1918 containing snapshots, photocollages, and photomechanical prints of family and friends in Philadelphia, getaways and vacations, and his experiences as a World War I draftee in Fort Sill, Ok. and Rochester and Long Island N.Y. Philadelphia views depict University of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park, including the waterworks, Boat House Row and the Schuylkill River; Logan’s Square; Delaware River; Broad and Market streets near and including City Hall; Draucker’s residence at 235 South 15th Street; and Rittenhouse Square, including the annual Flower Show in 1916. Vacation images show Draucker and friends and/or family at recreational sites in Atlantic City, N.J., Lock Haven, Pa., Hecla Park, Center County, Pa., and Riverview, Pa. The vacation views often show picnicking, canoeing, and swimming. World War I imagery predominantly includes portrait snapshots of Draucker and his fellow soldiers, as well as interior views of his barracks at 202nd Aero Squadron and the U.S. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, N.Y. Album also contains portrait studies of persons and pets, including Rau "celebrity dog 'Bob'," as well as photocollages composed of sketched bodies and photographic heads; views of the dam at Lafayette, Pa. and Cascadella Gorge, Ithaca, N.Y.; images of the “Ad-Men’s Convention 1916” in Philadelphia; works by Draucker awarded prizes at exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Y.M.C.A. (p. 19, 25, 27, 30); and a series of images of a crashed car being removed from a Philadelphia storefront (p. 31)., Portraiture depicts Draucker’s family, including his sister Annetta and father Edward; friends and professional colleagues, including Al Swope, Charles R. Darwin, D. Sargent Bell, and William Rau; and group portraits of “M[otion P[icture] Operators Lyric Theatre, Lock Haven, Pa. 1912” and young men “Fredericks. Swope. Myers. Messerly. Kissenger” in driving attire and riding motorcycles., Stamped on front cover: National Simplex., Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker., Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover., Many of the pages contain titles., Majority of images annotated with a caption., Accompanied by "Studio Light: a Magazine of Information for the Profession. Published by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rochester, N.Y. 1930." Vol. 22, No. 7. (September 1930). Promotional periodical illustrated with Draucker’s photographs and including biography of Draucker. [P.2007.35b]., Carson R. Draucker (1895-1971), son of Stathia and Edward Draucker, a hotel manager in Clinton, Pennsylvania was a professional photographer who specialized in portraiture in Syracuse, N.Y. by 1921. During his early years, he worked as a motion picture operator in his hometown of Clinton, Pa. and later, most likely in the Philadelphia photographic studio of William H. Rau. His early work was displayed and awarded at amateur exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Philadelphia Y.M.C.A. Camera club. He attended Army Schools of Photography at Rochester and Cornell University and served in the Photographic Section of the Air Service during World War I. Draucker was also featured in "Studio Light: A Magazine of Information for the Profession" (1930) and copyrighted a photoflash calculator in 1937. He was married to Lucretia Draucker and passed away in San Diego, Ca. in January 1971.
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- p. 57: Hempstead L.I. Field 2, Oct., Nov., Dec. 1918
- Album compiled by Draucker between 1913 and 1918 containing snapshots, photocollages, and photomechanical prints of family and friends in Philadelphia, getaways and vacations, and his experiences as a World War I draftee in Fort Sill, Ok. and Rochester and Long Island N.Y. Philadelphia views depict University of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park, including the waterworks, Boat House Row and the Schuylkill River; Logan’s Square; Delaware River; Broad and Market streets near and including City Hall; Draucker’s residence at 235 South 15th Street; and Rittenhouse Square, including the annual Flower Show in 1916. Vacation images show Draucker and friends and/or family at recreational sites in Atlantic City, N.J., Lock Haven, Pa., Hecla Park, Center County, Pa., and Riverview, Pa. The vacation views often show picnicking, canoeing, and swimming. World War I imagery predominantly includes portrait snapshots of Draucker and his fellow soldiers, as well as interior views of his barracks at 202nd Aero Squadron and the U.S. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, N.Y. Album also contains portrait studies of persons and pets, including Rau "celebrity dog 'Bob'," as well as photocollages composed of sketched bodies and photographic heads; views of the dam at Lafayette, Pa. and Cascadella Gorge, Ithaca, N.Y.; images of the “Ad-Men’s Convention 1916” in Philadelphia; works by Draucker awarded prizes at exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Y.M.C.A. (p. 19, 25, 27, 30); and a series of images of a crashed car being removed from a Philadelphia storefront (p. 31)., Portraiture depicts Draucker’s family, including his sister Annetta and father Edward; friends and professional colleagues, including Al Swope, Charles R. Darwin, D. Sargent Bell, and William Rau; and group portraits of “M[otion P[icture] Operators Lyric Theatre, Lock Haven, Pa. 1912” and young men “Fredericks. Swope. Myers. Messerly. Kissenger” in driving attire and riding motorcycles., Stamped on front cover: National Simplex., Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker., Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover., Many of the pages contain titles., Majority of images annotated with a caption., Accompanied by "Studio Light: a Magazine of Information for the Profession. Published by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rochester, N.Y. 1930." Vol. 22, No. 7. (September 1930). Promotional periodical illustrated with Draucker’s photographs and including biography of Draucker. [P.2007.35b]., Carson R. Draucker (1895-1971), son of Stathia and Edward Draucker, a hotel manager in Clinton, Pennsylvania was a professional photographer who specialized in portraiture in Syracuse, N.Y. by 1921. During his early years, he worked as a motion picture operator in his hometown of Clinton, Pa. and later, most likely in the Philadelphia photographic studio of William H. Rau. His early work was displayed and awarded at amateur exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Philadelphia Y.M.C.A. Camera club. He attended Army Schools of Photography at Rochester and Cornell University and served in the Photographic Section of the Air Service during World War I. Draucker was also featured in "Studio Light: A Magazine of Information for the Profession" (1930) and copyrighted a photoflash calculator in 1937. He was married to Lucretia Draucker and passed away in San Diego, Ca. in January 1971.
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- p. 58: Hempstead L.I. Field 2, Oct., Nov., Dec. 1918
- Album compiled by Draucker between 1913 and 1918 containing snapshots, photocollages, and photomechanical prints of family and friends in Philadelphia, getaways and vacations, and his experiences as a World War I draftee in Fort Sill, Ok. and Rochester and Long Island N.Y. Philadelphia views depict University of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park, including the waterworks, Boat House Row and the Schuylkill River; Logan’s Square; Delaware River; Broad and Market streets near and including City Hall; Draucker’s residence at 235 South 15th Street; and Rittenhouse Square, including the annual Flower Show in 1916. Vacation images show Draucker and friends and/or family at recreational sites in Atlantic City, N.J., Lock Haven, Pa., Hecla Park, Center County, Pa., and Riverview, Pa. The vacation views often show picnicking, canoeing, and swimming. World War I imagery predominantly includes portrait snapshots of Draucker and his fellow soldiers, as well as interior views of his barracks at 202nd Aero Squadron and the U.S. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, N.Y. Album also contains portrait studies of persons and pets, including Rau "celebrity dog 'Bob'," as well as photocollages composed of sketched bodies and photographic heads; views of the dam at Lafayette, Pa. and Cascadella Gorge, Ithaca, N.Y.; images of the “Ad-Men’s Convention 1916” in Philadelphia; works by Draucker awarded prizes at exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Y.M.C.A. (p. 19, 25, 27, 30); and a series of images of a crashed car being removed from a Philadelphia storefront (p. 31)., Portraiture depicts Draucker’s family, including his sister Annetta and father Edward; friends and professional colleagues, including Al Swope, Charles R. Darwin, D. Sargent Bell, and William Rau; and group portraits of “M[otion P[icture] Operators Lyric Theatre, Lock Haven, Pa. 1912” and young men “Fredericks. Swope. Myers. Messerly. Kissenger” in driving attire and riding motorcycles., Stamped on front cover: National Simplex., Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker., Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover., Many of the pages contain titles., Majority of images annotated with a caption., Accompanied by "Studio Light: a Magazine of Information for the Profession. Published by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rochester, N.Y. 1930." Vol. 22, No. 7. (September 1930). Promotional periodical illustrated with Draucker’s photographs and including biography of Draucker. [P.2007.35b]., Carson R. Draucker (1895-1971), son of Stathia and Edward Draucker, a hotel manager in Clinton, Pennsylvania was a professional photographer who specialized in portraiture in Syracuse, N.Y. by 1921. During his early years, he worked as a motion picture operator in his hometown of Clinton, Pa. and later, most likely in the Philadelphia photographic studio of William H. Rau. His early work was displayed and awarded at amateur exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Philadelphia Y.M.C.A. Camera club. He attended Army Schools of Photography at Rochester and Cornell University and served in the Photographic Section of the Air Service during World War I. Draucker was also featured in "Studio Light: A Magazine of Information for the Profession" (1930) and copyrighted a photoflash calculator in 1937. He was married to Lucretia Draucker and passed away in San Diego, Ca. in January 1971.
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- p. 50: Madison Barracks N.Y. July 1918
- Album compiled by Draucker between 1913 and 1918 containing snapshots, photocollages, and photomechanical prints of family and friends in Philadelphia, getaways and vacations, and his experiences as a World War I draftee in Fort Sill, Ok. and Rochester and Long Island N.Y. Philadelphia views depict University of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park, including the waterworks, Boat House Row and the Schuylkill River; Logan’s Square; Delaware River; Broad and Market streets near and including City Hall; Draucker’s residence at 235 South 15th Street; and Rittenhouse Square, including the annual Flower Show in 1916. Vacation images show Draucker and friends and/or family at recreational sites in Atlantic City, N.J., Lock Haven, Pa., Hecla Park, Center County, Pa., and Riverview, Pa. The vacation views often show picnicking, canoeing, and swimming. World War I imagery predominantly includes portrait snapshots of Draucker and his fellow soldiers, as well as interior views of his barracks at 202nd Aero Squadron and the U.S. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, N.Y. Album also contains portrait studies of persons and pets, including Rau "celebrity dog 'Bob'," as well as photocollages composed of sketched bodies and photographic heads; views of the dam at Lafayette, Pa. and Cascadella Gorge, Ithaca, N.Y.; images of the “Ad-Men’s Convention 1916” in Philadelphia; works by Draucker awarded prizes at exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Y.M.C.A. (p. 19, 25, 27, 30); and a series of images of a crashed car being removed from a Philadelphia storefront (p. 31)., Portraiture depicts Draucker’s family, including his sister Annetta and father Edward; friends and professional colleagues, including Al Swope, Charles R. Darwin, D. Sargent Bell, and William Rau; and group portraits of “M[otion P[icture] Operators Lyric Theatre, Lock Haven, Pa. 1912” and young men “Fredericks. Swope. Myers. Messerly. Kissenger” in driving attire and riding motorcycles., Stamped on front cover: National Simplex., Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker., Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover., Many of the pages contain titles., Majority of images annotated with a caption., Accompanied by "Studio Light: a Magazine of Information for the Profession. Published by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rochester, N.Y. 1930." Vol. 22, No. 7. (September 1930). Promotional periodical illustrated with Draucker’s photographs and including biography of Draucker. [P.2007.35b]., Carson R. Draucker (1895-1971), son of Stathia and Edward Draucker, a hotel manager in Clinton, Pennsylvania was a professional photographer who specialized in portraiture in Syracuse, N.Y. by 1921. During his early years, he worked as a motion picture operator in his hometown of Clinton, Pa. and later, most likely in the Philadelphia photographic studio of William H. Rau. His early work was displayed and awarded at amateur exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Philadelphia Y.M.C.A. Camera club. He attended Army Schools of Photography at Rochester and Cornell University and served in the Photographic Section of the Air Service during World War I. Draucker was also featured in "Studio Light: A Magazine of Information for the Profession" (1930) and copyrighted a photoflash calculator in 1937. He was married to Lucretia Draucker and passed away in San Diego, Ca. in January 1971.
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- p. 51: Rochester, New York, Aug. and Sept. 1918
- Album compiled by Draucker between 1913 and 1918 containing snapshots, photocollages, and photomechanical prints of family and friends in Philadelphia, getaways and vacations, and his experiences as a World War I draftee in Fort Sill, Ok. and Rochester and Long Island N.Y. Philadelphia views depict University of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park, including the waterworks, Boat House Row and the Schuylkill River; Logan’s Square; Delaware River; Broad and Market streets near and including City Hall; Draucker’s residence at 235 South 15th Street; and Rittenhouse Square, including the annual Flower Show in 1916. Vacation images show Draucker and friends and/or family at recreational sites in Atlantic City, N.J., Lock Haven, Pa., Hecla Park, Center County, Pa., and Riverview, Pa. The vacation views often show picnicking, canoeing, and swimming. World War I imagery predominantly includes portrait snapshots of Draucker and his fellow soldiers, as well as interior views of his barracks at 202nd Aero Squadron and the U.S. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, N.Y. Album also contains portrait studies of persons and pets, including Rau "celebrity dog 'Bob'," as well as photocollages composed of sketched bodies and photographic heads; views of the dam at Lafayette, Pa. and Cascadella Gorge, Ithaca, N.Y.; images of the “Ad-Men’s Convention 1916” in Philadelphia; works by Draucker awarded prizes at exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Y.M.C.A. (p. 19, 25, 27, 30); and a series of images of a crashed car being removed from a Philadelphia storefront (p. 31)., Portraiture depicts Draucker’s family, including his sister Annetta and father Edward; friends and professional colleagues, including Al Swope, Charles R. Darwin, D. Sargent Bell, and William Rau; and group portraits of “M[otion P[icture] Operators Lyric Theatre, Lock Haven, Pa. 1912” and young men “Fredericks. Swope. Myers. Messerly. Kissenger” in driving attire and riding motorcycles., Stamped on front cover: National Simplex., Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker., Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover., Many of the pages contain titles., Majority of images annotated with a caption., Accompanied by "Studio Light: a Magazine of Information for the Profession. Published by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rochester, N.Y. 1930." Vol. 22, No. 7. (September 1930). Promotional periodical illustrated with Draucker’s photographs and including biography of Draucker. [P.2007.35b]., Carson R. Draucker (1895-1971), son of Stathia and Edward Draucker, a hotel manager in Clinton, Pennsylvania was a professional photographer who specialized in portraiture in Syracuse, N.Y. by 1921. During his early years, he worked as a motion picture operator in his hometown of Clinton, Pa. and later, most likely in the Philadelphia photographic studio of William H. Rau. His early work was displayed and awarded at amateur exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Philadelphia Y.M.C.A. Camera club. He attended Army Schools of Photography at Rochester and Cornell University and served in the Photographic Section of the Air Service during World War I. Draucker was also featured in "Studio Light: A Magazine of Information for the Profession" (1930) and copyrighted a photoflash calculator in 1937. He was married to Lucretia Draucker and passed away in San Diego, Ca. in January 1971.
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- p. 46: Ft. Sill, Okla. Postfield, Dec. 24,'17-July 5th '18
- Album compiled by Draucker between 1913 and 1918 containing snapshots, photocollages, and photomechanical prints of family and friends in Philadelphia, getaways and vacations, and his experiences as a World War I draftee in Fort Sill, Ok. and Rochester and Long Island N.Y. Philadelphia views depict University of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park, including the waterworks, Boat House Row and the Schuylkill River; Logan’s Square; Delaware River; Broad and Market streets near and including City Hall; Draucker’s residence at 235 South 15th Street; and Rittenhouse Square, including the annual Flower Show in 1916. Vacation images show Draucker and friends and/or family at recreational sites in Atlantic City, N.J., Lock Haven, Pa., Hecla Park, Center County, Pa., and Riverview, Pa. The vacation views often show picnicking, canoeing, and swimming. World War I imagery predominantly includes portrait snapshots of Draucker and his fellow soldiers, as well as interior views of his barracks at 202nd Aero Squadron and the U.S. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, N.Y. Album also contains portrait studies of persons and pets, including Rau "celebrity dog 'Bob'," as well as photocollages composed of sketched bodies and photographic heads; views of the dam at Lafayette, Pa. and Cascadella Gorge, Ithaca, N.Y.; images of the “Ad-Men’s Convention 1916” in Philadelphia; works by Draucker awarded prizes at exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Y.M.C.A. (p. 19, 25, 27, 30); and a series of images of a crashed car being removed from a Philadelphia storefront (p. 31)., Portraiture depicts Draucker’s family, including his sister Annetta and father Edward; friends and professional colleagues, including Al Swope, Charles R. Darwin, D. Sargent Bell, and William Rau; and group portraits of “M[otion P[icture] Operators Lyric Theatre, Lock Haven, Pa. 1912” and young men “Fredericks. Swope. Myers. Messerly. Kissenger” in driving attire and riding motorcycles., Stamped on front cover: National Simplex., Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker., Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover., Many of the pages contain titles., Majority of images annotated with a caption., Accompanied by "Studio Light: a Magazine of Information for the Profession. Published by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rochester, N.Y. 1930." Vol. 22, No. 7. (September 1930). Promotional periodical illustrated with Draucker’s photographs and including biography of Draucker. [P.2007.35b]., Carson R. Draucker (1895-1971), son of Stathia and Edward Draucker, a hotel manager in Clinton, Pennsylvania was a professional photographer who specialized in portraiture in Syracuse, N.Y. by 1921. During his early years, he worked as a motion picture operator in his hometown of Clinton, Pa. and later, most likely in the Philadelphia photographic studio of William H. Rau. His early work was displayed and awarded at amateur exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Philadelphia Y.M.C.A. Camera club. He attended Army Schools of Photography at Rochester and Cornell University and served in the Photographic Section of the Air Service during World War I. Draucker was also featured in "Studio Light: A Magazine of Information for the Profession" (1930) and copyrighted a photoflash calculator in 1937. He was married to Lucretia Draucker and passed away in San Diego, Ca. in January 1971.
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- p. 47: Ft. Sill, Okla. Postfield, Dec. 24,'17-July 5th '18
- Album compiled by Draucker between 1913 and 1918 containing snapshots, photocollages, and photomechanical prints of family and friends in Philadelphia, getaways and vacations, and his experiences as a World War I draftee in Fort Sill, Ok. and Rochester and Long Island N.Y. Philadelphia views depict University of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park, including the waterworks, Boat House Row and the Schuylkill River; Logan’s Square; Delaware River; Broad and Market streets near and including City Hall; Draucker’s residence at 235 South 15th Street; and Rittenhouse Square, including the annual Flower Show in 1916. Vacation images show Draucker and friends and/or family at recreational sites in Atlantic City, N.J., Lock Haven, Pa., Hecla Park, Center County, Pa., and Riverview, Pa. The vacation views often show picnicking, canoeing, and swimming. World War I imagery predominantly includes portrait snapshots of Draucker and his fellow soldiers, as well as interior views of his barracks at 202nd Aero Squadron and the U.S. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, N.Y. Album also contains portrait studies of persons and pets, including Rau "celebrity dog 'Bob'," as well as photocollages composed of sketched bodies and photographic heads; views of the dam at Lafayette, Pa. and Cascadella Gorge, Ithaca, N.Y.; images of the “Ad-Men’s Convention 1916” in Philadelphia; works by Draucker awarded prizes at exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Y.M.C.A. (p. 19, 25, 27, 30); and a series of images of a crashed car being removed from a Philadelphia storefront (p. 31)., Portraiture depicts Draucker’s family, including his sister Annetta and father Edward; friends and professional colleagues, including Al Swope, Charles R. Darwin, D. Sargent Bell, and William Rau; and group portraits of “M[otion P[icture] Operators Lyric Theatre, Lock Haven, Pa. 1912” and young men “Fredericks. Swope. Myers. Messerly. Kissenger” in driving attire and riding motorcycles., Stamped on front cover: National Simplex., Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker., Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover., Many of the pages contain titles., Majority of images annotated with a caption., Accompanied by "Studio Light: a Magazine of Information for the Profession. Published by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rochester, N.Y. 1930." Vol. 22, No. 7. (September 1930). Promotional periodical illustrated with Draucker’s photographs and including biography of Draucker. [P.2007.35b]., Carson R. Draucker (1895-1971), son of Stathia and Edward Draucker, a hotel manager in Clinton, Pennsylvania was a professional photographer who specialized in portraiture in Syracuse, N.Y. by 1921. During his early years, he worked as a motion picture operator in his hometown of Clinton, Pa. and later, most likely in the Philadelphia photographic studio of William H. Rau. His early work was displayed and awarded at amateur exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Philadelphia Y.M.C.A. Camera club. He attended Army Schools of Photography at Rochester and Cornell University and served in the Photographic Section of the Air Service during World War I. Draucker was also featured in "Studio Light: A Magazine of Information for the Profession" (1930) and copyrighted a photoflash calculator in 1937. He was married to Lucretia Draucker and passed away in San Diego, Ca. in January 1971.
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- p. 48: Ft. Sill, Okla. Postfield, Dec. 24,'17-July 5th '18
- Album compiled by Draucker between 1913 and 1918 containing snapshots, photocollages, and photomechanical prints of family and friends in Philadelphia, getaways and vacations, and his experiences as a World War I draftee in Fort Sill, Ok. and Rochester and Long Island N.Y. Philadelphia views depict University of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park, including the waterworks, Boat House Row and the Schuylkill River; Logan’s Square; Delaware River; Broad and Market streets near and including City Hall; Draucker’s residence at 235 South 15th Street; and Rittenhouse Square, including the annual Flower Show in 1916. Vacation images show Draucker and friends and/or family at recreational sites in Atlantic City, N.J., Lock Haven, Pa., Hecla Park, Center County, Pa., and Riverview, Pa. The vacation views often show picnicking, canoeing, and swimming. World War I imagery predominantly includes portrait snapshots of Draucker and his fellow soldiers, as well as interior views of his barracks at 202nd Aero Squadron and the U.S. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, N.Y. Album also contains portrait studies of persons and pets, including Rau "celebrity dog 'Bob'," as well as photocollages composed of sketched bodies and photographic heads; views of the dam at Lafayette, Pa. and Cascadella Gorge, Ithaca, N.Y.; images of the “Ad-Men’s Convention 1916” in Philadelphia; works by Draucker awarded prizes at exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Y.M.C.A. (p. 19, 25, 27, 30); and a series of images of a crashed car being removed from a Philadelphia storefront (p. 31)., Portraiture depicts Draucker’s family, including his sister Annetta and father Edward; friends and professional colleagues, including Al Swope, Charles R. Darwin, D. Sargent Bell, and William Rau; and group portraits of “M[otion P[icture] Operators Lyric Theatre, Lock Haven, Pa. 1912” and young men “Fredericks. Swope. Myers. Messerly. Kissenger” in driving attire and riding motorcycles., Stamped on front cover: National Simplex., Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker., Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover., Many of the pages contain titles., Majority of images annotated with a caption., Accompanied by "Studio Light: a Magazine of Information for the Profession. Published by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rochester, N.Y. 1930." Vol. 22, No. 7. (September 1930). Promotional periodical illustrated with Draucker’s photographs and including biography of Draucker. [P.2007.35b]., Carson R. Draucker (1895-1971), son of Stathia and Edward Draucker, a hotel manager in Clinton, Pennsylvania was a professional photographer who specialized in portraiture in Syracuse, N.Y. by 1921. During his early years, he worked as a motion picture operator in his hometown of Clinton, Pa. and later, most likely in the Philadelphia photographic studio of William H. Rau. His early work was displayed and awarded at amateur exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Philadelphia Y.M.C.A. Camera club. He attended Army Schools of Photography at Rochester and Cornell University and served in the Photographic Section of the Air Service during World War I. Draucker was also featured in "Studio Light: A Magazine of Information for the Profession" (1930) and copyrighted a photoflash calculator in 1937. He was married to Lucretia Draucker and passed away in San Diego, Ca. in January 1971.
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- p. 49: Ft. Sill, Okla. Postfield, Dec. 24,'17-July 5th '18
- Album compiled by Draucker between 1913 and 1918 containing snapshots, photocollages, and photomechanical prints of family and friends in Philadelphia, getaways and vacations, and his experiences as a World War I draftee in Fort Sill, Ok. and Rochester and Long Island N.Y. Philadelphia views depict University of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park, including the waterworks, Boat House Row and the Schuylkill River; Logan’s Square; Delaware River; Broad and Market streets near and including City Hall; Draucker’s residence at 235 South 15th Street; and Rittenhouse Square, including the annual Flower Show in 1916. Vacation images show Draucker and friends and/or family at recreational sites in Atlantic City, N.J., Lock Haven, Pa., Hecla Park, Center County, Pa., and Riverview, Pa. The vacation views often show picnicking, canoeing, and swimming. World War I imagery predominantly includes portrait snapshots of Draucker and his fellow soldiers, as well as interior views of his barracks at 202nd Aero Squadron and the U.S. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, N.Y. Album also contains portrait studies of persons and pets, including Rau "celebrity dog 'Bob'," as well as photocollages composed of sketched bodies and photographic heads; views of the dam at Lafayette, Pa. and Cascadella Gorge, Ithaca, N.Y.; images of the “Ad-Men’s Convention 1916” in Philadelphia; works by Draucker awarded prizes at exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Y.M.C.A. (p. 19, 25, 27, 30); and a series of images of a crashed car being removed from a Philadelphia storefront (p. 31)., Portraiture depicts Draucker’s family, including his sister Annetta and father Edward; friends and professional colleagues, including Al Swope, Charles R. Darwin, D. Sargent Bell, and William Rau; and group portraits of “M[otion P[icture] Operators Lyric Theatre, Lock Haven, Pa. 1912” and young men “Fredericks. Swope. Myers. Messerly. Kissenger” in driving attire and riding motorcycles., Stamped on front cover: National Simplex., Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker., Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover., Many of the pages contain titles., Majority of images annotated with a caption., Accompanied by "Studio Light: a Magazine of Information for the Profession. Published by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rochester, N.Y. 1930." Vol. 22, No. 7. (September 1930). Promotional periodical illustrated with Draucker’s photographs and including biography of Draucker. [P.2007.35b]., Carson R. Draucker (1895-1971), son of Stathia and Edward Draucker, a hotel manager in Clinton, Pennsylvania was a professional photographer who specialized in portraiture in Syracuse, N.Y. by 1921. During his early years, he worked as a motion picture operator in his hometown of Clinton, Pa. and later, most likely in the Philadelphia photographic studio of William H. Rau. His early work was displayed and awarded at amateur exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Philadelphia Y.M.C.A. Camera club. He attended Army Schools of Photography at Rochester and Cornell University and served in the Photographic Section of the Air Service during World War I. Draucker was also featured in "Studio Light: A Magazine of Information for the Profession" (1930) and copyrighted a photoflash calculator in 1937. He was married to Lucretia Draucker and passed away in San Diego, Ca. in January 1971.
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- Album compiled by Draucker between 1913 and 1918 containing snapshots, photocollages, and photomechanical prints of family and friends in Philadelphia, getaways and vacations, and his experiences as a World War I draftee in Fort Sill, Ok. and Rochester and Long Island N.Y. Philadelphia views depict University of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park, including the waterworks, Boat House Row and the Schuylkill River; Logan’s Square; Delaware River; Broad and Market streets near and including City Hall; Draucker’s residence at 235 South 15th Street; and Rittenhouse Square, including the annual Flower Show in 1916. Vacation images show Draucker and friends and/or family at recreational sites in Atlantic City, N.J., Lock Haven, Pa., Hecla Park, Center County, Pa., and Riverview, Pa. The vacation views often show picnicking, canoeing, and swimming. World War I imagery predominantly includes portrait snapshots of Draucker and his fellow soldiers, as well as interior views of his barracks at 202nd Aero Squadron and the U.S. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, N.Y. Album also contains portrait studies of persons and pets, including Rau "celebrity dog 'Bob'," as well as photocollages composed of sketched bodies and photographic heads; views of the dam at Lafayette, Pa. and Cascadella Gorge, Ithaca, N.Y.; images of the “Ad-Men’s Convention 1916” in Philadelphia; works by Draucker awarded prizes at exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Y.M.C.A. (p. 19, 25, 27, 30); and a series of images of a crashed car being removed from a Philadelphia storefront (p. 31)., Portraiture depicts Draucker’s family, including his sister Annetta and father Edward; friends and professional colleagues, including Al Swope, Charles R. Darwin, D. Sargent Bell, and William Rau; and group portraits of “M[otion P[icture] Operators Lyric Theatre, Lock Haven, Pa. 1912” and young men “Fredericks. Swope. Myers. Messerly. Kissenger” in driving attire and riding motorcycles., Stamped on front cover: National Simplex., Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker., Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover., Many of the pages contain titles., Majority of images annotated with a caption., Accompanied by "Studio Light: a Magazine of Information for the Profession. Published by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rochester, N.Y. 1930." Vol. 22, No. 7. (September 1930). Promotional periodical illustrated with Draucker’s photographs and including biography of Draucker. [P.2007.35b]., Carson R. Draucker (1895-1971), son of Stathia and Edward Draucker, a hotel manager in Clinton, Pennsylvania was a professional photographer who specialized in portraiture in Syracuse, N.Y. by 1921. During his early years, he worked as a motion picture operator in his hometown of Clinton, Pa. and later, most likely in the Philadelphia photographic studio of William H. Rau. His early work was displayed and awarded at amateur exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Philadelphia Y.M.C.A. Camera club. He attended Army Schools of Photography at Rochester and Cornell University and served in the Photographic Section of the Air Service during World War I. Draucker was also featured in "Studio Light: A Magazine of Information for the Profession" (1930) and copyrighted a photoflash calculator in 1937. He was married to Lucretia Draucker and passed away in San Diego, Ca. in January 1971.