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p. 43: 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.

p. 44: 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.

p. 45: 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.


[Crowd outside the Evening Telegraph office, Betz Building, South Broad Street, Philadelphia]
View looking east from Broad Street showing a crowd gathered on the sidewalk in front of the Evening Telegraph office in the Betz Building (i.e., Lincoln Building) built 1891-1892 after designs by William H. Decker on South Broad Street. Includes a partial view of a car travelling north on Broad Street and a woman walking west toward the photographer. The spectators read hand-written notes on the chalkboard in front of the offices., Title supplied by cataloger., Gray mount with rounded corners., The Public Ledger Company purchased The Evening Telegraph in 1918., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.














Flags.
Set of six flags: French, Belgium, Italian, Union Jack, and two 48-star American flags. These flags decorated Mabel Brice’s home at 1320 Locust Street when she hosted the Queen of Belgium for tea. Mabel Brice Wheeler (1873-1965) volunteered in the Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania’s Belgium Relief Committee during the First World War. The Belgian Royal family toured the United States between September 23 and November 1919 to thank the American people for all of their help. King Albert and Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, along with their son Leopold, the Duke of Brabant, traveled to Philadelphia on October 27, 1919. They went to Independence Hall and the headquarters of the Belgian Relief Committee. The Queen had tea at the home of Mabel Brice while the King and Duke explored the shipyard at Hog Island. Ephraim and Mary Brice (Mabel’s parents) purchased the house in 1900, and Mabel lived there the rest of her life. The Library Company bought the residence in 1967., Found in the collection-from the Cassatt House.






















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