| Creator |
Draucker, Carson R., 1895-1971. |
| Title |
[Carson R. Draucker photograph album] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1913-1918 |
| Date |
[1913-1918] |
| Physical Description |
1 album (ca. 233 photographs): gelatin silver; album 21 x 28 cm.(8 x 10.5 in.) |
| Description |
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).
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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.
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| Notes |
Stamped on front cover: National Simplex. |
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Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker. |
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Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover. |
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Many of the pages contain titles. |
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Majority of images annotated with a caption. |
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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].
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| Biographical / historical note |
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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| Subject |
Bell, D. Sargent -- Portraits. |
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Darwin, Charles R. -- Portraits. |
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Draucker, Annetta, b. ca. 1908 -- Portraits. |
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Draucker, Carson R., 1895-1971 -- Portraits. |
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Draucker, Edward H., b. ca. 1863 -- Portraits. |
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Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920 -- Portraits. |
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Swope, Al -- Portraits. |
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Associated Advertising Clubs of the World -- Meetings. |
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City Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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University of Pennsylvania. |
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Accidents -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Recreation -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City. |
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Recreation -- Pennsylvania. |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Military facilities. |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Military personnel. |
| Geographic subject |
Centre County (Pa.) -- Pictorial works. |
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Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works. |
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Lafayette (Pa.) -- Pictorial works. |
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Lock Haven (Pa.) -- Pictorial works. |
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Logan Square (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Pictorial works. |
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Rittenhouse Square (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Riverview (Pa.) -- Pictorial works. |
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Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 100 block. |
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Fifteenth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 235. |
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Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1500 block. |
| Genre |
Photograph albums -- 1910-1920. |
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Gelatin silver prints -- 1910-1920. |
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Montages -- 1910-1920. |
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Portrait photographs -- 1910-1920. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums [P.2007.35a&b] |
| Accession number |
P.2007.35a |
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P.2007.35b |
