Word: camera
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...prizes for the Camera Club exhibit were awarded yesterday afternoon. The judges were Mr. George M. Morgan, vice-president of the Boston Camera Club, and Mr. Francis R. Allen, a member of the same club, and well known among amateur photographers. The first prize of a silver medal was awarded to F. E. Frothingham L. S. S., for the best all round work. The prize was awarded not to any one picture, but to the group. The second prize of a bronze medal was awarded to C. P. M. Rumford '97, for his group of pictures, which were taken...
...present exhibition of photographs by the Camera Club is far superior to any that have preceded it. Although in actual numbers the exhibition of this year is somewhat smaller than that of last year, its artistic and technical value is far greater. The prize pictures of former years are also hung in the present exhibition, and form a basis for comparison with the best pictures taken this year...
Again this year the Camera Club gives evidence of a season of prosperous activity. Last March the experts who awarded the prizes at the exhibit pronounced the work of the club, judged by the highest standards, to be of a very advanced order. It was hardly to be expected that the present exhibit would deserve greater praise, yet such has been the case. The judges yesterday afternoon did not hesitate to assert a marked improvement in the work of this year over that of last...
This means a great deal. It means that the undergraduates of whom the Camera Club is in large part composed, are developing a skill in photography which in its best results can not be surpassed by either amateur or professional work today. This artistic skill is not confined to one or two individuals, nor to one or two photographs. The number of those who exhibit sets of great merit is increasing from year to year; while the particular photographs which in the present exhibit have received prizes, have been picked out as a mere formality from a number which...
...annual exhibit of the Camera Club will be opened in Sever 9 tomorrow morning and will be continued for four days. The judging will be done this afternoon. This evening at 8 o'clock there will be a private opening for the benefit of members of the club, to which the officers of the Boston Camera Club and the Old Cambridge Photographic Club have been invited. The prize pictures of last year will also be exhibited...