Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1925, Page 65

MAGAZINE SECTION B he Sunthy Stad | “wa™ = Part 5—8 Pages WASHINGTON, D. €., SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1925 - Army Photographer Has Pictorial Record of D. C. for 50 Years BY DONALD EDWARD KEYHOE. I u:l-jrl to photography at last, and, in PHOTOGRAPHER of the Na- = & + 3 £ . ~ . . c . = S Ly .5 g1 3 addition, 1 handled different subject- A lional Capital for half & c»f:; Joseph E. Bishop of War College Now Rounding Out Half Century in This Profession—Camera Has Viewed Every Phase of Life in [ [macer z'hl-.;\,hrurr time Tianee e / * tury, is the unusual record of = St . 3 S 2 ? 5 " ek ng the Spanish-Amer Josern B minon of 331 | National Capital in Widely Differing Periods—Veteran Had Charge of Famous Brady Collection of Civil War Pictures—Use of Slow Plates e as chief photographer of the Military | the war I received letters from be- Intelligence Division, Army war Coi- | [ in Early Days—How a Rug Produced Profile of George Washington—Experiences With Indians—Hard Work Required in World War—Catch- | |reaved tamilics sceiing pictures 1 ge, is now rounding out had taken of their lost ones. E || ing an Escaped Prisoner. ; = Bl QD ot 2 eatat tinee wicn e e my work at the War College ofithe Ariy RFace kssipasieal brought m was the vilege of orthermy, thare lsatoieen = s handling the Brady collection. I have phase. ot Alte. e o g % 2 143 . 4 4 f tures in that group uding scenes o # o iold Washing] X ’ o j s y 5 i3 g ” y of Lincoln visiting t battlefields, all to th ky-passage of u.rl & ' 1 the famous Army and 1 officers ly She . vom he | , » % v : y p o 4 ot = and various others akly. 808 o the' Earet Menlty : ” the first visit of the Prince of Wales, President of the United States. | 3 : 3 g 4 A % 2 ; I happemed to be going over the In 1875, when Mr. Bishop entered | 3 . Drady, collection, andisaw & picturs the fie photography, this pro- | which had been taken of Edward VII ession, though out of its infancy, ¢ : . # : £ when he visited this country as the was still at a tender age, and the X % , 2 2 Prince of Wales rs ago. .1 was '; wdities att hing to we h”. ny. | struck with the likene e was first empl - t Johnson's | ture to the present prince National Photos i Hery whith ried out a good copy, retouched it as t t 805 Market space, as a few well as I could and ga it to the commanding officer of the Var Col- lege, who rushed it up to the War Department. The prince was in Washington at the time, so the pic- ture was speedily delivered to him He was gre y interested in it, and ted becaus of weak ss 4 3 later sent a personal note of thanks ched rly: ‘m\’ f\‘\ 4‘»n»‘l“ 2 i - AW > 5 n I & to the official forwarding the cop o phoid fever. He | - » ; also thanking me for bringing it out up cupation of mili- 1 of obscurity grapher. going from camp | X o i | 23 Lo ¥ gl & A Y +‘The World War?' repeated Mr. aking countless pletures 5 = 3 1 { i % S ; Bishop, in answer to a query by the &Toups and detachments. : i - / writer. “There is little which stands war he entered > > ; out there, except hard work. We were e T ‘K\hu;.(:\‘f Xt - g " ot ¥ 4 : 4 short-handed and had small time to in L ojection o e 3 v e notice the unusual things. One thing Cullexe, when he was chosen as : I do re ber, t ecause the “;: Slossay s :msl\th‘nx‘:“ruu«llr- : ; : i z : i | then commanding officer of the War .” hest technic skill | % 2 * ” Colleg told me j 1y that I 1205 hemas (Glven charab ofithe - . ¢ had helped catch an escaped prisoner of the World War, | a prison camp at t break of the tire collectlon was trans- | war and had later escaped. The mo- the Signal Corps. During ment the Military Intelligence Divi- any reproductions of the sion re d word of it a picture of SSTEsRea L he Long Bridge in 1865, when ; ension Office decorated for second e L T qu.&rd.edqb:é Feaqewvl Soldiers. Inauguvalion of Cleveland . | out scores of copies, : { people were aware that every copy J to agents alo | | 1 studio of his own at 905 the Spanish-Amerlcan war out Mr. Bishop gave up his and endeavored to enlist, but | made from this valua set of pic- tures was sduced by Mr. Bishop, e who alcne was permitted to photo- “As graph the originals, these 1 @ vast| turn of important was han- | 3 > ; : . the War Co confiden- = e R - : £ haps 1 did special details for ¢ Military Intelligence Division. In Fis 1t ] vear during the war 29,000 prints | | | bulk of the work himself. an‘m SE shooti: affords to the S e Indians of the Passamaquoddy his comprehensive | X $ 5 % e tribe their principal £ support Wiedge of photography, Mr.| b : E 4 It is ed at all ons of the bcal exhibits. He is also an . o s - ol : ] |tions of the Ma e 1 ish Suthority ‘on. the . subject. of ‘mash: ik o 4 € e 5 1 7 i i |caught in the Win e the fattest and rooms, as a token of which the Bu- ; =X 2 A i . |give the largest quantitfes of oil reau of Plant Industry, Department of | b2 B 3 . B e o U i % ; | The largest porpoises measure about gricul now negotiating for| 4 o " . e G A i feet in length, weigh 300 pounds and m\v--"n,u-}up‘u 1 years ],l.f . 11,\;;1 = 5 s 2 S _ Ee3% : % ’ G g il. The blubber is about spite of this he is still on active | i : B * s z ‘ f - A 3 thick in Winter and weighs about duty at the War College. He is a 6 'y o 5 *. 3 . 2o & During hi: 2 reer & | 4 & s e 5 £ . |beach, on w n tographer he neglected few op- 4 4 s i : A S S % % 2 L 2 fi;\‘,.»\“w.f e portunities to mplete his collection : g g AR 3 3 e ;. . S - o 7 Fotecas ot wocdbai collection had few equals, but at that X )/ X = e beviei - ime a disastroua fire destroyed scores icture takern just e old neg Whigh meverioatlive = across the Potomac inVirginia ot replaced. Several were rescued, how- 7 burn fiercely Brady :wlu(lrm h,) addition to his lare then lowe es and unusual pictures, Mr. Bishop has a |3ust enough firc i g storfes of incidents connected 4 B & 3 1 < . 2 : : ponred h his years behind the camera. | 2 apacity and the process Several of these he related to the : . : g et : r, his eyes lighting reminis e . " - = = i r bring some half-forgotten detall | 7 {about a dollar s mind | | with seal or othe he began, “the methods 3 2 _ is reduced. TI ed by present-day stand- 4 ¥ g % : f 4 3 ¢ . % g S 1 m:r porpoise was so not only in the 4 k he jaws ar of pictures, but also the ofl, as it drips had Just passed when each o : ? . : St ok - S . e 3 § & 2 oo is only about a hlaf pint from each jaw apher sensitized his own pa- % - 5 ? . : 7 ¢ % Y ¥ ) % 3 v i mlkfi high ;w ce s paid for it by watc < unknown. My first work, | p > o i x ; % g % e fine lubricator. This is known as ber, was to learn the making 4 i W 5 . ; . 2 ¢ v > 4 b 10 ot v “watchmakers' oil.” which was a complicated | i b 7 3 y ! : % j s B o . The oil from the blubber is exceilent drawn-out matter of using 3 : o ok R ¥ vt Lnrl h»'rv--u«m‘: machinery e I meyer fter which the plates ‘ 5 v X " 5 by wintry w r a long time it red away until they were 2 “ < X e £ o 'ab o Rased ng them, using silver salts 5 5 : . i s S T 2 v e e . This industry. almost unknown to ti n with a large amount of 3 i - A < . . o t % | |outside wor s followed by the In- o 4 . St . S < : dians year aft ar and calls for brav- at the-back of i e i L 3 o . o . | ill and endurance. If industriou You remember % i . : . o . . e | |poses a year and they wil pictures, with little re- gy B - : v : - . average 3 gallons of oil each. o Hun oo 3 i : . i . . : usual method, however, is first i 5 5 3 late some 15 or 20 gal s of oil, then i DEopié ey . - < i - e - o s go with it to Eastport, Me., for a mewhat afraid of photography. A SRSLD ey tderede’ it ssoime fEORt S0 F t bl m"}rh(m!l\\h when cooked, is not unlike e JOSEPH E.DISHOP, he first cable car : : : : ~ CeiabTonk . Chsniaia et e photographic studio in me of mind that a man Chief [’hoioqraéehc‘»“ of Army War 12 Washingtoye o CHHE o e It Is also used somewhat by the fisher- | | there was the business a dental office. Then he 5 : . ; men along the coast who readily ex- e e Colleg I made trips on N S vy s change Wi the' Tniians fresh o 10 cheerful odor, and would | ' i 4 ESy o Seventh Streets : d s e s &7 ive before the camers in a lhs B 5 ot il aky condition 1 judged from his speech and mannecr | the one she had worn. Such things he Doundaruy, n the operator turied he|that he had not been In this country made the Photographers. lite more to The Star-Nosed Mole. ra eye upon him, his ruin would | varv Jong. T showed him to a dress- | interesting and amusing than it is 3 \ 2 S e P B mplete. This sounds ridiculous, | ¥ 008 L SO N as the usual | oW, although curlous things still s . ? - THE most curlously formed of all lisht of modern MUarity | saple, with its mirror, brushes and|©CCUT. CR X% ) $ s e i d 5 > o the burrowing creatures is un- h pictures, but it is no exaggera- | ¢ e fig * ok % % : ¢ > ; : ; : oubtedly the radiated mole, or, as = combs, and then went on into t 8 : o o : 9 . doubted!] h l‘ !H "' tion he moment the average per- & g 0! e am- VE a et g : G 59 % & e it is more generally called, the star- operating room to prepare my cam-| ¢y HAVE a number of photograpns , . X < son got before the camera he be-|era. This took several minutes, after o Inties, Ona ox twolof gm';u, of interest. But there wasn't a sign § - 5 nosed mole. As suggested by the 15 one hypnotized; and his e¥es | smich 1wt hetE t0 Lik o sacantion : . . of enthusiasm, liking or anything 4 - T - e popular name, the most extraordi- set in a blank Often chiefs. Many people, on seeing these - ; | S ipcouls) mok et wnme Tl o0 King | pictures, have asked me how Indians|€lse. Finally the lcader of the group ok, 4 3 4 nary feature of this grotesque little St Hene ent under the |- ¥ customer Beemetyiebe fal OB | arted ibArors sthej camena: ; \In', trith) partosodi e Eutinralior cny, and (trey g ¢ e 3 vy ¥ ey burrower is the when T went under an unusually long time in the dress- all faced about and started for the L i cloth to obtain a focus T room: bat L put thix down to a | they showed much less concern than before I could say a word at the end of which are found a num- « | demire to appear at hisibeat and was | thelr white brothers. I cannot remem- | 05% Betore L PoiCE, 027 & Mbol o ¥ = R ber of fleshy points, radiating lik “OyE would try to get a|mot particutarly. surprised. . When. 10|ber one of them who .seemed. even |- TRe Droprictol Who 2 5 = ~ q SRR Wy the petals of a daisy. These peculiar O vk, 1f it was at all|minutes had .gone. by, however, I be- | interested, though I'm sure few. of ¥ v‘bi:g{aey pay you? he demanded. . 5 3 2 : points are a bright rose color and possibl a o time, though, th.y | gan to wonder If something had hap- | them had any fdea of what was g0- |} ;o i o head. > 5 s & z R % o s i " B ybe (opencdior ciostlr at)the ity e % v elax at a p , 50 I opened the dress- | ing on. a e & ¥ A S of the animal, In which movement couldn’t’be persunded to relax ot all, | pened to him, 8o 1 opened the i connection with Tndians, T re-| “Ho dashed out of the door and P s » S . of the animal, in which movement B o e o ton, It 1| “There stood my customer, planted |call. a laughable incident which oc- [ 8aTted 8% Inc Snabe Forieborie o - SRESBREE 2 . & oDenings of the nostrils are in the oved o tried to move an arm or a|firmly before the mirror, his hands |curred when I was employed at John- | W% FOSR O b VESTL BN TR : s : 5 e SR e ity e hend to get a better pose, I would |Eripping the sides of 'the ‘table, and|son’s National Photographic Gallery. | 2% A0 PR 8 N 00 i y 2t g S % : S s R thought that the projections aid the e e tryIng 16 bend an iron bar, | Ris eyes set in a dead stare- at his|The proprietor had a habit of going | anG BERKE TROTACEIE 0 o o < 3 : s s e AR oy - mole in procuring its habitual worm Pt thes ever Sid relax they would | reflection in the glass! He was taking | out onto the street to see if he could | €N €O & FECEITEAC W OF o - RS TR LS A Snent R and insect food. There are usually o from one extreme to another and |his own picture! round up some customers, whenever | RO (V8 Wiy B TN UG &G T e g s 5 - 2 5 KR > about 20 points formed around the Srould fidget about until I'd have to| “It took him several minutes to|business A Inl'«wkm ometinios ] e B e et rido S 3 - < nostrils. Ben foub oI ot g £ p hat he wasn't before any | Was _successful, Wwhich seemed to DX o % | ""As is common with every member tell them to hold still agaln. Tor I8 JamdoE e N tHaC Mies ictuies | SuStifybd o uns (ninis sty s MSTE I SEs SRt L010 (R (0 coms o s mind. al-|back and get them later, and_they NavyYard Bridge wheve Boothl |of the family, the star-nosed mole 2y seconds and 50 seconds was were taken somewhere else. 1 was|though I did not 2 Lot 3 Bae iion Sl axe tHat they dre ot B econds A D s e IOl oA (o bar s6ib o) wet Eantim s | ietaainon: : [0 doRpLINEL 2R he Dad pald OIS croszed after shooting Lincoln— i S e e “You can imagine how T felt when |camera so I could laugh without of-| *“One day he came in hastily, fol-| Gt they saw he had nothing else e 3 ed for, and for many years the old came in with a very réstless | fending him, for it certainly was|lowed by half a dozen Sioux Indfans. | NS0, G0 By o 650 i Tine and 3 5 ‘ naturalists believed them blind. How- ¥ o be photographed. Two-thirds |comical to see his face. “‘Hurry up and get the camera |(0 tell them they Just fell in 1ine and | ture of nim and his friends. When I| “I don't know to this day whether | cluding in the loreground a rug|ever, by dropping one of them in a The time Gt ended in an under.| “Strangely enough, the same thing |ready.’ he whispered to mo. ‘I've per- |M&rched of WP The Avenups, |eaTIn€| had finished he just laughed. he meant the lightness of his skin or [which had dropped from the balcony a | tub 'of water, it protrmdes its eyves e piture for ws soom as the|happened less than a month later,|suaded these redskins to have some (fhe Proprietor tearing Wis hait "hat| «Don't worry about that’ he said.|the brightness of his mind. lttle before. I forgot the rug until|from the furry covering so as to es- baby began to move I would close|only this time it was an Irishman.|pictures taken. Dk tho stroet. - “There are six of us here. Just divide Not every time,” Went on Mr.|the picture had been taken, but when|cape to the nearest landing place u?,; )\hufi..r Groups were almost as| When I explained his error to him “I led them into the operating|!® © & it up between us. There isn't any of | Bishop, thoughtfully, “were these in-| the negative was developed 1 found!The muscular development of the bad. Some one always moved or|he saw the joke in a hurry and be- |room and made several exposures, us- * ook % us who can’t hold still five minutes.’ | cidents humorous. ~Sometimes they | that the snow-covered rug had out-|forelimbs is remarkable for so small else they all looked like stone images. | came so incensed at himself that he|ing up a large number of plates,) (@ gy T was called t “That's only a sample of the queer | were unpleasant, sometimes rather | lined itself into a perfect profile of u creature, and, being employed However, they were pictures, and|kept muttering all the time he was|while the Indians watched me stolidly. & o 0 8| j3eas people had about photography.|strange. I remember something in| George Washington. There was not|chiefly for digging underground tuy O Eadl movn v thing bettar, so. | Betores thas drick: Then I explained to them that the private residence to make some| One time a rather light-skinned for- | the latter class which happened on|a flaw from forehead to neck. Under |nels, these limbs are furni:hed wit B0 One e I rennaay | mmna e s A oS pictures would not be ready until a | Interfor scenes. While I was there| eigner was seated before my camera, | the morning of President Cleveland’s | the circumstances 1t seemed to me re- |large paws having loag, flattenc S T hithan Chhuced for o moment| “Another time a woman came in|few days later and set a date for | the master of the house came in with | after a good deal of primping befors | second inaugural parade. It was an|markable. - natls : e e ith a twinkle in|and hod her picture taken, but was |them to come in. They didn't say any- | some friends and told me he thought | the mirror. I noticed that he seemed | extremely bad morning, as there was| “All of the incidents I have men-| The star-nosed mole's tail is quite e dissatisfied with the way her -dress | thing, just grunted once or twice and | it a good opportunity to make a group | somewhat nervous, so at last 1 asked | a heavy snow falling, but I deter-| tioned occurred in the first half of|long in proporiien to its body, often i Temember one funny thing which | showed in the proof. So she inno- | went out. At the appointed time | picture. I explained to him that only | him if there was anything wrong. | mined to get a picture at any rate.|my 50 years, while I was engaged In|reaching 23 inches, with a body length ocourred in my studio. A middle-| cently inquired if she could send |they filed in and ranged themselves | inanimate objects could be taken in| “‘Well—no,’ he answered, ‘only I'd 1 took my camera out onto the bal-| ordinary studio work. Fewer hap-|of yuiy about i 2.: che: Ln.u for thut od German walked in one after-|down another dress and have me|befcre the counter. I spread out|such a light, and that It would re-|lke you to be sure to make my bright- | cony of my studio and faced It down | penings stand out In the latter half.|reason it is sometimes kuown as the noon and said he wanted a picture.)photograph that and change it for! their pictures, expecting some show | quire half an hour to get a good pic- | ness show.’ . _ ! Pennsylvania Syenus, by chance In-" For one thing, pegble were becoming ' long-taile male. long, slender muzzle,