The international photographer (Feb-Dec 1929)

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l<orty-four The INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER December. 1929 Qhicago — $x-Sixty-Six — Qhicago 1 — George K. Spoor and his first projection machine, photo by Feed Wagner, 666. 2 — President Charles N. David and Jo/in C. Richardson ivith movie machinery they operated as hoys in the old Essanay Studio, photo by Chouinard, 666. 3 — Here is a part of the Six-Sixty-Six World's Fair Exhibit. Left to right: Albert Steis ivith a Gaumont beater type camera; Dave II organ, ivith the first Bell & Hoivell ever made; Oscar Ahbc ivith the first B & H all metal (it is No. 9) ; Conrad Luperti ivith the first Natural Vision Camera and Marvin Spoor ivith the latest model Natural Vision Camera. George K. Spoor, of Essanay, owner of all these cameras and many other interesting models of the pioneer days, photo by Alfred Chouinard, 666 ALWAYS ON THE JOB While Ambassador Dawes, he of the upside-down pipe, and his colleagues are planning a World's Fair at Chicago for 1933, President David scooped them with his motion picture exhibit preceding the last regular meeting of Six-Sixty-Six on the evening of November fourth. Several hundred guests and members of the local reveled in a maze of motion picture machinery that had been dragged from the vaults of the Essanay Manufacturing Company and set up in the natural vision projecting room for display. Two reels of Spoor's wide, or natural vision film was projected on the fortyeight foot screen. The 65 mm film followed a showing of a short scenic on 35 mm and the change from the small to the large film brought exclamations of astonishment from the audience. George K. Spoor, whose vision of the future and years of experiment have brought the wide film to the front, does not claim that it is truly stereoscopic though it was the opinion of everyone present that he has brought "third dimension" to the screen, if only psychologically. Following the exhibition of the large film the cameramen were turned loose on cameras, perforators, projectors, and printers of an age as old or older than most of those present. There was the first projection machine ever built by Spoor. Mr. Spoor demonstrated this in person and seemed to enjoy the event as much as his audience. John C. Richardson fondled a handcranked perforator that he had operated as a boy. President David ardently bragged about the Urban printer on which he had turned out miles of film for the General Film program of yester year. But the real kick came with a demonstration of the old cameras. An old beater-movement Gaumont attracted much attention, though a "Young Trunk" stuck on a tripod was the hit of the evening when it was learned that it was none other than the first Bell & Howell camera. The first metal Bell & Howell stood next to it. Then came the first Natural Vision Camera and beside it the latest model from the Spoor shops. The members were dragged away from the exhibit for a regular meeting, which was short and sweet because of the late hour and the greatest tribute that was paid the promoters of the exhibit was the return of the entire membership to the Essanay projection room for another look. Brothers Oscar Ahbe, William Ahbe, Albert Steis, Marvin Spoor and President David received the highest praise for their work in putting on the show.