. Book of the Royal blue . fy theesthetic sensibilities. It was a pleasure-trip in a barouche. Instead of one or twominutes exposure, as ot old, just one-tenth of a second was requireel on therapid dry-plates, using one of the mostmodern of the Jena glass anastigmaticlenses. At the completion of the workwith the big camera, it was dropped atthe station, and a few hours more werespent in the fascinating sport of makingsnapshots with an Sxio hand was a matter of less thanan hour, on the following day, in a cozylittle dark-room in Washington, sup-plied with automatic rockers an
. Book of the Royal blue . fy theesthetic sensibilities. It was a pleasure-trip in a barouche. Instead of one or twominutes exposure, as ot old, just one-tenth of a second was requireel on therapid dry-plates, using one of the mostmodern of the Jena glass anastigmaticlenses. At the completion of the workwith the big camera, it was dropped atthe station, and a few hours more werespent in the fascinating sport of makingsnapshots with an Sxio hand was a matter of less thanan hour, on the following day, in a cozylittle dark-room in Washington, sup-plied with automatic rockers and anabundance of fresh water. When we shall photograph in colorswith the simplicity and ease and mini-mum of expenditure of labor with whichwe now make fine negatives on lightningthy-plates, we will have reached theUtopian pinnacle of photography,though perhaps the ancient wet-plateexpert will ungrudgingly concede thathis brightest dreams have already beenmore than realized. Wm. Dinwiddie,.al Photographer B. 6f O. R. R. O*. s \ 4lee--/f J * THE PIONEER RAILROAD. npHE Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the-*■ Parent of American Railroads,from the time of obtaining the first char-ter until the present day, has been thedeveloper of civilization and commerceof the New World. When Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, His memorable words were indeed aprophecy. The Baltimore & Ohio Roadwas the beginning, of which the thou-sands and thousands of miles of otherrailroad systems are but counterparts,and the foundation of the greatest com-mercial nation on earth.
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