Baltimore Show March 19-20

[Autumn Daze]

Morris sent some pictures. Outstanding display congratulations Kevin and Bill.

[Kevin McCormack]

Couldn't have done it without your help, Bill!

The centerpiece photo is an 1878 photograph by Schreiber of Philadelphia entitiled "Philadelphia Gun Club Shooting, 1878." Schreiber was a contemporary of Matthew Brady, and became famous for his farm landscapes and livestock photos after he gave the business to his sons.

The main building in the picture was the first PGC clubhouse, and was located on a piece of property owned by the family of one of the earliest PGC governors, Mr. Howell Bickley, and was close to the Biddle estate, "Andalusia", located north of the city of Philadelphia and hard by the Delaware River. The "Bickley Mansion", as it came to be known, served as the club grounds and venue from 1877 until 1894, when it moved a few miles upriver to its current location at Eddington on the Delaware. The photo became a reverse image in the famous Herman Simon painting, with the viewer looking over the left shoulders of the shooters and spectators, titled "Pigeon Shooting in 1878 at The Philadelphia Gun Club."

[CSL]

The original 1879 PGC photo has come a long way since it was discovered many years ago, I'm glad I was able to re-unite it with the Philadelphia Gun Club... It's also good to see the image getting some exposure in Kevin's Pigeon Guns display at the recent Baltimore Show... As for the the photo being a reverse image of the famous Herman Simon painting, I am of the opinion there was a second original Schreiber photo from the same view as the painting, and it was from that second original photo that Herman Simon created his image of "Pigeon Shooting in 1878 at The Philadelphia Gun Club."..... Hmmmm, I wonder who has that other rare old photo?...

Best, CSL
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[Bill Murphy]

All this information, and for several years, it has just been a screensaver for me. Thanks Kevin and Chris.

[Kevin McCormack]

Actually, I have the other rare old Schreiber photo - the one used by Herman Simon in rendering his painting. I would have given it more exposure in our display at Baltimore, but I didn't want to put a crease in what EDM used to refer to as the "Black Hole of Curatorship." Too much of these type things is like seconds at a methadone clinic; the suppliers as well as the users eventually develop a severe lack of perspective.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Kevin McCormack

EDM used to refer to the "Black Hole of Curatorship." Too much of these type things is like seconds at a methadone clinic; the suppliers as well as the users eventually develop a severe lack of perspective.

Very aptly put Kevin. I don't know when I've seen a better analogy.

[Bill Murphy]

I don't know exactly what Kevin means by a "crease", but, obviously to me at least, the black hole of curatorship as described by Ed still exists.

[Kevin McCormack]

"Crease"; as in a ripple; a rumple; a probe; an interrogatory; sort of like a bulge in the envelope as opposed to 'pressing' the envelope, or a shadow as opposed to a crack in the tectonic plate.

[Big D]

Yessir. That really cleared it up for me

[Bill Murphy]

I assumed I had inherited Ed's title as chief mugwump and will defend that title with all resourses at hand.