LAWRENCE
OF AMERICA
MORE
GROUND VIEWS - 100TH ANNIVERSARY
APRIL
1906-2006
COPYRIGHT
THOMAS YANUL PAGE 2
LAWRENCE
WITH KODAK
STEREO
CAMERA. PASSED ON
TO
FAMILY WHEN HE DIED.
TWO
SEATED AND ONE HOLDING BOTTLE,
PART
OF LAWRENCE ENTOURAGE. THE MAN
HOLDING
THE 8X10 CAMERA IS MARTIN WEIMER,
LAWRENCE'S
RIGHT-HAND MAN FROM GEORGE'S
EARLIEST
DAYS BACK TO HIS BALLOON PHOT0GRAPY.
THE
MAN DRINKING COFFEE AND THE MAN HOLDING
THE
BOTTLE WERE WORKING WITH LAWRENCE ON
THE
FAMOUS PAN SHOTS, BUT THEY ARE NOT
KNOWN.
ONE MAY VERY WELL BE RAPER J. WATERS,
A
SAN FRANCISCO PHOTOGRAPHER. WATERS WAS
ONE
TIME PARTNER WITH SF PHOTOGRAPHER
MORTON
AND BECAME QUITE WELL KNOWN IN
SF
AS A COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER.
IT
IS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN THAT WATERS RENTED THE KITE SYSTEM USED FOR THE SF
PHOTOS WHEN LAWRENCE LEFT TOWN, AND USED IT SUCCESSFULLY FOR MANY YEARS
TO MAKE AERIAL VIEWS IN CALIFORNIA.
I KNOW A BIT ABOUT WATERS BUT HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FIND A PHOTO OF HIM.
INFORMATION
& PHOTO COPYRIGHT YANUL
BELLOW
1908
ADD FOR CONYNE KITES
HE
INVENTED THEM TO CARRY
ADVERTISING
BANNERS.
LAWRENCE
USED THEM TO
CARRY
HIS CAMERAS.
