American Museum of Natural History Employees Camera Club Exhibition (Exhibition)

Exist Dates

1940 October 20 - 1940 October 28

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

Exhibition. Opened October 20, 1940 and closed October 28, 1940. Located in the Maxwell Education Hall at the American Museum of Natural History. The American Museum of Natural History Employees Camera Club Exhibition was the first public exhibition of photographs by members of the Club and featured over 100 prints.

Summary

The American Museum of Natural History Employees Camera Club Exhibition was the first public exhibition of photographs by Museum employee members of the club and featured over 100 prints. Ninety-nine prints were submitted by seventeen members of the club and an additional thirty-five prints by official Museum photographers Charles Coles and Thane Bierwert were also on view (1).

Prize winners (1):

*First Prize: "Sanctuary" by Lucy W. Clausen

*Second Prize: "A Crest" by William Baker, Jr.

*Third Prize: "Joe" by George Schroth

*Special Honorable Mention: "Hold Everything" by William Baker, Jr.

*Honorable Mention: "Symbol of America" by Irene F. Cypher

*Honorable Mention: "Knotted Pine" by Walter F. Meinster

*Honorable Mention: "A Bit of Holland at the Fair" by Edward A. Burns

This is a condensed summary of the exhibition. For additional information, see Sources and/or Related Resources.

Sources

(1) American Museum of Natural History. Press Release. October 18, 1940. Departmental Records. DR 101. American Museum of Natural History Research Library.

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Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

Baker, William, Jr. 
Featured artist (1, 1940)

Bierwert, Thane L.
Featured artist (1, 1940)

Burns, Edward A.
Featured artist and print shop employee (1, 1940)

Clausen, Lucy Wilhelmine 1909-
Featured artist (1, 1940)

Coles, Charles
Featured artist (1, 1940)

Cypher, Irene F.
Featured artist (1, 1940)

Meister, Walter F. 1901-1975
Featured artist (1, 1940)

Schroth, George L.
Featured artist (1, 1940)

Related Resources

American Museum of Natural History press releases, 1933-1990s.
October 18, 1940.

Musecam
Date of resource: [1939-1942]

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