Collection on the Lexington Camera Club
Abstract
The Collection on the Lexington Camera Club consists of 108 gelatin silver prints representing the photographic work of many but not all of the members of the Lexington Camera Club.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Collection on the Lexington Camera Club
- Date
- 1936-1972 (inclusive)
- Creator
- Carter, John L.
- Extent
- 2.15 cubic feet
- Subjects
- Architectural photography
- College campuses--Kentucky--Photographs.
- Families--Photographs.
- Horses--Photographs.
- Photographers--Kentucky.
- Photography--Kentucky--Lexington.
- Portrait photographs
- Arrangement
- Arranged in series by creator.
- Preferred Citation
- 2007AV012 : [identification of item], Collection on the Lexington Camera Club, 1936-1972, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- The Lexington Camera Club was organized in the Fall of 1936 by Professor Brooks Hamilton and Dr. Louis Mulligan. Olin E. Hinkle was the first president elected. They met at the University of Kentucky campus in the Funkhouser Building.
- The first formal public exhibition of the Lexington Camera Club was held in 1940 on the mezzanine of the old Phoenix Hotel. It comprised 112 prints. Dr. Stanley Parks won first prize. In February and March of 1941 the first annual Kentucy Photographic Salon was held. Van Deren Coke took first place with Foggy Morning -- Yarmouth. Exhibitions were hled in the Phoenix Hotel on Main Street and in the old Kentucky Utilities Building until 1948 when locations began to varrie.
- Monthly meetings averaged forty-five to fifty prints. Most members were using twin-lens reflex cameras, square format camera, and the 4 x 5 view camera for their work. It was not until the early 1960's that anyone began using the 35mm camera for black and white photography. In the 1950's club meetings moved to the Fine Arts Building until 1967.
- In 1972 there were approximately thrity active members of the Lexington Camera Club. Gene Meatyard was president of the oraganziation and Robert May was vice-president. Gene Meatyard died in May of that year and the club was disolved within that year.
- Notable members of the club throughout the years were James Poole, Earl R. Young, Perry Hamilton, Winston Coleman, Dr. Kavanaugh, Dr. Mulligan, Van Deren Coke, Ben Hart, Brooks Hamilton, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, John Tinder, John Krauss, Clyde Burke, Walter Leet, Ralph Soards, Jim Bill Craig, Dr. Zygmunt S. Gierlack, William G. Cox, Henry Duncan, Tom Gregory, A. Z. Looney, Robert May, John E. Thierman, Claude Warnecke, Earl R. Young, Raymond Barnhart, Winston Coleman, J. W. Davis, James Mellon, Roland Roberts, and Merrill Whitmer.
- Scope and Content
- The Collection on the Lexington Camera Club consists of 108 gelatin silver prints representing the photographic work of many but not all of the members of the Lexington Camera Club.
- Members of the club that have works in this collection are: John L. Carter (6 prints), Curtis Creech (1 print), Van Deren Coke (1921-2004) (26 prints), J. W. Craig (3 prints), W.G. Cox (6 prints), Henry Duncan (1 print), Z.S. Gierlach (10 prints), Tom Gregory (4 prints), Dr. Charles N. Kavanaugh (5 Prints), Walter Leet Jr. (12 prints), A. Z. Looney (6 prints), Robert May (3 prints), R. Eugene Meatyard (11 prints), John E. Theirman (4 prints), Claude Warnecke (5 prints), Earl R. Young (5 prints).
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The copyright to the materials in this collection are not held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections.
Contents of the Collection
Lexington Camera Club
Lexington Camera Club members photograph - Top Left to Right John Tinder, Duke Young, J. Winston Coleman, Jr., John W. Davis, Paul Price, John Riley, Middle - Prof. William Brooks Hamilton, James K. Poole, A. Z. Looney, Dr. Louis H. Mulligan, Dr. Charles N. Kavanaugh, Roland S. Roberts, Front - Clyde T. Burke, F. Van Deren Coke, James Tinder, William Curry, 1944
John L Carter
Curtis Creech
Van Deren Coke
Wrought iron lamp, overgrown by vines. Lamp over entrance to Christ Episcopal Church gardens., undated
F. T. Justice Company interior with chair, clock and pot bellied stove. Office on Fourth and Jefferson., undated
Workman approaches through slats maze. Hillenmeyer Nurseries salt house-Sandersville Road., undated
Grave stones of war dead-Lexington Cemetery., undated
Portrait of John Jacob Niles with dulcimer and sheet music, undated
Morning exercise, undated
"Before and after" Hillenmeyer Farm, Georgetown Road., undated
White fences after dusk., undated
Beginning of Northern Belt line - fall., undated
Store front of pawn shop with railroad tracks. Rosenberg's corner - Walter and Upper Street., undated
Breckenridge statue with courthouse cupola - Cheapside Park, undated
Early morning West Main with Mary Todd Lincoln House, undated
Zero point from measuring distance - front of Court House on Main street, undated
C & O - L& N tracks going east, undated
Ornamental lamp post in front of First National Bank, undated
Architectural detail of Mill street, undated
Early morning - Second and Seventh streets, undated
Chitterlings for sale - Georgetown Street and Booker Avenue, undated
Joe Saunier - iron worker and blacksmith, undated
C&O - L&N railway station interior view, undated
Early morning street scene - Davis Bottom, undated
Joyland Park - Wildcat Ride, undated
Main Street court house entrance, undated
Greyhound bus station - interior view, undated
Limestone Quarry - Old Frankfort Pike, undated
Waiting - Southern Railway depot, undated
J. W. Craig
W. G. Cox
Typical doorway around Gratz Park, undated
Garden entrance to Christ Episcopal Church, undated
Lexington lamp works of Genera Electric Corporation, undated
McLean Stadium south side - view looking toward Barker Hall, undated
Tobacco barn, undated
Henry Duncan
Dr. Z. S. Gierlach
Clock x-ray, undated
Bell pepper x-ray, undated
Abstract design, undated
Abstract design, undated
Abstract design, undated
Sunday morning, undated
Reverse image, undated
Peafowl, undated
Abstract design, undated
Window drapes, undated
Tom Gregory
Portrait - Joe Wile - President of Wolf Wile Company, undated
Portrait - Leslie Baynham - President Baynham Shoe Company, undated
Portrait - Leroy Austin, Vice President, Security Trust Company, undated
Portrait - John H. Clark, Horseman, undated
Dr. Charles N. Kavanaugh
"Winter betting books" favorites, undated
Thoroughbred horse farm paddock, undated
Blue grass farm scene, undated
Sulky wheels - Lexington Trotting Track, undated
Rounded corner paddock fence, undated
Walter Leet Jr.
Haggin columns - Elmendorf Farm, undated
Court House entrance sculpture, undated
Drake Liquors - 315 West Short, undated
Portait - Reverend Leslie R. Smith, undated
Children at Joyland Park, undated
Trash carts on Sunday along Water Street, undated
Doorway of Morgan home - Gratz Park, undated
Traditional labor market - Upper and Vine Streets, undated
Front view of Christ Episcopal Church, undated
Pick up bailer - Tates Creek Pike, undated
Vine Street wholesale market, undated
551 West Short Street, undated
A. Z. Looney
Entrance to Chapel - Originally Kentucky Academy, undated
Pisgah Church stained glass window, undated
U.S. Veteran's Hospital, 1953
Calumet Farm from Van Meter Road, undated
Manchester Farm from Rice and Van Meter Roads, undated
Gratz house, undated
Robert May
R. Eugene Meatyard
Snow covered picnic ground - by airport, undated
Springtime on UK campus, undated
Lexington cemetery grave sculpture, undated
Track judge getting photo of close race at Keeneland, undated
Court House Square - woman seated along Main Street., undated
Charles Jett "Trade In" appliance stock, undated
Combination tobacco and livestock barn, undated
Ten minutes before race time, undated
Race horse expert, undated
Ready for first load of tobacco for fall sale, undated
Steeple on Memorial Hall at UK, undated
John E. Thierman
Claude Warnecke
Earl R. Young
Court house details - Fayette County Court House, undated
Georgetown Street "Shot Gun Houses", undated
Main Street, undated
Bridge and water tower on Leestown Road, undated
Old locust trees in winter, undated
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