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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1916
Page
3
In Quincy readers learn how affordable box cameras reign, from 85 cents to 150 dollars, with films priced per roll. The piece highlights amateurs turning to developing and printing, noting women workers, cheap dealer services, and the joy of capturing timely scenes for news and advertising.
President W B Loucks of the Tabasco Plantation Co reports a perilous situation for American property and citizens in Mexico. Bandits have looted, killed, and extorted, with plantations paralyzed by violence and government neglect. Sugar stores, boats, and mills have suffered heavy losses as Mexican currency collapses and law and order vanish.
Quincy embraces a snap shot craze as 200000 pictures and 20000 yards of film are projected for the season. An 8 1/2 cent initiation leads to loaded box cameras, five cent development, and 18 cent six prints. About 2500 cameras function locally with 2600 more likely, while 20000 film yards yield 200000 snapshots. Personal keepsakes drive the trend and friendships bloom through shared images.
A Troop B Cavalry letter from Brownsville recounts first sight of Mexican soil at the Rio Grande frontier. The writer notes a narrow river, swift current, a busy customs end, and a mix of curio shop finds including Villa money and a Huerta motto coin. Weather, bugs, camp life, and ongoing correspondence are described.
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