People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1896 — NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS. [ARTICLE]

NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS.

Successful Experiments In Taking Pictures of Electric lighted Streets. William A. Eddy of Bayonne, N. J., has discovered that photographs of houses and streets oan be taken at night, owing to the present extensive use of eleotrio lights. The first outdoor electric light night photograph on record was taken by him at 9:45 on Nov. 8 and shows a faint view of the corner of Avenue D and Fourth street, Bayonne, followed by a dear view at 9:50 p. m. of the comer and trees of the grounds formerly owned by the late Dr. Payne. On Nov. 18, 12 exposures were made at Bayonne between 11 p. m. and midnight, and on Nov. 15, between Bp. m. and 1 a. m., 12 exposures were taken in New York, including views of Madison square, the New York postoffice and Herald square. The photographs in New York show whole blocks and streets. Some of the Bayonne photographs are so dear that the carbon in an electric light globe is discernible, and the houses are as clear as if taken by daylight. Mr. Eddy is preparing to take midair kite photographs of electric lighted cities.