Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1908 — RENTING CAMERAS. [ARTICLE]

RENTING CAMERAS.

A New Branch of the Photographic Business —Tourists the Chief Customers. One can hire a harp or a steam boiler, a diving suit or a typewriter. In fact there is any article or appliance of use that one may not hire. Among the comparatively later additions to the list are cameras. It might be supposed that anybody sufficiently interested in photography to want to take pictures would own a camera, but not all so interested do own one. Here, for instance, is a man convalescing after a long Illness, and with some weeks of idleness to look forward to before he can go back to work or business. He thinks he would like to take some pictures on the days when he can get.out, and he doesn’t want to buy a camera, for perhaps he would have no opportunity to use it later, so he hires one for his present use. Then too, there are people who may wanLiS hire a camera for some temporary business use and there are people owning cameras who may want a bigger camera or one of another sort from the one they own, for some special purpose or occasion. But the greater number of cameras rented are hired by tourists, visitors from vart 3 - ous parts of the country who find when they get here that they want to take pictures. One dealer in photographic instruments and supplies who rents cameras will rent large instruments of any dimensions If sufficient time Is given to prepare them. Easily portable cameras of various kinds and sizes he keeps ready for Instant delivery. Cameras are rented at from 50 cents a day up, according to the camera. From those not personally known a deposit of the value of the camera Is required when It is taken out, the amount of the rent being deducted from this when the camera is returned. Summer is the season when most cameras are rented.