PLAN No. 553. CHILDREN’S PHOTOGRAPH SPECIALIST
A young photographer in a northwestern city, who was very fond of children, and was unusually successful in making good photographs of the little ones, opened a studio in an exclusive residence section of the city, and fitted up the lawn in front as an attractive playground. There were many trees all around the place, and these greatly heightened the park-like effect he wished to produce. Rustic seats, swings, etc., were arranged among the trees in front of the house, and the children of the city were invited to make it their common playground, under certain restrictions, of course, requiring them to be quiet and orderly.
Then he began the work of making photographs of children exclusively, arranging them singly or in groups and in various posings, on the lawn when the weather was good, or in the artistically-arranged studio at times unfavorable for outdoor work.
These pictures soon created so great a demand that mothers brought their children from all over the city, as well as from outside points, to have them photographed. Within a year from the time he established his studio for children’s photographs, he was enjoying an income that averaged $500 a month.