Amateur Photography.
flash light picture made with “dexter” camera.
MATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY is the most delightful pastime one can indulge in. Aside from the pleasure and amusement derived, it cultivates the artistic taste, the love of nature, is a source of instruction, and may be made to serve many useful purposes. The “Dexter” is small, neat and compact. Makes pictures 31⁄2×31⁄2 inches square and will produce portraits, landscapes, groups, interiors or flashlights equally as well as many higher priced cameras. Will carry three double plate holders with a capacity of six dry plates. Each camera is covered with black morocco grain leather, also provided with a brilliant finder for snap shot work. Has a Bausch & Lomb single acromatic lens of wonderful depth and definition and a compound time and instantaneous shutter which is a marvel of ingenuity. A separate button is provided for time and instantaneous work so that a twist of a button or pulling of a lever is not necessary as in most cameras. A tripod socket is also provided so that it can be used for hand or tripod work as desired. All complicated adjustments have been dispensed with so that the instrument can be manipulated with ease by the youngest amateur. Full and explicit instructions are sent with each camera. Send 5c stamps for sample picture and descriptive circulars.
elkhart lake.
SUMMER Excursion Tickets to the resorts of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Colorado, California, Montana, Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia; also to Alaska, Japan, China,and all Trans-Pacific Points, are now on sale by the CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY. Full and reliable information can be had by applying to Mr. C. N. SOUTHER, Ticket Agent, 95 Adams Street, Chicago.
This wheel is made especially for the Nature Study Publishing Co., to be used as a premium. It is unique in design, of material the best, of workmanship unexcelled. No other wheel on the market can compare favorably with it for less than $100.00.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR 1897 “BIRD” BICYCLE.
Frame.—Diamond pattern; cold-drawn seamless steel tubing; 11⁄8 inch tubing in the quadrangle with the exception of the head, which is 11⁄4inch. Height, 23, 24, 25 and 26 inches. Rear triangle 3⁄4 inch tubing in the lower and upright bars. Frame Parts.—Steel drop forgings, strongly reinforced connections. Forks.—Seamless steel fork sides, gracefully curved and mechanically reinforced. Steering Head.—9, 11 and 13 inches long, 11⁄4 inches diameter. Handle Bar.—Cold-drawn, weldless steel tubing, 7⁄8 inch in diameter, ram’s horn, upright or reversible, adapted to two positions. Handles.—Cork or corkaline; black, maroon or bright tips. Wheels.—28 inch, front and rear. Wheel Base.—43 inches. Rims.—Olds or Plymouth. Tires.—Morgan & Wright, Vim, or Hartford. Spokes.—Swaged, Excelsior Needle Co.’s best quality; 28 in front and 32 in rear wheel. Cranks.—Special steel, round and tapered; 61⁄2 inch throw. Pedals.—Brandenburg; others on order. Chain.—1⁄4 inch, solid link, with hardened rivet steel centers. Saddle.—Black, attractive and comfortable; our own make. Saddle Post.—Adjustable, style “T.” Tread. —47⁄8 inches. Sprocket Wheels.—Steel drop forgings, hardened. Gear.—68 regular; other gears furnished if so desired. Bearings.—Made of the best selected high-grade tool steel, carefully ground to a finish after tempering, and thoroughly dust-proof. All cups are screwed into hubs and crank hangers. Hubs.—Large tubular hubs, made from a solid bar of steel. Furnishing.—Tool-bag, wrench, oiler, pump and repair kit. Tool Bags.—In black or tan leather, as may be preferred. Handle bar, hubs, sprocket wheels, cranks, pedals, seat post, spokes, screws, nuts and washers, nickel plated over copper; remainder enameled. Weight.—22 and 24 pounds.
Send for Specifications for Diamond Frame.
OTHER PREMIUMS OFFERED.
“Bird” Wheel No. 2, ’97 model,............................................... Price $60.00, given for 70 subscriptions to “Birds.”
Boys’ “Bird” or Girls’ “Bird,” ’97 model,.................................... Price $45.00, given for 50 subscriptions to “Birds.”
The Monarch ’97 Model Bicycle,......................................... Price $100.00, given for 150 subscriptions to “Birds.”
The Racycle, Narrow Tread, ’97 model,............................... Price $100.00, given for 150 subscriptions to “Birds.”
The “Dexter” Camera. Pictures 31⁄2 × 31⁄2.
$4.00, or eight subscriptions to “Birds.”
Produces portraits, landscapes, groups and flashlights better than many higher priced instruments. It will hold three double plate holder with a capacity of six dry plates. It is covered with black morocco grain leather, and provided with finder. Send for full description. Price $4.00, or eight subscriptions to “Birds.”
Photake Camera. Pictures 2 × 2, portraits, landscapes, flashlight. Price $2.50, or six subscriptions to “Birds.”
The “Lakeside” Tennis Racket. Price $4.00, or nine subscriptions to “Birds.”
The “Greenwood” Tennis Racket. Price $3.30, or seven subscriptions to “Birds.”
The Crown Fountain Pen,...................................................... Price $2.25, given for three subscriptions to “Birds.”
The Stay-Lit Bicycle Lamp,...................................................... Price $2.50, given for five subscriptions to “Birds.”
Youth’s Companion and Reversible Blackboard,..................... Price $3.50, given for eight subscriptions to “Birds.”
Webster’s International Dictionary—sheep—indexed,............ Price $10.75, twenty annual subscriptions to “Birds.”
Oxford Bibles,............................ Prices $3.70 to $10.70, given for seven to twenty annual subscriptions to “Birds.”
The Twentieth Century Library,............................. Price, each $1.00, given for two annual subscriptions to “Birds.”
Tuxedo Edition of Poets,....................................... Price, each $1.00, given for two annual subscriptions to “Birds.”
The Story of the Birds, 12mo., cloth,............................... Price 65c, given for three annual subscriptions to “Birds.”
We call special attention to The Story of the Birds, by James Newton Baskett, M. A., as an interesting book to be read in connection with our magazine, “BIRDS.” It is well written and finely illustrated. Persons interested in Bird Day should have one of these books. We can furnish nearly any book of the Poets or Fiction or School Books as premiums to “BIRDS.” We can furnish almost any article on the market as premiums for subscriptions to “BIRDS,” either fancy or sporting goods, musical instruments, including high-grade pianos, or any book published in this country. We will gladly quote price or number of subscriptions necessary.
NATURE STUDY PUBLISHING CO.
Agents Wanted in every Town and City to represent “BIRDS.” CHICAGO.
We give below a list of publications, especially fine, to be read in connection with our new magazine, and shall be glad to supply them at the price indicated, or as premiums for subscriptions for “Birds.”
| “Birds Through an Opera Glass” | 75c. | or | 2 | subscriptions. | ||||
| “Bird Ways” | 60c. | “ | 2 | “ | ||||
| “In Nesting Time” | $1.25 | “ | 3 | “ | ||||
| “A Bird Lover of the West” | 1.25 | “ | 3 | “ | ||||
| “Upon the Tree Tops” | 1.25 | “ | 3 | “ | ||||
| “Wake Robin” | 1.00 | “ | 3 | “ | ||||
| “Birds in the Bush” | 1.25 | “ | 3 | “ | ||||
| “A-Birding on a Bronco” | 1.25 | “ | 3 | “ | ||||
| “Land Birds and Game Birds of New England” | 3.50 | “ | 8 | “ | ||||
| “Birds and Poets” | 1.25 | “ | 3 | “ | ||||
| “Bird Craft” | 3.00 | “ | 7 | “ | ||||
| “The Story of the Birds” | .65 | “ | 2 | “ | ||||
| “Hand Book of Birds of Eastern North America” | 3.00 | “ | 7 | “ |
See our notice on another page concerning Bicycles. Our “Bird” Wheel is one of the best on the market—as neat and attractive as “Birds.”
We shall be glad to quote a special price for teachers or clubs.
We can furnish any article or book as premium for subscriptions for “Birds.”
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