The Photographic Convention
A dispatch on the annual convention of the National Photographic Association, electing officers for the coming year.
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The Cairo Bulletin · July 18, 1873 · Page 1
1 min readBUFFALO, July 17.
The convention and exhibition of the National Photographic Association continues to attract attention. At a business meeting to-day, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Abraham Bogardus of New York; Secretary, Edward L. Wilson of Philadelphia; executive committee, W. J. Adams of Mont Clair, New Jersey; W. J. Baker of Buffalo; W. H. Rhoads of Philadelphia; H. Rand of Chicago; J. B. Webster of Louisville. Thirty-five vice presidents were also elected.
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