Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Empire State Notables, 1914
Again, plates produced, as modern engravings are made, largely by photography on sensitized metal, from a photograph which is itself an absolute reproduction, and cannot varv from the original, have a uniformity and truth fulness impossible to the unaided human hand. This book embraces within its covers the largest and most comprehensive collection of portraits ever published in one single volume in the world. The subjects have been chosen in the very broadest sense. They are those, who wherever born or reared, in business or connections, in social life or in politics, are parts of the fabric of the great Empire State. The uses of this work are many. It will be of constant use and reference in newspaper offices and in Libraries, in homes and in places of business. The photographs themselves are examples of high class work, and include productions from the Studios of J. G. Gessford, a photographic artist of the first rank; George Prince, formerly of Washington, who has personally posed and photographed every President of the United States from Andrew Johnson to Woodrow \vilson, Pirie Mac Donald, Marceau, Sarony, Pach Bros, Stein, White, Davis Sanford, Lippincott, Campbell Studios, Alman Co., Aim� Dupont, Underwood Underwood, and the Lifshey Galleries of Brooklyn. The publisher is especially indebted, for able and loyal guidance, through many pitfalls and bitter assaults, to his counsel, Mr. Bernard Robinson and Mr. Joseph E. Lauber, of the law firm of Robinson Lauber, who not only wisely and vigorously defended him, but cheered the darkest day with a warm spirit of personal friendliness and kindliness, which can never be fully appreciated nor forgotten. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.