Burnett County, Wisconsin : a pamphlet descriptive of Northern Wisconsin in general and of Burnett County in detail

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BURNETT COUNTY, WISCONSiiS,
GHANTSBUIIG'S SILVER CORNET BAND.
Mr. G. Willard Shear, whose picture appears on this page, has a record as an artist and professional photographer which places him among those of hlghC'^t rank in his profession. Twenty-eight years ago he began under the highest masters of the art in the city of Adrian, Mich., In the days of the old wet-plate process when to be a proficient workman one had to'kfow a" great deal about chemistry and human anatomy. After completing his photographic course he took up portrait painting under the best masters of the art in Detroit, Mich= Since then he has had an extensive and noted experience as an artist of high ability. For fifteen years he was official photographer for the Florida Division of the Louisville and Nashville R. R. Co., photographing over nearly every portion of the stare in a private car of the com¬ pany. At the same time he was profes- ksor of the School of Photography in the Florida Chautauqua at De Funlak Springs, Fia. He was engaged by the president of the Florida Chautauqua Assoelitlon to photograph both banks of the Hudson river in solid panorama from New York City to Albany, a distance of 170 miles, in one continuous view. This was the most difficult and skillful piece of work In panoramic photography ever before accomplished by any artist in this country. The worK was for a New York publishing company aod required over one thousand 8x10 negatives and four months work to make them. Mr. Shear has had over twenty-five years practioal experience In the first ranks of photo-
G.  WILLARD SHEAR, xVRTI&T.