Editorial comment for this plate:

IN THE BLUE GRASS COUNTRY.

So much is heard of the famous blue grass region in Kentucky by those who have never had an opportunity of seeing a characteristic bit of this beautiful country, either in pictures or in nature, we are sure that many readers of THE PHOTOGRAPHIC TIMES will especially enjoy the picturesque selection from nature which Mr. Horace B. Pearson photographed for us while on a recent trip through Kentucky.

In speaking of this picture in the letter concerning the view of “Hickman Creek,” which we presented to our readers some weeks ago,* Mr. Pearson said: ” I rather prefer this negative, which I took especially for THE PHOTOGRAPHIC TIMES.

It was taken near the same place, only at the top of the embankment. Both negatives were made on Carbutt ‘ Special’ plates, and the exposure for this one was about one second and a half.”

“I have been taking photographs,” Mr. Pearson continues, “for several years. I started with a No. 1 button-hole camera, and I must say I succeeded wonderfully, as I never spoiled more than a dozen pictures, and I have over three hundred. I am certain that I have an extraordinary little instrument. At present,” he concludes, “I have four cameras in use; but I am particularly attached to my ‘Waterbury Detective’ and an 8 x 10 camera with a Gundlach lens.”

Horace Bertram Pearson: 1866-1948

An amateur who lived in Brookline, MA, Pearson was a member of the Boston Camera Club and worked as an insurance and real estate dealer.