{"value"=>"<p> Twelve photograph albums (three postcard albums have been taken apart) kept by Hudson and Lilian Maxim contain snapshots, full-sized photographs, and photographic postcards dating from the turn of the century through the 1930s. Many of these show the Maxims with friends and family members at their house at Lake Hopatcong. Included is a large group of photographic postcards showing both town and lakeside views of Lake Hopatcong, ca. 1900s-1920s. These were removed from two postcard albums labeled \"Souvenir of Lake Hopatcong\". Early twentieth century interior and exterior views of the Maxims' houses at 891 Sterling Place and 698 St. Mark's Avenue in Brooklyn are also included.</p> <p> Photographs include many portraits of Hudson and Lilian Maxim, and show Hudson Maxim working in his laboratory; cooking; boating; driving his car; boxing; playing tennis; costumed as Neptune at an Atlantic City, New Jersey pageant, 1921 and 1922; at an aviation meet in Asbury Park, New Jersey, 1910; and with the United States Naval Consulting Board, (called the Civilian Advisory Board at the time of the photograph), 1915. This photograph shows, among others. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, Assistant Secretary Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Maxim, and Thomas Edison.</p> <p> Portraits of Luther Burbank, and photographs of poet Edwin Markham and poet and western scout J. W. (Captain Jack) Crawford with the Maxims at Lake Hopatcong are included.</p> <p> One album contains late nineteenth century tintype and cabinet card portraits of Maxim family members. Photographs post-dating Hudson Maxim's death document the activities of his widow.</p>"}