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Title: Portrait
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Ansco Company
Subjects: Photography
Publisher: (Binghamton, N.Y. : Ansco Co.)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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desired and attached with gum strips to hold inplace. Expose in regular way. If negative is sharpthe imposed celluloid will make no perceptible differencein contact and letters will be clear and white. If a certain titling is to be placed on different negativeswhich vary in size, the celluloid should be cut some-what larger than the largest negative, with printing incenter about one and one-half inches from bottom, thenit may be shifted to almost any spot on lower portion ofsmall sizes, and 8 x 10 maybe used for cabinets. If the photographer desires to do his own printing hemay purchase a small handpress, such as was given himby doting parents in boyhood days, and do very satis-factory work with it. Ordinary printers ink may beused with the addition of a small quantity of gum arabic.Care must be taken to dry perfectly before using. We hope photographers will try these methods, andthat in future fine prints will not be spoiled withcrude hand lettering. W. H. Smyth.13 T* o r t v a i i,
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Portrait Our Cover Portrait and the Hall of Fame NOBODY ever knew what the E. B. stood forso they call him Pop, but then there areother reasons why they call him Pop whichwe will tell you about later. Photographers commenced hearing about him whenhe was in Cincinnati, but the fact is he had been aphotographer for years and years and years before thatin Illinois in a little town, and thats why when anybodycomes to him with a problem from way down the linehe sympathizes and knows the answer and tells you allabout it. You see, no matter how poor you are, orhow little you know about the business, or how rich youare or how much you know, he has been over the sameground you are traveling- and he is able and willing tohelp you. Fourteen or fifteen years ago he realized that hispictures of children were making a big hit in Cincin-nati, and he also realized that the reason was that heloved children. Very few people can do things reallywell unless they love to do it. Then the thought cameto him

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