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Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: John Boyd (presumably 1865-1941 as per http://pic.nypl.org/constituents/a-z/b/page/9) Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
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anescent hold they had with thebuying public. The best sellers, and the ones most eagerly sought byparticular buyers, are those of genuine photographic origin,or which by imitation most nearly represent the photoprocesses. A postal card by the blue print, printing out, or developingpaper methods is easy of accomplishment, though strange tostate we find very few makers departing from the stereotyped 68 cut out masks usually furnished by the manufacturers of thecards, or the still easier solid print covering the entire postal. There is no reason why this should be so, as many beautifulresults can be produced by double printing, and it will be myaim in this article to explain in the simplest language howa few variations may be accomplished without much trouble. Let me state in starting that as I have to do all my workin the evenings it was necessary to plan a method wherebythe printing could be done on Velox or other similar cards,thus making it most essential that every part be laid out
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Illustrating Making Picture Postal Cards. JOHN BOYD. accurately so that when they came to be imposed each tothe other that they register absolutely. The slightest differencein the size or position of the two masks or cut outs wouldspoil the effect aimed at, and ruin the beauty of the resultingcard. With this in mind the measurements were very accuratelyand carefully made, and for this purpose I used a metric rule,which is more easily read, and contains finer divisions thanone of ordinary English inches. The figures given will, therefore, be expressed in metricform in case any reader should wish to copy the designs Iam submitting in illustration of the explanations. The standard size of a Velox postal card is 87 by 137 69 millimeters, and this I believe is the size used by most makersof sensitized postals. First procure some pieces of black mat paper (the kindthat comes around Velox or dry plates) not less than 5x7inches. Take two of these and set them apart for the firstpair of masks,

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