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RE: XIX century enlargers

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  • From: Gawain Weaver <gawain.weaver@gmail.com>
  • Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:06:52 -0400
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Woodward patented his solar enlarger in 1857, and albumens were certainly among the prints made with this type of enlarger throughout the 1860s and 70s. Here’s an excellent article on the subject:

 

http://brightbytes.com/woodward.html

 

Gawain Weaver

 

From: Jacques Augustowski [mailto:py1hy@terra.com.br]
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 7:09 PM
To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
Subject: XIX century enlargers

 

Hi,

Does anyone knows if albumen was used with the solar enlargers? What is the approximate date that these enlargers were used?

Thanks,

Jacques