[alt-photo] Re: casein

[sam wang]

Hi Chris,

I've only heard of Russ Cummings, and am not quite sure in what regard.
Most likely it was about his tri-color carbon prints that he'd been making
through the war years. There was a gorgeous, maybe 2-1/4 contact sized, 3
color carbon of books on a library shelf that I always thought was made by
Russ. Did you find it in the archives? Or maybe his daughter still has it.

Don't remember if he ever mentioned how he got interested in casein either.
Just that the research department of French's Mustard where he was vice
president provided him with ammonium caseinate that he always felt worked
best. He had a lot of friends and contacts across the country.

Sam

On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Christina Anderson <zphoto at montana.net>wrote:

> Hi Sam,
> Have not located the booklet with Enos in it but that gives me something
> to look for. Gill wrote a history of the dichromated processes for the RPS
> but nothing about casein.
>
> There was a Russell Cummings and a Stan Cummings in Enos' archives, both
> of whom he corresponded with about casein. Also a Paul Mathena.
>
> Do you remember what inspired Enos to take up casein? He had to learn
> about it somewhere, and since his notes go back to 1958 I think, someone
> must have told him about it aside from coming across the patent. I know he
> was friends with a Louis Condax at Kodak.
>
> His original source of casein was Borden. They made a couple he used.
> Protovac was one, which in his notes he says "no longer made." His notes
> were exacting but cryptic so sometimes it is hard to decipher his formulas.
>
> Chris
>
> Christina Z. Anderson
> christinaZanderson.com
>
>
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