Historic Kallitypes: where?

Mike Ware (mike@mikeware.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 18 Sep 1995 12:32:34 +0000

Arising from an e-dialogue off-list concerning the permanence of
Kallitypes, I would like to throw out a question to List members, the
answers to which could provide valuable evidence on this issue:

Does anyone know of well-authenticated specimens of 'Historic' Kallitypes
(i.e. greater than fifty years old, say) - in collections, private or
public?

I appreciate that the identification of Kallitypes can be a problem and
that "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence". However, even a
single 90 year old Kallitype would be an interesting (and, I suspect,
extremely rare) object.

As a corollary, I would also be interested to hear about 'historic' *toned*
cyanotypes - if anyone can identify them!

I'm also posting this enquiry to the PhotoHist List, so I apologise to
those of you who subscribe to both.

Mike

Dr. Michael J. Ware
email: mike@mikeware.demon.co.uk
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