Identifier: americanannualof1911newy (find matches)
Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors:
Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
east ^-inch play. The bolts should befitted with washers and winged nuts, in order that they mayeasily be fastened by hand. It will now be found that the paper support may be raisedto any desired height, and held in that position by merelydrawing the movable uprights towards the fixed and tighten-ing the winged nut on same. Now cut a block of hardwood 2^ inches by 2 inches by 1Y2inches, and in this cut a groove i^ inches wide and i inchdeep. Bore a ^-inch hole from the bottom of the groove andforce a 5/16-inch thumbscrew through the hole so that thewood will take the thread. This serves as a stop when placedon the paper support. It will be noted that this easel permits of considerable lati-tude of adjustment both vertically and sidewise, and once ad-justed to a given position, any number of enlargements maybe made of any portion of a negative in exact registry. The entire apparatus should be stained a dull black to avoidany reflections. The writer used a mixture of shellac to which 88
Text Appearing After Image:
A STUDY Francis Bruguiere. enough lamp black is added to just overcome this glossy finishof the shellac. The paper support will carry a printing frame as large asIOXI2 without additional fastening, but when making verylarge enlargements, a drawing board is used to hold the paper—it is advisable to steady same at the top by means of small ironclamps, which may be purchased for a few cents. In conclusion, it may be said that the apparatus is easilymade at a very low cost, and the writer trusts it will be of asmuch service to others as it has been to him.

Note About Images