Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-01
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How To" Human Features are rcrpctuut-
"d--N n"lirnt" tnd Fascinating Nrt.
1uail wine. ever haI or vino cNlvri lu
have. "a duplicate ui their Individual rra
lures, to- pcrpojudtc Their phy,icul charms.
or to transmit their memory To future
generations of friends AMI admirers. the
art Of photography must hc Il subject fun
of interest and fascindtion Very few of
our readers. we are sure have not gone
through the ordeal Of sitting for their
pictures e Vet. while all must bc more or
less acquaihted with the merely superficial
and obvious particulars of the process the
subject of photography back of the studio
ANA the operating room is more or less of Il
mystery to the general public. We pro
pose. therefore, as briefly as possible. to de
tail something of the art of photography
as il is practiscd in our own city. and in
most iist-class photographic studios
throughout the country. \ good photo
graph is really Il work of art. and requires
for its production not only Il considerable
technical knowledge. bul thorough ac-
q1aintancc with many of the law, of
optics. besides a natural skill and an apti-
tIdc attained 10y practice. There is room
turall degrees of excellence in this prOfcs-
sion. 50 That there are good. bad and indii-
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,'."','l ~ Every ''o''09''" 'N'''''"'' III
Workmanship. Among he varlou, indus
tries and professions in which Burlington
a. proud to claim precedence. She j. furtU-
""'' III possessing some "l the most ac-
c'mpG~hcu Photographers in northern
New England artists the very mention of
whose name, j. -, Guarantee nf .vc,1I.urn
and ,,.i,,,,.,.,, r.,,,'.I -. ,.,.
W WIZ '''"H ,' l""''' TT H'"''A
'N"tF Nome ]" TINS part "i the state.
lhc process now in general use 10y our
photographers has hat lately been adopt-
cd. and marks , ,,rr,t ,dvuur. IN the ,rt
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- u O. NV go" Nv VI ''i''"' l'l"-
c'N9' ana was ilrSt introduced INTO Yer
mont and first practiccd in the State by
MI ". X. Mems of This CITY lis urinci-
pal distinction from thr old mr. ,vrt col
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the sensitive plates, winch are now. toy the
new process. made perfectly dry and pre-
pared in advance. whereas by the old utn-
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,"' Hi"''' anu were f'""crcl "INaEF'ranI'
ny the pftN"h'"o i the wet ACIDS upon their
surface. The plates prepared hV the Gel
atiun process are also i,llch rnur,. Sensitive,
.,rd l,,Iic,t, ,,,,i,.l.,.,..,,,l ,i,,... =: ,:
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NIX 'lr 'll"-' from 'h' irhN' IMAM thc "ld
wet culiOdlUn plates. The gciItiuc plates are
the only one, which can be used in iu>t,.n-
tnr.nu. ,,butu,o.,,,l,,.,rd ,r. i, f,,, .,,,
.I1l '',''' ''', !" 80" T. '','
I''Hr' ~ NY ''S' PlW'o-rH 'llcFN tnFo"-h,
w. 'lit ."uil' ipI az rta'IH cNc'ilch' ana
thr f1ln\yin,, nnmd r','', 'u R.rIl'e' III
'i,' IL ',t',n'''i y PtIltciI} CIcar
"lti rh'' I'LL S'"NI pIi'r prepared WIN
,.I ~ tI''' WI q 'i,tl me SUI
anu h'Nt" 'Nti Wi'h lHc NcHNlIIMIhG my
uIt, c"i'i"No'! "i "roiilr"r co. SILVER htid
~ SuSi''i'Si,n III @ciI,I'l". ms emulsion
- i'"'iI', "l," w l,iu'T n!it N'jrIn' an"
"i"NT't |" SCI "liCr NIIch tlc plates are
pace" III r"Ch~ III me "rI-f""hl ana alI"W-
't 1" III y II" ~ ing process usually re
i",'tH "'"'". '"'tN' il"ui>' Inc uIA-f""h
ih';o, ne hcP' perfectly uafk. rs exposure
1" "tH' rum a. "i!t' inr S'h~H i"Gd pIatr.
\ perforated Inn ipr run, around the airy
,'''i' anu N"I"l' bIA Nf from inc Top al
ne 'Ij"'Llii% operating room Is conveyed
H'H',tH we PIP' ny means "i %" aHtuWH-
'I Ian N"A'p"' rrIci .IHi ph"t"-rHPh";'.
WHO i"ah' "'~r ,GH-i'l/vH plates. can have
'i\ H'd 'i U' '>lf'M" "Iitcu!'N.
Git',3'\ HAl "M''""A'l "' tHr process.
w ne "lHt place. after lhr emulsion
ma been NIKE! ia ING rI-h' proportions
.thd TINS Il "a very delicate tJ-N-it has to
Toe cooked i"r RI ccttWH u'uupcrui nom,
;hr soluble salts utr ',">ilr" ud, "i il. ;uud
II l. allowed to stand for several day. l.
l. hen Uttered, While hot, through two
thiCknv--c~ Of wash leather and inmcd
atcly flowed over the prepared plates. If
the mixture l. all right. aud if the plate is
perfectly smooth and well lcNclrd, 50 that