The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-07
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A reporter was In the boarl OF trade
building recently aster trailing hours on
Change. and observed the taking OF several
sectional and full-s:zsl views Of the large
trading hall by the two par tners In o pho
geographic firm The process was q long and
tedious one, as the artists made many eff
forts before they reached the be posi- bls
re sults. Tie reporter was invited to call
AMI see the picture, when finished and did
So After admitting the proofs from the
negatives he had seen taken, he entered i'm
to conversation with the partners. who gave
him d large amount of Information concern.
ing their branch of the Photographic art.
"It is popularly supposed,a said one OF
them. that the ordinary portrait photo
Rraplers who take work In our line do the
work themselves. But this is a misconce p
ton, as it requires special training aud DIFF
ferentsappliances to produce the finest work
in our speciality
aWhat constitutes the greatest number OF
these special ordersa
b "Our work is everything outside the orli-
nary portrait line. and even IN that we do
a great deal Of enarging by the negative
and canden er SYSTEM; Our main work,
though is public builiings monuments
bridges, interiors, open-air views, contrac-
ton work for magazines, catal ogne cuts
are made. and architectural tracings We
are devOGing a great deal OF attention at
present to the perfection of what we call
the phi to-mechanical system by which we
will be able to print photographs from
single plate as rapidly as Autographs are
now turIel out
systems an | matho IL you have ,nentionedW
fk<a, 1oI
came ira work on plates. more or less sensi-
tized. but a simpler process l. a great dsSid-
elatum in our business. When We have to
and half to four minutes to get properly
toned specimen, if at all large The in tan
taneous process has only been adapte to
small work, 50 far. Look at this proof Of
the boari Of trade hall. You will see that
the minute han OF the clock seems to have
about sevel points. The points in licate
how long the camera was Uncovered lit was
ju t three AMI one quarter ninntas- And
unstaa liness il the instrument or anything
moving in TIE ball during that time would
have blurred and destroyed the negative.
Tnis will explain the many attempts we
nal to make before a satisfactory result
was obtained.
ct often happens that the best point OF
view for an interior negative II dark or
otherwise unsuitable spot, when II takes
much longer and is far more troublesome.
In making open air negatives 1t does not
lake nearly so long, but tbs chances OF IN
serruption or notion are so great that we
often have t, ma e as many attempts as
in in loor WORK Tie work we like best as
far as beauty of re ult as compared with
the amount OF work is concerned, is monu-
mental AMI brid 70 work. Notice this pict-
Ire we have just printed. You notice how
sharp every angle OF the stone sesns--how
you can see the liglt as it Is duly reflected
from the wife surface Such picture as
this can only bs TAKEN u1dsr the most fay
orabls circumstances . With the camera
we do mo It of tns OH % work. al %. Here IS
a case Of boots an shoes, sample. for the
fall trad, we have been at WORK on foryone
OF the largest 500 manufacturers in tho
.sity. HeIa are The yportral H ora whleh.s
the catalogue cuts will be mada.
After the reporter hal admired the shoe
pictures, which were really fine work, he
asked il they often had commi ,sions at a
distance from the rity.
"Oh, yes; we frequently 60 long distances
My partner return d about Ian days ago
from Hender on KY, wners We photo
est OF the kind in the world. We have been
sent into every we tern state, AMI some of
the ed tern AMI northern one We do not
care much for these commissions, a we
have to take SO much care OF oar len ,es
Wills in transit
"How are those tracings Of house plan,
AMI machinery aiea'
"Tney ara done by sun photography with
c,,t ttle aid of the ls.f,i or earaara We take
q sheet OF plain white paper and coat it on
one side with ats of iron. After it is dry
we tnck it on board AMI over it the
original architsc sdesign on tracing paper.
1t Is taen exp s.i Is tne sun, and in about
ii teen minutes thu p.neil marks of the trac-
ing are tran TERED to the coated sheet and
appear in wnits lines, tue remaining por-
tim turning blue, as you see. From
single tracing We ca, taks any nnnaber Of
copie, required. We do great deal in tho
way Of entarging figure Photographs aud
views by ! pruee SIS ONE wat similar. After .
tue payer i, prepared vita secret prepare.
tion Of o. own, We put tna small copy in q
frame; at the middle distance we place
ray conien.er, and at the end the prepared
paper lor the enlarge copy Fne whole il
then exposed to the SUI, and when the work
Is co npletei it has the appearance Of
touched up with cnalks or water c,lOrs
make ell. CANT pictures. Large sums have
been paid for them by people who thought
they were genuine crayon or portrait work.
Tney can be made any sra by frightening
the distance between tna copy and the pre-
pared paper