Invention for Improvement in Processes of Coloring Photographs
date: label: date made
content: ca 1878-07-09
label: patent date
content: 1878-07-09
name: label: maker
content: Pennington, Susan M. H.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Patent consists of a method of preparing photographs for coloring: first immersing the photo in a "clearing solution of rosin and parrafine, each previously dissolved in turpentine, and then applying to the face a coat of rosin dissolved in alcohol, and to the back a coat of the clearing solution..." Common oil colors are then applied to the back "in the usual way."
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Communications
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.000848
label: catalog number
content: PG*000848
label: patent number
content: 205,807
label: accession number
content: 48866
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model, photographs
label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: photographs
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: container: 24 in x 12 1/2 in; 60.96 cm x 31.75 cm