Identifier: americanannualof1892newy (find matches)
Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1892 (1890s)
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Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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<n dfhe ^\meHean Annual of photography,and p^hctcgpQphie ^Times ^\lmanae. 1892. # THE PAST AND FUTURE OF THE ALBUMEN PRINT. T UDGrLNG from the abuse heaped upon the innocentr\ I albumen print by many writers for the journals, a\J stranger from the planet Mars would doubtless won-der why it is not immediately suppressed. Accordingto these writers, the head and front of its offending is itswant of permanency, while, as we are informed, those madeon plain paper, gelatine, or collodio-chloride, are much superiorin point of durability. Again, it has a vulgar gloss that noperson of refined taste can admire, so the alleged critics say. Yet in spite of all their faults, real and imaginary, thosemade on albumen paper probably comprise ninety-nine hun-dredths of all the prints issued from the studios of the world.While it is not to be denied that for certain special purposesthe mat surface is preferable, it is neither this nor the lowgloss albumen paper that satisfies the general taste. It i

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