Trade catalogs from Paget Plate Co.

Date: 1900s

Variant Company Name: Paget was developed in Britain and sold worldwide in the first two decades of the 20th century. It was responsible for many color images of WWI.Company Name: Paget Plate Co.Related Companies: Duplex, Herbert & Huesgen Co.

Place: Watford, England

Topic (Romaine Term): Photographic equipment and suppliesTopic: CamerasPhotographic industry

Subject:

Location: Trade Literature at the American History Museum LibraryCollection: Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

See more items in:

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Data Source: Smithsonian Libraries

Record Id: SILNMAHTL_27557

Type Of Material: Trade catalogsTrade literature

Notes Content: A small leaflet entitled "Paget Colour Photography Duplicating Method: The Viewing Screen Instructions for Use." Document entitled "Making the Transparency." Documents entitled "Paget Colour Photography Duplicating Method." Two undated small booklets. "Hydra plates will not Over-expose" and "Color Photography Duplicating Method by the Paget Process". The Paget system was a development of the classic colour screen plate system using two glass plates, one of which was the colour screen while the other was a standard black-and-white negative. The sale of Paget colour plates enjoyed moderate success up to 1914. In 1920 this plate was renamed Duplex and continued to be sold for a few more years. (see http://www.awm.gov.au/captured/colour/paget.asp).Includes: Trade catalog and manualBlack and white imagesPhysical Description: 7 pieces; 1 box

Metadata Usage: CC0

Record Id: SILNMAHTL_27557