Invention for Improvement in Processes of Coloring Photographs

Description (Brief):

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."

Date Made: ca 1878-07-09Patent Date: 1878-07-09

Maker: Pennington, Susan M. H.

See more items in: Work and Industry: Photographic History, Communications, Invention and the Patent Model, Patent Models

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PG.000848Catalog Number: PG*000848Patent Number: 205,807Accession Number: 48866

Object Name: patent model, photographspatent modelphotographsObject Type: Patent Model

Physical Description: metal (overall material)Measurements: container: 24 in x 12 1/2 in; 60.96 cm x 31.75 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-09f1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1022551

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