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From: "Lance" <>
Subject: RE: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Photo Age question.....
Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 13:04:21 +1000
In-Reply-To: <3CF05021.9711D9D6@flash.net>


Probably what you have there is a photographer's "proof" which was cut
from the full sheet of proofs. The number underneath would be the
photographer's filing reference to find the relevant negative.
Photographers usually made a "proof" sheet for clients by contact
printing the negatives on to a full sheet of photographic paper. That
way, a client was able to view the whole collection and select the
prints required. In most cases, the proofs remained with the client.
Contact prints were made by just placing the negatives directly onto the
photo paper, sandwiching it in a frame designed for the purpose and
exposing the frame to a light source.

Lance

-----Original Message-----
From: M. Young [mailto:]
Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Photo Age question.....
I have been sent a scan of a photo that looks like it could have been
taken anywhere from the 1930's to the early 1950's according to the
style of dress. It is a small photo that looks like it has been
manually cut from a sheet of the same photo. It appears it may have
been expertly colorized. It has a matte finish. The person's face's
lines appear to have been softened. I know that my 1963 school color
photos had much more precise replication of the subject than does this
picture. Across the bottom is written 6T - 22111 - 4. Is that
significant?
The lady in the picture was born in 1906. She appears to be in her 30's
or 40's with auburn hair (no gray showing).


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