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old time quality – c1870s portrait by H Rocher<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. When you visit the PHSC spring fair today<\/a>, you may be lucky enough to discover an old photo done in a process that defies time like the portrait you see at left. The actual photograph was upscaled using Topaz Photo AI.<\/p>\n

The process was a favourite of the late Bob Lansdale. In fact, he even wrote a lengthy article on the process which was known by various names. In the issue 31-2 (fall of 2005) the photograph of this young lady was featured on the cover as a link to part four of his story.<\/p>\n

In the introduction to the photograph, Bob writes, “Magnified inspection of this \u201cphotographic\u201d frontispiece to the ninth edition of The Silver Sunbeam<\/em><\/a> by Professor J. Towler M.D. would seem to indicate it was a normal image. But this full toned print was produced by the Artotype<\/em> process on a lithographic press using printer\u2019s ink \u2013 no screen dots can be seen. The photograph is credited to H. Rocher of Chicago with a blind stamp on the lower left sleeve marked Harroun & Bierstadt \u2013 Artotype<\/em>. The photo is protected by a high gloss surface of either gelatin or varnish. The book itself was published in 1879 [the first edition was published in 1864 and decades later a facsimile edition was offered , a digitized text is also available<\/a>].<\/p>\n

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“See our story on page 4 [of 31-2] giving details of this process and the controversy that surrounding similar carbon processes<\/em> in the 1876-80 era.”<\/p>\n

Members who signed up long after 2005, received a DVD of this and other journals. A DVD is waiting for you too – just use your PayPal account or your Debit\/Credit card to sign up for 1 or 3 years!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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