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Who, Where is the foundry?
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There was a company in Watertown NY That made these for many years, They put a plack on the front riser indicating who had commissioned the production run. In my case it is marked Agafa Ansco View. In my case I completely disassembled the camera and used brasso on the brass, I then used a clear lacquer over the brass. My camera was probably made later in the companies life, When I got it was stai
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A weekend full of activities including a ladies social, Civil War battle, period church service, period ball and night firing demonstrations await those who attend this reenactment. For a full schedule of events see Join Collins Battery B, Jefferson City Parks and Recreation, the Cole County Historical Society and others to celebrate the 148th anniversary of the capture of Jefferson City on May
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If you have access to newsgroups try alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.vintage it is a mixed bag but you might get lucky. Also check out the Uwe Scheid Colection, It is from about 1840 and 1940.
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1). If in doubt contact a local lawyer, don’t trust any thing you reed on the internet. 2) If it is the driver of the locomotive he should be easy to find, try to trade him a copy of the picture for signing the model release. Just my two bits.
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It is rumored that Chigarid will no longer be available after the summer of 2008. But here is the recipe from the bottle. You can find it here Chigarid Collodion Oil of Eucalyptus Camphor 2.8% Phenol 1.5% Menthol 0.1%
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Search on Watkins or mammoth plates
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Some comments on the forge. Image 59 Man at raised charcoal(?) fire with hood, holding tongs, possibly working on mounts. It looks like this person is forge welding bands to a pipe. I am guessing steel as this type of fire is massive over kill for brass or copper. If he was brazing or soldering there was better ways of doing it at that time. (you can see the gas lights in the other pictures they
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John is correct on the temperature; I should not trust my memory or my spelling. Can you tell us more about your filer? Looks like a very good thing.
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Woo Dude, Propane torch is pretty extreme, you only need about 450 degrees, not the 3,500 you will get with propane. All you need to do is heat the mercury to a point that its surface tension releases molecules into the air. Get a digital thermometer from radio shack that will go that high and tape the sensor to your cook pot. Try just a candle or a small alcohol lamp. A small electric heater el
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We always used the Kodak red glass filters from the darkroom light fixtures. Ruby Lith blocks UV and transmits Red. UV was considered the Attenuating Light (making the exposure) and Red was the Continuing light (Developing) or something like that. Memory fades. The important thing is to block all the UV.
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Try washing with distilled H20, see if that makes a difrence.
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Try sodium thiosulfate
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When making the decorative pattern on velvet, I lay the velvet fuzzy side down on a rubber stamp and then Iron the smooth side pressing into the stamp. The heat holds the fibers in the stamp shape. EDurrill
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I am not 100% on this but I seem to remember seeing a bottle of mat lacquer in a “Coloring” kit that would be form about the right time. The mat lacquer supply’s “tooth” once the coloring was done, a glossy lacquer would be applied to restore the gloss. The powders in the kit looked like artist powered pigments, like what you can get form dick blick and are used to custom mix oil paint.
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The Everclear flows freely in Missouri!
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Check these out The first sign of the for coming apocalypse was Kodak discontinuing black and white paper Posted on 06/06/06
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What crime did you commit to get sentenced to Jefferson City? Cole Camp is usually one of the larger ones. I have not been there but have been told the crowd will be +5000 It will be hotter than hell and you will probably have a thunder storm to end the day. The park and rec put on a weekend CW in Jefferson City to celebrate the battle of the tourist dollar, last month. Our local Photo odd
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