Printed ephemera relating to photography, 1841-1975.

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Printed ephemera relating to photography, 1841-1975.

Collection comprises equipment manuals and product information; samples of photographic supplies; how-to guides for amateur photographers; treatises on photography; advertising ephemera; portraits of photographic pioneers; ephemera from photographic clubs and societies; and examples of small photographic formats and other novelties.

111 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8281515

Getty Research Institute

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Eastman Kodak Company

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Ponti, Carlo.

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Claudet, A. (Antoine), 1797-1867

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Grove, W. R. (William Robert), 1811-1896

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Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79891339 ...

Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877

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Hall, B. F.

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