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preferably with glass sides and wooden ends and 

 bottom. In one of the ends an opening is cut 

 and covered with strong rubber cloth with a slit 

 through which the lens of the camera may be 

 thrust. The bottom of the box should be covered 

 with earth or neutral-tinted plaster of Paris, which 

 should be so rounded at the back and corners as 

 to show no sign of the junction of the back and 



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bottom. The back should be painted a neutral 

 tint also. The box should be about two to two 

 and a half feet long. This will allow a sufficient 

 distance between the lens and the subject. A 

 central partition of glass can be provided, to be 

 slipped into position when it is necessary to con- 

 fine the subject to the back of the box, and this 

 will not interfere with the photograph provided 

 the glass is perfectly clear and clean. The top 



