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for locating the view on the plate without disturbing the 

 fragile subjects themselves. 



Now as to the appliances for looking 

 downward with the camera. There are 



Vertical 

 Stands, Etc. 



several such devices, and nearly every 

 worker of much experience has some sort of a plan or 

 machine, more or less useful and practicable. By far the 

 best is the form illustrated in Fig. i. This is a studio 



Fig. 1. 



camera stand, suited for many uses. It is perfectly 

 adapted for horizontal, as well as vertical work, and by 

 the addition of a couple of supporting sticks and a cloth 

 to shut out superfluous light, together with a turn-table 

 device for holding negatives, it becomes a most excellent 

 lantern-slide and transparency apparatus. This is men- 

 tioned because many who would hardly feel like having 

 such a stand made for flower photography alone will 

 find it entirely practicable in its combined usefulness. 

 Indeed, no one with much studio work, such as the 



