AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



A HANDY INDEX. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Editor Recreation: I read in April 

 Recreation, an article on how to index 

 negatives. While Roscoe's plan may an- 

 swer, there are some things lacking to make 

 it complete. He does not have a blank 

 space in his table for the condition of the 

 light, or for the size of the stop used, both 

 of which are essential. 



The inclosed diagrams will explain my 

 plan, which answers every requirement. 

 For glass plates I make a drawing of the 

 table, and then make a negative the proper 

 size. From this I make blue prints. I then 

 take the empty plate boxes and paste the 

 blue prints on the cover, having the subject 

 and number on the end; so when the boxes 





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are packed away the subject and number 

 can be seen without moving a box. 



I then number each negative, from I up 

 to 12, and pack 12 in a box as Roscoe does. 

 First I put in the bottom a sheet of blotting 

 paper; then on this a negative, face to paper 

 and back up. Then a negative with back to 

 back of first negative; then blotting paper 

 and negatives, and so on until the 12 are 

 packed. 



I also make a book, of the same blue 

 prints, for reference, which is useful. I no- 

 tice Roscoe lives here, and should like to 

 meet him and exchange prints. 



Chas. W. Dake. 



EUREKA! 



How many of us, whose means are lim- 

 ited and whose ambitions are many, sit and 

 pore over a supply catalogue of a photo 

 stock dealer and wish our purses were a 

 great deal deeper! Especially is this so 

 when we look at the prices the dealers nec- 

 essarily ask for the solid, substantial large 

 sized, granite, steel or enameled trays that 

 we so covet. We need these in toning and 

 fixing our prints. 



We turn from the list with a sigh and go 

 back to our gallon crocks, dish pans — white 

 wash bowls, etc., and slop away as resign- 

 edly as possible. 



Such was my experience — till I learned 

 better. Now I have an assortment of large, 

 roomy granite trays, with handles at each 

 end and which I got for almost a song. 

 I'm not much of a singer but almost any- 

 one can find as good a song as I did. 



The secret is this. You will find at all 

 the big hardware stores bake pans, of va- 

 rious sizes, in enameled or granite ware that 

 are just the thing for the purposes men- 

 tioned. The prices will be about as fol- 

 lows: Stove pan No. 16, size 10 x 4 x 2Y2, 

 costs 30 cents eachf No. 17, 11 x 15 x 2^, 

 40 cents; No. 18, 13 x 18 x2/ 2) 50 cents, 

 and smaller sizes in proportion. The de- 

 mand being greater for stove pans than for 

 toning pans the price is naturally lower. 

 At least 4 of these pans, of different sizes, 

 so they will nest together, are indispensable 

 to an amateur. 



I know from experience how poorly 

 equipped thousands of amateur photogra- 

 phers are, in this regard, and how important 

 it is for good results to have " large, roomy 

 and convenient trays." One ofthemost 

 emphasized points of the discussion in the 

 convention, of '97, was the phrase I have 

 quoted. 



I keep a tray of hot water (120 ) on a 

 little oil heater, so I can develop my platino 

 prints immediately on removing from the 



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