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RECREATION. 



cards, etc., and which can be made or 

 easily bought? 



John S. Miller, Jr., Chicago. 



ANSWER. 



Sensitized post cards for making prints 

 in black and white can be prepared by the 

 use of any one of the well known formulas 

 for bromide of silver solutions. However, 

 you would find it cheaper to buy these 

 cares already prepared. That can.be done 

 through almost any photographic supply 

 house. These cards are printed by arti- 

 ficial light in the same manner as the well 

 known Cyko paper and developed in the 

 same way. Anthony & Scovill Co., 122 

 Fifth avenue, New York, can supply you 

 with these post cards in either heavy matt 

 or glace surface, for 20 cents a dozen or 

 %?. a gross. — Editor. 



Amateur photographers should remem- 

 ber that my 7th annual competition remains 

 open until November 30th. The closing 

 date was made 2 months later this yeac 

 than heretofore in order to give all ama- 

 teurs a chance to compete. Thousands of 

 busy men do not take their annual vaca- 

 tions until October or November. Then 

 they go into the woods with gun, rod and 

 camera. It was with a view to giving such 

 people a chance to enter the competition 

 that the open season was prolonged. There 

 are frequently fine days in October and 

 November when good pictures may be 

 taken. The leaves fall by that time and 

 better light may be obtained in the forests. 

 It is possible to get many more pictures 

 of live birds and animals, especially by 

 bait, in the autumn than in summer, and 

 I trust this new arrangement may result 

 in many fine pictures being entered in the 

 1902 competition. 



Can you give me the address of a firm 

 handling cameras that take 10 photos with 

 one exposure on one plate? 



Arthur Achison, St. Stephen, N. B. 



ANSWER. 



There is an apparatus for taking 10 

 photographs on one plate, but I do not 

 know the address of the manufacturer as 

 he does not advertise in Recreation. If 

 you will write Anthony & Scovill Co., 122 

 Fifth avenue, New York, they can undoubt- 

 edly send you a catalogue which will give 

 you all the information 'vou wish. The old 

 tin-type camera takes any number of pic- 

 tures on one plate, but that is not adapted 

 for amateur use, as it consists of what is 

 known as the wet process. — Editor. 



Where can I obtain an attachment, or 

 lens for taking stamp pictures? 



Fred Francis, Wisdom, Mont. 



stamp pictures are manufactured for use 

 with heavy professional cameras it is 

 doubtful if you can procure one which 

 can be adapted to an ordinary camera. 

 Anthony & Scovill Co.., 122 Fifth avenue, 

 New \Ork, can supply you with camera 

 complete for the making of one to 24 

 stamp pictures on a 5x7 plate, for $12. 

 This includes extra kits, ground glass and 

 plate holder. — Editor. 



I see in your June issue, on page 487, 

 that Jos. B. D., Allegheny, Pa., wishes to 

 buy negatives of Pan-American pictures. 

 I have about 50 good negatives of Pan 

 buildings, statuary, night views, and a 

 number of snapshots taken on the Mid- 

 way, which are sure to please. I will sell 

 prints from these negatives at 10 cents 

 each, unmounted, size 4x5. I have a few 

 choice 5x7 negatives; one of the Temple of 

 Music, which can not be beaten ; also an 

 excellent one of the Triumphal Bridge. 

 Prints of these I will sell for 20 cents each, 

 unmounted. 



H. M. Albaugh, Cleveland, O. 



For backing plates the best combination 

 is water, lampblack and gum arabic. The 

 trick lies in using gum arabic for an 

 adhesive, about one-half as much gum 

 arabic as lampblack, in bulk, not bv 

 weight. Water should then be added until 

 the mixture is the consistency of thick 

 paste. It can also be dried in cakes by 

 pouring it into moulds and setting it be- 

 hind the stove. It is not necessary to put 

 on a thick coating of this backing; just 

 enough to cover the plate evenly will be 

 sufficient. — Photo Beacon. 



To prevent halation around windows 

 when ready to make the exposure on an in- 

 terior in which windows are included, hang 

 one thickness of ordinary red mosquito 

 netting over them. It will not show in 

 the photograph and will admit of perfect 

 rendition of lace curtains or other hangings, 

 as well as full detail in the frame and sash 

 of the window. Of course, full sunlight 

 streaming into the window will be a hard 

 test; but the scheme will succeed where 

 non-halation plates will fail. — Western 

 Camera Notes. 



To remove yellow stains from pyro de- 

 veloped negatives, bathe them in sulphur- 

 ous acid water or in a 10 per cent solu- 

 tion of sulphide of soda, to which a few 

 drops of sulphuric acid have been added. 

 — The News Monger. 



ANSWER. 



As most of the attachments for making 



When a toning bath turns purple and a 

 precipitate forms it is spoiling. The black 

 sediment is metallic gold. — Photo Clip- 

 pings. 



