Identifier: americanannualof1917newy (find matches)
Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1917 (1910s)
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Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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aphic department of the New York Herald is a copying stand designed by Russell T. Phillips, a member of the staff, and constructed in the carpenter shop. As several dozen pictures have to be copied every day its convenience is greatly appreciated. It was mainly intended to hold a 5 X 7 camera but, of course, it will also hold larger as well as smaller cameras. The size given here need not be adhered to and may be changed to suit conditions, but after two years of constant use we have found this quite satisfactory. When closed it measures lo inches wide, 14^ inches long and 2^4 inches high, but when fully extended the height is 15 inches; the other dimensions do not change. The stand consists of three boards and two legs. (Figure i.) The boards are white pine J^ inch thick, the upper and lower boards are 10 x 145^ inches and the middle board is 8 x 14^ inches. In order to prevent warping as far as possible the ends of the boards have been grooved and a cleat put in. The legs are made of ash (as a 122
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RUDOLF DUHRKOOP. 123

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