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Antique Kaleidoscope Photograph Dated June 20,1899

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    Posted 9 years ago

    whitman75
    (349 items)

    Lookin to ID what kind of photograph this is. It's dated from 1899 and depicts a woman in many poses and her name is on the back Cleo A Brown. Photograph is on a cardboard like paper and is about 6 inches wide. Do these have a specific name?

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    1. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 9 years ago
      It reminds me of being a teenager, messing around in the photo booths, oh the memories, lol.
    2. rniederman rniederman, 9 years ago
      Nice ... this was taken by a multiplying camera. I really like uncut images (and tintypes) like this. Multiple images on a single plate was an inexpensive way to make lots of little pictures.

      Some cameras had many lenses. They would create lots of images of the same shot.

      Your card has individual poses, which leads me to believe that it was a single lens camera that had a shifting back. Each picture only exposed a small portion of the masked plate. The lens was capped, plate shifted to an unexposed position, and a new exposure made. (That sort of thing.)
    3. whitman75 whitman75, 9 years ago
      Thanks for the comments rneiderman do these have a name or was this just someone did on his own?
    4. rniederman rniederman, 9 years ago
      These are referred to by collectors as uncut sheets - no real specific name. We mostly see uncut tintypes from the 1860s to 1870s. By the time of this image, tintypes were on the decline.

      The photographic material was probably a glass plate or cut sheet film in a holder that would make a negative. Unlike earlier tintypes which were unique images, many pictures could be printed from negatives.

      These smaller format images are referred to as 'gems' - there is no actual standard for a gem image. So ... you could say that this is a uncut card of gem images ... or it looks as though an image was cut from the group. It was probably placed in a mount or something.

      Multiplying cameras were somewhat specialized. Itinerant photographers and professionals produced these type of uncut sheets. An advanced amateur could create something like this.

      Anyhow, take a look at my postings and you will see several examples of wood and brass cameras capable of making these types of sheets. - Rob
    5. whitman75 whitman75, 9 years ago
      Thanks Rob I will check them out!
    6. rniederman rniederman, 9 years ago
      Here are a couple references.

      This camera with a single lens mounted could make the multi-image sheet you have: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/138163-e-and-h-t-anthony-climax-multiplying-cam

      Here is an example of a portion of an uncut tintype sheet ... similar to what you have but from an earlier generation of photography: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/82219-rare-uncut-tintypes-of-husband-and-wife
    7. whitman75 whitman75, 9 years ago
      Those are great it seems like most were cut back then those uncut tintypes are awesome.

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