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Electronics528 of 1001Amphona record player antique Vintage - REALISTIC ( Radio Shack ) Wood Record Stand Cabinet
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    Posted 7 years ago

    sjberry1
    (5 items)

    I've had this mystery box for a number of years. It was among my father-in-law's belongings and my wife has no idea why he had it. My guess has always been that it had something to do with photo developement, but I haven't been able to find an identical item when searching online. Since finding this wonderful site, I'm hopeful that someone will be able to identify it's purpose. Thank you all!

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    1. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 7 years ago
      That's going to develop considerable heat too.
    2. beyemvey beyemvey, 7 years ago
      Looks like it was used for contact printing proofs from large format negatives.
    3. rniederman rniederman, 7 years ago
      This is a contact printing frame for the Printing Out Process (P.O.P.) that uses special printing-out-paper. The two white bulbs look like they are slightly different. The intent is to control the amount of contrast because negatives need to be 'dense; (i.e. U.V. wavelengths increase contrast). The frosted glass is used to increase the amount of image contrast. The red bulb and hinged lid is for inspecting the image has it 'prints-out' on the paper; but you must be careful to avoid fogging the image. It is an interesting process that can produce beautiful pictures.

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