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- OBJECT TYPE
- COLOUR BALANCING
- DATE
- 1930–1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.2073.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Ilford Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GELATINE FILM FILTERS; PRESSED PAPER ENVELOPES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 4.5 cm
- Width
- 4.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still processing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- ILFORD
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PROBABLY USED C.1930S+
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM HOPE GILLIES ROSS ESTATE. MUCH OF THIS COLLECTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY AMATEUR COLOR PROCESSING IN THE 1920S-1930S. IT IS CONSIDERED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN AMATEUR ENTHUSIAST OF THE PERIOD. (AS PER JAJ) - Function
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TO PRODUCE COLOUR IMAGES ON PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM, SPECIFICALLY DUFAYCOLOR IMAGES - Technical
-
EXAMPLES OF SPECIALTY COLOUR FILTERS USED IN DUFAYCOLOUR PROCESS. IN THIS PROCESS A SCREEN OF SMALL-PARTICLEPRIMARY COLOUR FILTERS WAS LAID DOWN ON THE FILM SUPPORT BASE, OVER WHICH THE EMULSION WAS COATED. THE FILM WAS THEN EXPOSED THROUGH THIS BASE (REF.1, P.198) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1-.5 ALL FILTER ENVELOPES BEAR IDENTICAL PRINTED TEXT ON FRONT: 'ILFORD/ COLOUR FILTER/ (Gelatine Film)./ ILFORD Limited,/ ILFORD. LONDON, ENGLAND'. RESPECTIVE FILTER SIZES ALSO STAMPED ON ENVELOPE FRONT/.1-.5 ALL FILTER ENVELOPES BEAR IDENTICAL PRINTED LABEL ON BACK: 'DUFAYCOLOUR FILTERS/ (Gelatine Film)/ Daylight...Ref.../ Half-Watt...Ref.../ Photoflood...Ref.../ Sashalite...Ref.../ W.F. Arc...Ref.../ Suitable only for use with/ Dufaycolor Batch.../ L.35'. FOR TRANSCRIPT OF UNIQUE MARKINGS, PLEASE SEE SUPP.INFO.
- Missing
- APPEAR COMPLETE - INSIDE WRAPPERS APPEAR SEALED
- Finish
- GREY WOVEN-TEXTURED ENVELOPES. FILTERS WRAPPED IN DARK PAPER.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Ilford Ltd., Filter, circa 1930–1940, Artifact no. 1987.2073, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1987.2073.001/
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