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2. Cabinet card - Wikipedia

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   A true black-and-white image on a cabinet card is likely to have been produced in the 1890s or after 1900. The last cabinet cards were produced in the 1920s, even as late as 1924. Owing to the larger image size, the cabinet card steadily increased in popularity during the second half of the 1860s and into the 1870s, replacing the carte de ...

3. Blacks Photo Corporation - Wikipedia

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   In 1948, Eddie's sons William Edward Black (1925-2010) and Robert (Bob) Black opened Toronto's first specialty camera store [5] on St. Clair Ave, known as "Eddie Black's Cameras". The family owned firm became a public company in 1969 and was listed on Toronto Stock Exchange [ citation needed ] and later sold to Scott's Hospitality Inc in 1985 ...

4. Picture frame - Wikipedia

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   View of a frame-maker's workshop, oil on canvas, circa 1900 The elaborate decoration on this frame may be made by adhering molded plaster pieces to the wood base.. A picture frame is a container that borders the perimeter of a picture, and is used for the protection, display, and visual appreciation of objects and imagery such as photographs, canvas paintings, drawings and prints, posters ...

5. Mat (picture framing) - Wikipedia

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   A picture (a photo or print, drawing, etc.) is placed beneath it, with the cutout framing it. The passe-partout serves two purposes: first, to prevent the image from touching the glass, and second, to frame the image and enhance its visual appeal. The cutout in the passe-partout is usually beveled to avoid casting shadows on the picture. The ...

6. Diasec - Wikipedia

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   Diasec is the registered trademark for the original method of face-mounting prints, such as photographs on acrylic sheets. The process was invented by Heinz Sovilla-Brulhart in 1969. The process was invented by Heinz Sovilla-Brulhart in 1969.

7. Photographic plate - Wikipedia

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   The facility possesses several plate scanners, including two high-precision ones, GAMMA I and GAMMA II, built for NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) and used by a team under the leadership of the late Barry Lasker to develop the Guide Star Catalog and Digitized Sky Survey that are used to guide and direct the Hubble Space ...