Specimen Print on "Aristo-Platino " paper
Photograph
Specimen Print on "Aristo-Platino " paper
ca. 1900
Gelatin silver print (Aristo-Platino POP)
Image: 5 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (14 × 9.6 cm)
Mount: 6 7/16 × 4 3/16 in. (16.4 × 10.7 cm)
Gift of Dr. Henry Ott
1983.2167.0001
Inscriptions Printed in black on mount recto, B: BAKER'S ART GALLERY. \ COLUMBUS, O.\ MANUFACTURED ONLY BY \ AMERICAN ARISTOTYPE Co., JAMESTOWN, N.Y. \ (OVER)
Printed in silver on mount recto, BR: SPECIMEN PRINT \ ON \ "ARISTO-PLATINO"
Printed in black on mount verso, OA: BETTER Than Carbon! \ EASIER to handle than Albumen \ is \ ARISTO-PLATINO. \ IT IS ENTIRELY UNLIKE ANYTHING HERETOFORE PRODUCED IN \ THE PAPER LINE. A PRINTING-OUT PAPER, EASIER TO HANDLE THAN \ ALBUMEN PAPER, ANY TONE FROM SEPIA TO A DEAD BLACK MAY \ BE PRODUCED. AT THE ST. LOUIS CONVENTION ALL THE PRINCIPAL \ AWARDS WENT TO ARISTO-PLATINO. THE CRAMER CUP, AND GOLD \ MEDALS IN CLASSES A AND C AWARDED TO PIRIE MACDONALD; THE \ DIAMOND BADGE, FOR THE GRAND PRIZE, AWARDED TO W.M. \ MORRISON; THE SILVER CUP, FOR THE GENRE PRIZE AWARDED TO \ S.L.STEIN; SILVER CUP FOR THE SPECIAL PRIZE, AWARDED TO \ FRANK A. PLACE; ALL FOR PRINTS ON \ ARISTO-PLATINO \ PRICE: \ SAME AS AMERICAN "ARISTO"-CABINETS $2.00 PER GROSS, \ OTHER SIZES IN PROPORTION \ MANUCATURED BY AMERICAN ARISTOTYPE CO. \ JAMESTOWN, N.Y.
Printed in silver on mount recto, BR: SPECIMEN PRINT \ ON \ "ARISTO-PLATINO"
Printed in black on mount verso, OA: BETTER Than Carbon! \ EASIER to handle than Albumen \ is \ ARISTO-PLATINO. \ IT IS ENTIRELY UNLIKE ANYTHING HERETOFORE PRODUCED IN \ THE PAPER LINE. A PRINTING-OUT PAPER, EASIER TO HANDLE THAN \ ALBUMEN PAPER, ANY TONE FROM SEPIA TO A DEAD BLACK MAY \ BE PRODUCED. AT THE ST. LOUIS CONVENTION ALL THE PRINCIPAL \ AWARDS WENT TO ARISTO-PLATINO. THE CRAMER CUP, AND GOLD \ MEDALS IN CLASSES A AND C AWARDED TO PIRIE MACDONALD; THE \ DIAMOND BADGE, FOR THE GRAND PRIZE, AWARDED TO W.M. \ MORRISON; THE SILVER CUP, FOR THE GENRE PRIZE AWARDED TO \ S.L.STEIN; SILVER CUP FOR THE SPECIAL PRIZE, AWARDED TO \ FRANK A. PLACE; ALL FOR PRINTS ON \ ARISTO-PLATINO \ PRICE: \ SAME AS AMERICAN "ARISTO"-CABINETS $2.00 PER GROSS, \ OTHER SIZES IN PROPORTION \ MANUCATURED BY AMERICAN ARISTOTYPE CO. \ JAMESTOWN, N.Y.
