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Title
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Scottsbluff Narratives, 1934_001
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Alternative Title
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1934 Scottsbluff Narratives
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Date
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1934
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Creator
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Frank Shoemaker
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Description
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Frank Shoemaker - Sandhills Narratives
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Identifier
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321301
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Transcription
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1 1934 Scottsbluff, Nebraska March 2, 1934 Dollinger, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, recently handed me a film negative which he had snapped in the Game Reserve in the Wildcat Range. An antelope is spending the winter with the herd of white-tailed deer. The deer were accustomed to the visits of attendants brining hay or grain; the antelope, wild at first, followed the lead of the deer, and soon became used to the presence of men. Dollinger had snapped a picture of the antelope and seven deer, standing in the snow at a feeding point. The local commercial photographer, he said, had furnished prints, from other films submitted, but had returned this film saying that it was too weak to afford a satisfactory print; and "Dolly" wanted me to see what I could do with it. Of course, the chemical treatment called intensification is the easiest answer; but examination of this particular film convinced me that remedial chemistry would not be required. Long ago I had learned by experiment a simple way of obtaining good prints from thin negatives; it takes lots of time, which doubtless is the reason why technicians sold on speed do not fool with it. The film is placed in a printing-frame in contact with a sheet of photographic paper coated with emulsion affording a high degree of contrast; in this instance glossy Azo, F4, was used. The printing-frame is set up in the corner of a room - preferably at night, for even the weakest daylight is too rapid in its action - and a 40-watt bulb turned on, at a distance of at least 20 feet. Several to many minutes'
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Rights
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