APPENDIX 12
CONCOURS DE PHOTOGRAPHIE
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Memorandum the secret ofthe Soyo
“Emoargemen fr Naor ndstry
Coming te proces
‘By which ihe pincipal monuments ofthe oth of France were
Reproduced athe bese
of ie miner oft inror
By Edoued Bape
Vitor Mason, Boosler/Pablcher
Pic desk Méicine
May 2,12
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hurtling ofthe negate nd nally emer angen of he
eign
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yo Aci on paper a ner ofstorc monet of ane ad in tbe
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‘THE PRACTICE
oF
PHOTOGRAPHY ON PAPER
Paper
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FOR NEGATIVES’
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tt corey th iat the off the al op
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