Souvenir Album Of The Catskill
Mountains (1884)
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Although they are referred to
as "photo-views", the pictures in these small, popular albums
were not photographs. They were printed with stone, in a multi-pass
process that displayed a range of tones not possible with ordinary lithographic
printing. When covered with varnish, the pictures looked as if they
had been printed in an emulsion, like a photograph. Printed in Leipzig,
Germany by Louis Glaser and distributed by Witteman Brothers of New
York City, they sold for 25 to 50 cents each.
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