Unknown artist
1900
Manufacture of albumen paper in Dresden, Ca. 1890. The first step is to separate the eggs.
[Manufacture of albumen paper in Dresden]

Book illustration
Private collection of James Reilly
With thanks to James M. Reilly for permission to use this image and to Elizabeth Chiang (George Eastman House) for locating the source.
 
Originally published in J.M. Eder, Die photographischen Copirverfahren mit Silbersalzen (PositivProzess) (Halle: Wilhelm Knapp, 1900), p. 121
 
Reprinted in James M. Reilly The Albumen & Salted Paper Book: The history and practice of photographic printing, 1840-1895 (Rochester: Light Impressions Corporation, 1980), Fig.15 [Full text of book.]
 
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