Portrait (1911) (14592010518) - Public domain engraving

Identifier: portrait319111912ansc (find matches)
Title: Portrait
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Ansco Company
Subjects: Photography
Publisher: (Binghamton, N.Y. : Ansco Co.)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries



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sco? The best photographicstaples to be procured in this country today, suchas Ansco Cameras, Ansco Films, Cyko Paper,New York Studio Outfits, Ansco Portrait andPhoto Engraving Cameras, Ansco and CykoChemicals, etc., and above all, a live, well directedconscientious organization. And that the aboveproducts are of great consequence to the photog-rapher of the country is easily shown by the groupof factory buildings reproduced on the nextpage. One by one these buildings have been erectedto meet the ever growing demand for Anscoproducts. These buildings have a floor space of261,000 square feet, or six acres, providing acomfortable working capacity for over 2,000 em-ployees. An idea may be had of the extent of thisplant from the fact that the Cyko sensitizingbuilding, forming part of the group, has a dailycapacity of 200,000 feet of Cyko paper 41 incheswide, or, expressed in terms of money, about$20,000 a day. The Ansco Film is made in oneof the adjoining buildings from the Nitro-Cellu- 2
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o r t r a t lose in solution to the finished article, and the fac-tory capacity in that article is on a par with Cykopaper. It is acknowledged that in point of equip-ment, up-to-dateness in method, and in generalefficiency, the Ansco factory is far ahead of anyother, and in size is second only to one in theworld. Although Binghamton has the reputationof being an important manufacturing town, theAnsco stack is the highest in this city. The building in which Ansco cameras are made,and shown in the group, is the largest individualbuilding in this country devoted to the makingof cameras, and provides ample facilities for manu-facturing under the very best conditions, so thatAnsco Cameras and Ansco apparatus in gen-eral will continue to grow in quantity and quality.In fact, it is hoped that for the first time in thehistory of the Company it will have this year asupply of Ansco Cameras equal to the demand. The distribution of Ansco goods to the dealersin this country is effected from headqu