Period correct 8 x 10 print techniques and help

[Craig Fransen]

Thanks so much. I was hoping to find some people with a passion for printing and these seem to fit the bill. The thought of diving into the challenge of replicating some of the technology with the help of experts is exciting to me.

I have collected a few images from prints, but now will concentrate on obtaining the physical prints themselves.

Here's one I bought yesterday. This is from Bushnell Seattle. Cory Addison Bushnell was involved in the studios in Seattle, Portland, and Wenatchee or someplace. I have not, though, found the tie-in (if any) with the well-known Bushnell Studio in San Francisco.

Armed with the customer names at the top of many of the negatives and knowledge of the place and time (Portland, 1915-30), I've spent a few hours on Ancestry.com, city directories, and google searches and have tracked down who some of these people were and their descendants. I was able to make prints for them. They were amazed that I had found them and these images of their families. Most had never seen the pictures before, although I did find one woman who had that very print on her dresser.