box of diffraction color photographs
Date: circa 1906
Inventory Number: 2007-1-0023
Classification: Photographic Plates
Subject:
Maker: Frederic Eugene Ives (1856 - 1937)
Cultural Region:
Dimensions:
box: 8.4 x 7.4 x 0.3 cm (3 5/16 x 2 15/16 x 1/8 in.)
Description:
An ensemble of five diffraction color photographs are found in a small cardboard box. Feint pictures of still lifes can be seen printed on the glass plates. The glass plates are stored in a box in which a wooden plate holder has been fit.
Signedon all five glass plates: DIFFRACTION COLOR PHOTOGRAPH. / R. W. WOOD'S PATENT NO. 555,983, MARCH 29, 1904. / HERBERT IVES' " " 817,569, APRIL 10, 1906. / F. E. IVES' " " 432,530, JULY 22, 1890.
inside the box's cover, printed on paper: DIFFRACTION COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS. / R. W. WOOD'S PATENT NO. 555,983, MARCH 29, 1904. / HERBERT IVES' " " 817,569, APRIL 10, 1906. / F. E. IVES' " " 432,530, JULY 22, 1890. / F. E. IVES' MULTIPLE SLIT DIFFRACTION CHROMOSCOPE / PATENTS PENDING.
inside the box's cover, printed on paper: DIFFRACTION COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS. / R. W. WOOD'S PATENT NO. 555,983, MARCH 29, 1904. / HERBERT IVES' " " 817,569, APRIL 10, 1906. / F. E. IVES' " " 432,530, JULY 22, 1890. / F. E. IVES' MULTIPLE SLIT DIFFRACTION CHROMOSCOPE / PATENTS PENDING.
Inscribedinside the box's cover, printed on paper: Chromoscope lenses can be taken out (first removing brass plate on left side) and cleaned with a soft linen handkerchief. Colors will not be correct unless lenses are replaced as marked. Eyepiece lenses and slit must also be correctly placed. / To use the Diffraction Chromoscope in daylight, it must be placed close to a window where there is a sky exposure, and window shade should be drawn down to below level of the eyes, but without shading the bottom of the chromoscope. Avoid direct sunlight. A special illuminator with Welsbach gas burner is provided for night use.
Curatorial RemarksIves's papers are at the Smithsonian Institution, Lemelson Center.