T206 Ghosts... on the front!

[mrvster]

all my years....never seen one

[steve B]

I must admit I'm a bit lost on that one. I've never seen that, even on modern cards or other printed stuff.

I have a few theories , but nothing I'd feel confident enough about to put out there.

Maybe after I've given it some more thought.

Steve B

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by steve B

I must admit I'm a bit lost on that one. I've never seen that, even on modern cards or other printed stuff.

I have a few theories , but nothing I'd feel confident enough about to put out there.

Maybe after I've given it some more thought.

Steve B

Hey, if you are confident enough to send these theories to me in an email, please do....most of what we have regarding the printing process is theory anyway.

Scott <=== feeling relief after escaping inexplicable urge to post in the memorabilia forum.

[steve B]

I actually found a great resource, a book about plate lithography originally published in 1917, and having a 1922 version online.

It was made for lithographers to help them transition to the then new technology. It's a bit dry reading (Read anyone but me will be bored into a coma) And very technical, including recepies for some of the chemical processes.

And it's got an entire chapter on making transfers to use in laying out plates, one of the areas I wasn't familiar with.

Not so much theory as just learning the old ways.

There's a link to the book in the T205 thread.

Steve B