Chemicals - Antique and Vintage Cameras

Hyposulphite of Soda

Marion & Co.

London

England

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Notes:
Address: 22 & 23 Soho Sq.

Alum Pulv.

Marion & Co.

London

England

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Notes:
Address: 22 & 23 Soho Sq.

Extra Hard Varnish

Mawson & Swan

Newcastle-on-Tyne

England

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Pure Plumbago

George Knight & Sons

London

England

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Used in making electrotypes. Contained in wooden box.

Notes:
Address: 2 Foster Lane, London.

Schering's Pyrogallic Acid

E. Schering

Berlin

Germany

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Blue bottle.

References & Notes:
BJA 1890, p. 215. BJA 1912, p. 377.

Certinal

Ilford Ltd

Ilford

England

Developer for plates and films.
3 oz bottle. Price 2/3. Box.

References & Notes:
Ilford Plates & Films (1930), pp. 22, xii.

ID.2

Ilford Ltd

Ilford

England

Developer for plates and films. Metol Hydroquinone.
Tin. Price 2/-. Box.

Selo M Q Developer

Ilford Ltd

Ilford

England

Metol Hydroquinone.
Packet.

Caustic Soda Sticks

J. Fallowfield

London

England

Jar of Caustic Soda Sticks. Charing Cross address.

Caustic soda (sodium hydrate) was used as an accelerator in developers.

References & Notes:
Cyclopedia of Photography, p. 499.

Johnson's Metol Quinol

Johnson & Sons Manufacturing Chemists Ltd

London

England

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Developer for bromide and gaslight paper, plates and films. Metol Hydroquinone. Intended for amateur use. Pactum branding started around 1947.

  • Packet.
  • Packet. Later packaging.
  • Packet. Pactum packaging.

References & Notes:
BJA 1915, p. 938.

Scaloids

Johnson & Sons Manufacturing Chemists Ltd

London

England

  • Pyro-Metol. To make 20 oz of developer. Consists of four tubes - two of No.1 and two of No.2. Price 1/6. Box. 26 Cross St. address.
  • Pyro-Soda. To make 40 oz of developer. Consists of four tubes - two of No.1 and two of No.2. Box. 26 Cross St. address.
  • Amidol. To make 22 oz of developer. Consists of four tubes - two of No.1 and two of No.2. Box. 23 Cross St. address.
  • Platinum Toning. To make 16 oz. Consists of tablets in a tube. For use with Matt, P.O.P and Collodio Chloride papers giving rich tones from sepia to warm black.

Scaloid brand products were sold as compressed tablets.

References & Notes:
BJA 1909, p. 1136. BJA 1917, p. 669. N&G Cat. 1908, p. 134.

Acid-Hypo Fixing

Johnsons of Hendon Ltd

London

England

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250 gram tin.

Wellington Mezzotint Developer

Wellington & Ward Ltd

Elstree

England

Consists of two packets, to make 10 oz.

Evanite Metol Quinol Developer

Evans, Sons, Lescher & Webb

Liverpool

England

Metol Quinol developing powders for bromide and gaslight papers, plates and films.

Illingworth's Slogas Developer

T. Illingworth & Co. Ltd

London

England

For Slogas gaslight and bromide papers, plates and films. Manufactured by Johnson & Sons.

The amount of water in which the powder is dissolved varies dependent on whether plates, bromide paper or gaslight paper is being developed.

Soloid

Burroughs Wellcome & Co.

England

Green stain. Instructions, box.

References & Notes:
Westminster Annual 1939, p. 132.

Brownie Tank and Box Developer

Kodak Ltd

London

England

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Developing powder.

Potassium Ferricyanide

Boots

England

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Used in toning bromide prints, reducing negatives and in some printing processes.

Pakol

White Band & Co.

England

Amidol developer. Box.

Notes:
Address: Progress Works, South Croydon.

Tabloid

Burroughs Wellcome & Co.

England

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  • Pyro-soda developer. Consists of two jars - Pyro-gallic acid and Soda compound - each containing 40 tablets. Box. Two examples.
  • Rytol developer. Consists of two jars each containing 25 tablets. Instructions, box. Two examples.
  • Blue toner. Consists of two tubes. Box.
  • Tints: Green, Blue, Red, Yellow. With instructions, in boxes. For colouring prints, lantern slides and cine films.
  • Chromium Intensifier. With instructions, in box. Two examples.
  • Ortol developer. Consists of jar and phial. With instructions, in blue box.
  • Metol Quinol developer. Consists of jar and phial. With instructions, in blue box.
  • Quinol developer. Consists of jar and phial.
  • Chromium Intensifier. With instructions, in blue box.

Rytol was a universal developer giving soft well graded negatives. Blue toner was for toning bromide and gaslight prints and lantern slides.

References & Notes:
BJA 1921, p. 625. Sinclair Cat. p. 63. BJA 1947, pp. 364, 365. N&G Cat. p. 135. Welcome Diary 1931, pp. 27, 52.

Primus Bromide Outfit

W. Butcher & Sons

London

England

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Comprises:
Amidol developer.
Blue toner.
Copper toner.
Acid hypo, alum toner.
Hypo fixer.
Alum.
Instructions, box.

For processing bromide prints and lantern slides. The price was 1/-.

References & Notes:
Photographic Fashions, p. 118.

Serchol

1918

W. Butcher & Sons Ltd

London

England

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Metol substitute.

Serchol was a developing agent introduced during the First World War as a substitute for Metol.

References & Notes:
BJP 24/5/1918, p. 240. Woolley Cat. p. 142.

Potassium Dichromate

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Jar containing potassium dichromate, 4" x 2" diameter.

Used in carbon printing and similar processes.

Hyposulphite of soda

Bag of crystals.

ID. 42R Replenisher

Ilford Ltd

Ilford

England

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To make 1 gallon. Box only.

Photographic Hypo

Unused boxes for Hypo, these are only printed with the wording 'Photographic Hypo' with a space for the retailer to add their details. Four examples.

Photographic and other chemicals

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  • Potassium dichromate
  • Potassium nitrate
  • Potassium ferrocyanide
  • Potassium alum
  • Potassium permanganate
  • Potassium sodium tartrate
  • Ammonium chloride
  • Barium sulphate
  • Calcium acetate
  • Manganese dioxide
  • Sodium sulphate
  • Lead oxide
  • Carbon
  • Napthaline

Uranium Intensifier

Johnsons of Hendon Ltd

London

England

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100 cc bottle.

Uranium intensifier was for improving thin negatives.

Sepia Toner

Eastman Kodak Co.

Rochester

USA

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1 quart size. Two solutions in packets to be mixed together.

Film and Plates

Agfa

Autotype

Barnet

Dufay

Ensign

Gevaert

Granville

Guilleminot

Ilford plates & paper

Ilford roll-film

Illingworth

Imperial

Kodak paper

Kodak plates

Kodak roll-film & film-packs

Leto

Lumière

Lumière Autochrome

Paget

Paget Duplicating Method

Polaroid

Wellington

Miscellaneous paper

Miscellaneous plates & film

Miscellaneous roll-film

Disc & Cartridges

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