William Augustus Leggo, inventor of the "Leggotype" or "Photo-electrotype" process (1 digital object(s)) Archives / Collections and Fonds

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William Augustus Leggo, inventor of the "Leggotype" or "Photo-electrotype" process

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Ralph Greenhill collection

William Augustus Leggo, inventor of the "Leggotype" or "Photo-electrotype" process
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William Augustus Leggo, inventor of the "Leggotype" or "Photo-electrotype" process

Date:

1871

Reference:

Box number: 5519

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3191994

Date(s):

1871

Bilingual equivalent:

See French record description

Place:

Montreal, Quebec,

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 photograph: leggotype; 12.5 x 17.0 cm.
Photo-mechanical processes - leggotype

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

Item consists of a photograph of William Augustus Leggo, inventor of the "Leggotype" or "Photo-electrotype" process

Additional information:

General note:

Described by the MSTRSLID project.
William Leggo invented the Leggotype process in the 1860s, one of the first successful methods for reproducing photographs using a printing press. This image is an example of his patented process. The invention of this type of printing signalled the beginning of mass-produced commercial illustration.

Availability of other formats note:

Slide no.: 1824

Subject heading:

Instruments - Photographic

Leggo, William Augustus, (1830-1915)

Services - Photographic - Leggotype

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

1971-262 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation 90 Open]
To be viewed with the assistance of a photo archivist.

Box [GREENHILL, RALPH 1971-262] 5519

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1971-262 NPC] C-079300

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. no. 1971-262, C-079300
Restrictions on use: Nil
Copyright: Expired

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