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A TRUE 1 HORSE POWER and its replacement

By Dan Steinhoff

New Ashford, Massachusetts 01237

After many months of fruitless searching for a historical background photo for another future article, I was referred to a Mr. Elliot Allison of Dublin, New Hampshire. By telephone a visit was arranged.

Mr. Allison, a remarkable gentleman in his 80s, and a veteran of World War I, had the photo I needed and many more interesting early photos and glass plate negatives leading to this short article.

His father, a Dublin businessman and a member of the State Legislature, was a very active photographer in the 1880s and 1900 era when glass plates (to which you applied the light-absorbing chemicals just before you took the picture) were in use. This collection of glass negatives is in excellent condition. They deteriorate or fade if not properly protected and stored; therefore, each plate was individua...

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