"The Two Bills' Show" printed from a very rare and very old 6ft.x16in. negative.
“This is the most complete photograph ever taken of the show.” – Paul Fees- Curator of the Buffalo Bill Museum- Cody, WY
The original photograph was taken in Albany New York in May of 1912 with a 16” Cirkut camera. This was one of Eastman Kodak’s first panoramic cameras and only 93 of them were ever produced and less than a handful exist today. Each Print is being produced using an intensive darkroom process that is as close the original process as possible. The value of this photograph is based solely on our ability to extract a limited number of prints from this extremely old and rare 6ft. x 16in. negative. Digital technology has made darkroom development, printing and the supplies necessary to do so nearly obsolete.
Prints are unframed and offered in Black & White or Brown Toned.
Paper: Ilford Multigrade RC Warmtone Pearl Finish / Finished Size: 69 in. X 14 ½ in.
Developer: Ilford / Fixer: Ilford / Toner: Kodak Professional Brown Toner
*Although it looks like the group was in a straight line they were actually in a semi-circle with the camera and photographer in the middle.
