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Notes on this view:

Notice the subject’s contemporary hairstyle and dress; this image was printed in 2007. Although gum dichromate printing reached the height of its popularity in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, contemporary examples of the process do exist. Gum printing enjoyed a revival in the 1960’s and 1970’s, and many photography curriculums continue to include the process. Traditionally the process has been called Gum Bichromate, but due to changes in chemical nomenclature, dichromate is the more accurate term.