Photographic Prints!
All photographic prints are processed in our darkroom
using Ilford Resin coated, "Pearl" or similar surface
paper. It is a medium grade paper with a surface that
looks glossy but provides a low glare reflective sheen.
Digital Prints
Our standard digital images are printed on a glossy
surface 8 1/2" X 11" paper with a 1/4" border. The
actual image will be a fixed 10.5" wide with varying
height as most railroad views are of horizontal subjects.
Many digital JPEG files are of sufficient density to make
larger 11" X 14"-17" prints. Please ask concerning a
particular image if it is not stated in heading.
Digital Print Quality!
All Yesteryear Depot digital prints are run for us by a
commercial company using a Xerox DocuColor 12 digital
printer/copier system. The image, up to 600 X 600 dpi,
is transfered onto a glossy or matt paper surface using
6-micron size color spectrum toner crystals for extreme
accuracy. The surface is then heat treated and hardened
during final processing. Thus, the image is permanently
stable and the print surface is both moisture resistant
and protected from normal environmental degradation.
Yesteryear Depot is paying three times what the average
ink-jet print would cost if we were to do it ourselves.
We make this commitment, however, to give our customers
the latest and best in digital quality imaging available.
Digital JPEG Files
In addition to digital prints a 250 - 350 dpi JPEG file,
sufficient to produce an 8 1/2" X 11" quality print, is
also available for all images at $3.00 each.
POTOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
What makes a print unique and gives it "value" is that
there is only one such original negative or view from
which to make each print and only so much production
time to process them. Such is the case for any view
produced in our darkroom.
DIGITAL IMAGE PRINTS - In the case of digital prints,
we are not selling it at any potential value of or
by itself. What we are selling is our production and
processing time and that we have the right to sell
you that print.
Remember, all of the prints we sell, whether based on
negative or digital image, began with the view the
photographer saw. It is his or her captured scene of
a moment in time.
ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS - When we sell a print, unless we
specifically state otherwise, it is made from the original
negative which captured the view. That does not mean the
print was necessarily processed by the original photographer.
Note - Unlike color negatives, a black & white negative
does not change much except if its surface is attacked by
some external agent. Therefore, realistically, an original
print is an original print, no matter when it was printed.
DIGITAL IMAGES - When we sell a print made from a digital
image, that 250 - 350 dpi image was produced using a first
generation print in all cases unless otherwise stated.
FINAL PRINT RECEIVED - The print that you receive may
not necessarily be the "exact" image you see on the screen. It
will be close. As each print is made individually from the
negative or the JPEG file as presented in the digital image,
it may have slightly more or less print information at the
edges. We are working with 250 dpi or better master JPEG
files (better than the 100 dpi files you view) and a 5" X 8",
large format, cantankerous, enlarger. Reproducing the exact
same view time after time is (for us anyway) not possible!
PRINT QUALITY - For the most part, we are selling views
which are 50 to 125 years old. We try to print to the level
of quality the original negative or print will deliver. We
can not, however, be responsible for spots, stains, streaks,
or other irregularities in the media from which the views
are processed. These are antiques with flaws in many cases.
Some are works of art, some are just pictures and some are
record shots of history.
DISCLAIMER - All prints offered through Yesteryear Depot
are from my personal collection (Rick Hamman) or those of
my friends. All prints are either offered because I have
the rights, title and/or use of the original negative or
print, or because they are beyond the life of any potential
copyrights held. This includes those cases where the
negative is lost, where the photographer is unknown, and
where public domain is assumed. That being said, I make
every effort to comply with copyright law and to protect
private collections and original photographers still
alive.
No rights are implied, warrantied or transferred by the
purchase of photographic or digital prints. I retain all
original sources from which prints were made and/or the
negatives or positives which made them.
OUR GOAL - Our business is to make a few dollars which
will support the continued research, documentation, sharing
and distribution of all railroad things historic. We are
committed to our pocketbook, but even more so, the
preservation of railroad history.
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