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Definition: IVORYTYPE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A picture produced by superposing a very light print, rendered translucent by varnish, and tinted upon the back, upon a stronger print, so as to give the effect of a photograph in natural colors; -- called also hellenotype.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Ivorytype" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: IVORYTYPE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A picture produced by superposing a very light print, rendered translucent by varnish, and tinted upon the back, upon a stronger print, so as to give the effect of a photograph in natural colors; -- called also hellenotype.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "IVORYTYPE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)