Figure 1.-- This English square snapshot was taken in 1958. Notice the wide white margins. We belive thesecsquare prints were most popukar in the 1950s-70, but we are still working on the chrnology. |
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There were many different shapes. One of the most popular shapes was the basic post card rectangular shape which was popular from the 1900s. Thos was in large part because of the popularity of postcards. Virtually all photographic prints were rectangular. Squares are a form of rectangle. There are virtually no round or oval prints. This is because only rectangles use all the area of photographic paper. If you sgoot rounds and ivals ou wouldnot be using the full sheet--meaning wasting areas of expensive photographic paper. Now while virtually all prints were rectangles, rectangles can have various dimentions. By far the most common rectangle was the basic 3 in x 5 in postcard shape. Two larger dimebsuins were the related 5 in 7 in and 8 in X 10 in. This was largely based on popular sizes of photographic papers. We see square prints becoming popular in the 1950s. In merica this was the result of the popular, easy to use new Bronie Camera. We suspect the same thing was occuring in Britain.
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