The international photographer (Jan-Dec 1934)

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Purity takes on a new meaning the moment raw materials enter the plant. The "beater" preparing the pulp to be made into photographic paper is lined with white tile; all parts are kept polished and spotlessly clean, and even the air is washed before it is allowed in. stant sprinkling of the plant's paved streets, and in many related precautions that would surprise persons familiar with other industries that need to be less meticulous. Cleanlin e s s, orderliness, exacting care — "good housekeeping" — yet withal an easy smoothness that impresses visitors as the acme of quiet efficiency — that is the composite picture carried away from this House of Ten Billion Pictures. From Kodak Park a constant stream of photographic material flows forth : film to record the pleasures of family life and the growth of children; the medium for portrait photographers and commercial photographers requiring many different types of film and paper for their varied work ; two hundred thousand miles of motion picture film annually ; home movie film ; x-ray film for diagnosis of human infirmities, x-ray film to reveal flaws in the structural materials of an exacting industrial age; photographic materials for photo-engravers, bankers, astronomers, aviators, draftsmen, detectives, experts in microscopic work and the men behind almost any other human activity. Four Photography could not retain confidence as an important medium if the materials were not entirely dependable. That is why Kodak Park is a battlefront against impurity. "Good Housekeeping" as a term to describe Kodak Park should be construed in its larger sense. Cleanliness is only part of it — although the immaculateness of the House of Kodak would put the most fussy New England housewife to shame. "Good housekeeping" denotes orderliness, exacting care in every big and little operation in the involved processes of manufacture. The making of test-tube products in trainload lots requires care that reaches into the quality of every piece of machinery and every part, every tool that the workmen use, the clothing they wear, their bodily health, their peace of mind, the very air they breathe. Three switch engines operate in Kodak Park to shuttle freight cars hither and yon. Dust and smoke are taboo on the grounds, so these engines burn neither coal nor oil. Their boilers are partly filled with water ; then super-heated steam from the power house is forced into the boilers under pressure. The water generates into steam — and the boilers are charged for several hours' work, with no smoke nor any cinders to escape. Then there is the air-washing process. Air is purified before it Baryta coating which is being prepared in this kettle is about the "whitest white" that the eye and the chemist can conceive. It is applied in varying number of coats depending largely upon the surface desired. In picture 3 you see the paper — now coated — emerging from the long drying tunnels.