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Description: A green-ish booklet of watercolour papers. Stapled at the left side, the text on the front of the booklet reads “Nicholson’s Peerless Japanese Transparent Water Colors” (in a decorative font), “COMPLETE EDITION” “FIFTEEN COLORS” (on the right side), along the bottom “ “THE SELF-BINDING COLORS” ”. T…

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Description: A green-ish booklet of watercolour papers. Stapled at the left side, the text on the front of the booklet reads “Nicholson’s Peerless Japanese Transparent Water Colors” (in a decorative font), “COMPLETE EDITION” “FIFTEEN COLORS” (on the right side), along the bottom “ “THE SELF-BINDING COLORS” ”. There is a stamp of a mythical creature in black. On the back side of the booklet, “THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY” “PEERLESS” “JAPANESE TRANSPARENT WATER COLORS” “THE WORLD-FAMOUS” “SELF-BLENDING WATER COLORS”, a signature “Chas. F. Nicholson” in a fancy cursive font, and vertically along the spine “MADE IN U.S.A.” The inside of the booklet features many pages with information on the product, instructions to use, and a price sheet for more products. There are fifteen colours in the booklet, “BRILLIANT YELLOW” “DEEP YELLOW” “ORANGE YELLOW” “FLESH TINT” “GERANIUM PINK” “JAPONICA SCARLET” “ROYAL CRIMSON” “MAHOGANY BROWN” “SEPIA BROWN” “LIGHT GREEN” “DARK GREEN” “SKY BLUE” “DARK BLUE” “WISTARIA VIOLET” “PEARL GRAY”. In between each piece of watercolour paper, is a normal sheet of paper with information on each colour and Japanese (?) script. Some colours have been used, such as the yellows, greens and blues.

Subject: film photography; photography; lantern slides; photography accessory; Moore

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