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Mike,

The backgrounds were masked out using a very fine paint brush, and steady
hand, on the negatives so when they were printed, these masked areas
remained white. The liquid we used for this was called opaque fluid. These
days we use Photoshop for the same technique.

I have attached a modern sample.

Thanks,

Richard D. Shell
ShellScale Decals

Moderator:
 http://nwhs.org/mailinglist/2015/20150226.ho167photo.jpg

In a message dated 2/25/2015 10:31:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

 How did they take photos of the steam locomotives with an apparent white
background?
Thanks,
Mike Shockley
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