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glass plate negatives

August 6, 2015, Filed Under: Conservation, Photography

Un resultado positivo para un negativo en placa de vidrio

The glass plate negative of the Rialto Theater before treatment, broken into two pieces.

Antes de la invención de materiales plásticos, el vidrio y el papel eran los materiales principales para producir negativos en blanco y negro. Las placas de vidrio con emulsión de gelatina fueron producidas desde finales del siglo diecinueve (XIX) hasta mediados del siglo veinte (XX). La transparencia del vidrio facilitó

August 6, 2015, Filed Under: Conservation, Photography

A positive outcome for a glass plate negative

Photograph of the Rialto Theatre in New York City, taken around 1920 by White Studio.

Before the invention of plastics, glass and paper were used to produce black and white photographic negatives. Glass plates with gelatin emulsion were produced from the late- nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth century. The transparency of glass made the plates very

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