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Position:Home>Visual Arts> Were glass plates ever made as positives?Question: Were glass plates ever made as positives!? My mother sent me two glass plates that aren't negatives, they are positives!. They have some pretty good detail!. The images seem to depict the realist era of painters (i!.e!. looks like a reproduction of a painting), late 1800s to early 1900s!. Were these common and what do you call them!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Very common!. They are most likely Magic Lantern slides!. They were made and sold for decades!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Perhaps they were made to be projected or viewed through a viewer!. Www@QuestionHome@Com It could be an ambrotype, the time frame and description are right!.Www@QuestionHome@Com They were made by contact copy of glass negative and probably made by George Eastman Co!. better known as KodakWww@QuestionHome@Com |