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Vintage: Midwest (1910s) Glass photo negatives

16 September 2019 0

Collection of antique glass plate negatives found by William Creswell. Most of these supposedly date from around 1913 and originate in the Midwest. At least one clue places these images in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area.

Vintage: Glass Plate Negatives of Norfolk, Virginia (1919)

6 August 2019 0

In the 1980’s 46 glass plate negatives were found in the attic of a Norfolk home. The plates measured 8.5” x 6.5”. Through the generous support of the Norfolk Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Old Dominion University, and Colorcraft…

Vintage: Midwest (1910s) Antique glass photo negatives

20 July 2019 0

Vintage: Glass Plate Negatives of Norfolk, Virginia (1919)

2 June 2019 0

Vintage: Glass plate negative Family Portraits by Michael Miley Studio (early XX Century)

4 March 2019 0

Michael Miley (1841-1918) was a popular commercial photographer based in Lexington, Virginia. He is acclaimed for bringing artistry to the medium of photography and often sought to capture his subjects in more candid poses.

Vintage: Portraits of American Ladies by Mathew Brady (1863)

8 December 2018 0

During the Civil War, Mathew Brady and his associates traveled throughout the eastern part of the country, capturing the effects of the War through photographs of people, towns, and battlefields. Additionally, Brady kept studios in Washington, DC and New York…

Vintage: Glass negatives by Frederick Danvers Power (1898 – 1926)

17 July 2018 0

Frederick Danvers Power (1861-1955 ) was born in England and educated at Malvern College, the Royal School of Mines, London, and the Mining Academy, Clausthal in Germany. In 1884 he migrated to Australia where he settled, initially in Melbourne, pursuing…

Vintage: Portraits of American Ladies by Mathew Brady (1863)

1 July 2018 0

Vintage: Glass Plate Negatives of Carole Lombard (1930s)

4 April 2018 0

Carole Lombard (1908 – 1942) was born into a wealthy family in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but was raised in Los Angeles by her single mother. At 12, she was recruited by the film director Allan Dwan and made her screen…

Vintage: Daguerreotype Portraits of People born in the late 18th Century (1700s)

14 January 2018 0

Photo collection of mid XIX century Victorian Era Daguerreotype Portraits of People born in the late 18th century (1700s). From the collection of Jesse Cress at flickr

Vintage Daguerreotype portraits from XIX Century (1844 – 1860)

24 November 2017 0

Mathew B. Brady (1822 – 1896) was one of the first American photographers, who pioneered the daguerreotype technique in America. Brady opened his own studio in New York in 1844, and photographed Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams, among other…

Daguerreotype Portraits of Ladies born in the late 18th century (1700s)

26 August 2017 0

Photo collection of mid XIX century Victorian Era Daguerreotype Portraits of Ladies born in the late 18th century (1700s). via jessecollectorfreak @ Flickr

Vintage: Glass Plate Collection from the Illinois State Journal (1929 – 1936)

19 July 2017 0

Raymond Hodde was the Illinois State Journal’s first staff photographer. He began taking pictures for the newspaper in 1929, just a year after Col. Ira Copley bought the Journal and put into place a plan to modernize it and update…

Vintage: Glass Plate Collection from the Illinois State Journal (1929 – 1936)

19 May 2017 0

Vintage Daguerreotype portraits from XIX Century (1844 – 1860)

29 April 2017 0

Vintage Glass Plate diptych portraits of Women & Girls (1904-1917)

17 April 2017 0

Collection of early 20th century Glass Plate negative diptych portraits of Women & Girls from David Knights-Whittome Photographic Archive 1904-1917.

Vintage Glass Plate images of Streets from Sydney City (1900s)

30 January 2017 0

The year 1840 was the final year of convict transportation to Sydney, which by this time had a population of 35,000. The municipal council of Sydney was incorporated in 1842 and became Australia’s first city.Gold was discovered in the colony…

Victorian Era Ambrotype Portraits of Children (1850s and 1860s)

7 January 2017 0

Photo collection of mid XIX century Victorian Era Ambrotype Portraits of Children (1850s and 1860s). From the collection of Lisby @ Flickr.

Vintage: Glass Plate negatives of Snow in Australia (1900s)

1 December 2016 0

The alpine region of Australia stretches through New South Wales and into Victoria. In NSW the Snowy Mountains region is home to good snowfalls from June through to September and to Australia’s highest mountain – Mount Kosciuszko – which at…

Vintage: Bedouins in Egypt, the Sinai, Palestine and Jerusalem from 1898

25 November 2016 0

Photo collection of black and white glass-plate photographs of Bedouins in Egypt, the Sinai, Palestine and Jerusalem from 1898 taken by American Colony Photo Department. The American Colony Photo Department began in 1898, under the eye of its founder Elijah…

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Vintage: Midwest (1910s) Glass photo negatives

Vintage: Glass Plate Negatives of Norfolk, Virginia (1919)

Vintage: Midwest (1910s) Antique glass photo negatives

Vintage: Glass Plate Negatives of Norfolk, Virginia (1919)

Vintage: Glass plate negative Family Portraits by Michael Miley Studio (early XX Century)

Vintage: Portraits of American Ladies by Mathew Brady (1863)

Vintage: Glass negatives by Frederick Danvers Power (1898 – 1926)

Vintage: Portraits of American Ladies by Mathew Brady (1863)

Vintage: Glass Plate Negatives of Carole Lombard (1930s)

Vintage: Daguerreotype Portraits of People born in the late 18th Century (1700s)

Vintage Daguerreotype portraits from XIX Century (1844 – 1860)

Daguerreotype Portraits of Ladies born in the late 18th century (1700s)

Vintage: Glass Plate Collection from the Illinois State Journal (1929 – 1936)

Vintage: Glass Plate Collection from the Illinois State Journal (1929 – 1936)

Vintage Daguerreotype portraits from XIX Century (1844 – 1860)

Vintage Glass Plate diptych portraits of Women & Girls (1904-1917)

Vintage Glass Plate images of Streets from Sydney City (1900s)

Victorian Era Ambrotype Portraits of Children (1850s and 1860s)

Vintage: Glass Plate negatives of Snow in Australia (1900s)

Vintage: Bedouins in Egypt, the Sinai, Palestine and Jerusalem from 1898

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