Images from vintage glass plates, any size

[Don Dudenbostel]

I thought it might be interesting to see some vintage images from glass plates. I'll kick it off with photo's my dad made in Europe during WWII. I remember him telling me he had a folding Agfa plate camera. My dad is actually the person up the telephone pole and front and center in the two groups.

[Don Dudenbostel]

Here are a few more.

[Don Dudenbostel]

Here's a neg that I've had for years but can't remember where it came from. It's a beautiful 8x10 glass plate.

[Thad Gerheim]

Do images from magic lantern glass slides count? I acquired a collection from a lady that lived in Portland Oregon. There are some from Asahel Curtis, Edward Curtis's brother. This one is of a climbing club on Mt. Baker. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52625886380_e731be007c_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2obnqyC)mtbaker mazamas copy (https://flic.kr/p/2obnqyC) by Thad Gerheim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/191162430@N03/), on Flickr

[Don Dudenbostel]

Absolutely they count. Let’s say any image on a piece of glass that’s at least 50 years old.

[Chauncey Walden]

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[Thad Gerheim]

A Beaver slide hay derrick in operation.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52626341181_c2a026eb5f_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2obpKL2)beaverslide copy (https://flic.kr/p/2obpKL2) by Thad Gerheim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/191162430@N03/), on Flickr

[Thad Gerheim]

Train along the Columbia River. Taken by Fred Kiser.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52626843195_99bc07f7cc_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2obsjZr)kiser train copy (https://flic.kr/p/2obsjZr) by Thad Gerheim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/191162430@N03/), on Flickr

[paulbarden]

From a glass (dry plate) negative I was given in 2018:
https://live.staticflickr.com/840/42415252364_86e7223c89_b.jpg

[Thad Gerheim]

Impressive horse and mule teams harvesting. I imagine they were really proud of them.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52627972980_34489850e9_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2oby7Qu)gharvest copy (https://flic.kr/p/2oby7Qu) by Thad Gerheim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/191162430@N03/), on Flickr

[neutron450]

Years ago I bought a box of vintage photo gear at a garage sale.
This young lady was tucked away in one of the plate holders.

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[Dugan]

This is a great thread, the images are wonderful!

[Jojje]

Here's an image I exposed with my Voigtländer Avus summer 2021 using Ilford HP3 plate pre 1944, sensitivity by now approx ISO 25.
(More in the link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jojjek/albums/72157720150824524/with/51368330607/234656

[EarlJam]

My great-grandmother, taken in the UK in the early part of the last century. 4x5

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[MultiFormat Shooter]

Here's an image I exposed with my Voigtländer Avus summer 2021 using Ilford HP3 plate pre 1944, sensitivity by now approx ISO 25.

Wow, I'm somewhat surprised. I tried some Kodak Plus-X pan roll film that expired in 1952, and the whole was a dark brown/black color...no images, edge markings, anything.

[Don Dudenbostel]

Here's an image I exposed with my Voigtländer Avus summer 2021 using Ilford HP3 plate pre 1944, sensitivity by now approx ISO 25.
(More in the link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jojjek/albums/72157720150824524/with/51368330607/234656

If I hadn’t seen the radar antenna on the top I’d believed it was a vintage image.

Beautiful images here. The tonality of these old images are beautiful.

[Thad Gerheim]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52630640091_7cd7d53ce2_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2obMMFa)working field copy (https://flic.kr/p/2obMMFa) by Thad Gerheim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/191162430@N03/), on Flickr

[Jojje]

Wow, I'm somewhat surprised. I tried some Kodak Plus-X pan roll film that expired in 1952, and the whole was a dark brown/black color...no images, edge markings, anything.

Once in a museum in the 90's we got a camera (Baby Box Tengor) with a film roll in it, I developed it and it had a bit more base fog but still good: apparently exposed in the 60's. Apparently glass plates protect themselves somehow, deterioration being only in the edges.

[Tin Can]

Perhaps this poster could find the many posted over time on our forum

I know I have a few scattered on this forum

I also have shot very old unexposed plates that may be of interest

These 120 year old NOS 5X7

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50980922867_8e1a5ba4a8.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/gp/tincancollege/Fz43tHe1oz)PS 1884 Standard Dry Plate Company 5X7 (https://www.flickr.com/gp/tincancollege/Fz43tHe1oz) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51132451833_a8889a38d2_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kUpbv8)HAT 1890 Glass NEg (https://flic.kr/p/2kUpbv8) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr

[Ray Marrero]

This image is from a 5x5 glass plate that I found in an antique store in Walla Walla, Wa. probably 20 years ago. This was the first in my collection of glass plates, tintypes, antique negatives and still my favourite. The unframed image is just me playing around with the collection, but with the same plate.