Negative from 1905

[Jim Burk]

My mother brought me an old negative. It was taken in New Westminster, Canada in about 1905 of my grandfather's family. The negative itself is just under 10"x12", while the actual image is about 6.7" x 9.4".

This appears to be an odd size to me, but may haver been a standard back then. Does anybody have any info about this size?

She also brought many pictures, from 1889 to just after WWI. Some were taken in Egypt of Canadian and Scottish soldiers. Most were family "Snapshots".

[Jason_1622]

You should scan them and show them!

[Andrew O'Neill]

Would love to see them. The one taken in New Westminster... can you see any buildings, etc. in it? New Westminster is just up the road from me. The photos taken in Egypt are of historical significance. You may want to contact the Canadian War Museum... WarMuseum.ca

[Peter K]

This appears to be an odd size to me, but may haver been a standard back then. Does anybody have any info about this size?
If the negative is a wet collodion there was no need for standard size. Later gelatine dry plates where made in standard sizes like 8x10" etc.

Peter

[Jim Burk]

The picture looks like a posed studio shot. The negative is notched, so I thought it was a production piece of film. What seems strange is that the image is such a small part of the negative, as though it was a picture of a picture! Early attempt at copying? School starts next week so I will take this in and ask some of the professors.

I will try to scan in some of the military shots and contact the museum.

[Ernest Purdum]

10" X 12" was one of the very many plate sizes still available well into dryplate times. I have a 1900 Hyatt's catalogue listing twenty-four sizes from 2 1/2" by 2 1/2" to 20" X 24". The last size cost twenty 1900 Dollars for a dozen plates.

[Robert Oliver]

maybe it's a long lost ansel adams neg!

[Andre Noble]

Alfred Stieglitz's more likely.