Vintage Glass Plate Negatives

**Cameron Cornell** · 11-Apr-2018, 14:18

April 11, 2018

What follows are images from a haul of 4x5 and 5x7 glass plate negatives made in Maine in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. A colleague of mine gave them to me. They were made by her great grandfather.

I don't know if our forum has a thread where people are sharing images made from old glass plate negatives. If not, I'd love to see other people contribute images here. I once was the printer for the photo archive of the Western History Collection at the University of Oklahoma. For $4 an hour, I made prints from 19th and early 20th Century glass plates made in the "Old West." We had a few plates as large as 20x24". I love this stuff, and I'd love to see what you folks might have sitting around your own little home archives.

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Cameron Cornell
Washington State
www.analogportraiture.com

**Cameron Cornell** · 11-Apr-2018, 14:24

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Cameron Cornell
Washington State
www.analogportraiture.com

**Cameron Cornell** · 11-Apr-2018, 14:27

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Cameron Cornell
Washington State
www.analogportraiture.com

**Cameron Cornell** · 11-Apr-2018, 14:29

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Cameron Cornell
Washington State
www.analogportraiture.com

**Cameron Cornell** · 11-Apr-2018, 14:34

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Cameron Cornell
Washington State
www.analogportraiture.com

**Jac@stafford.net** · 11-Apr-2018, 15:07

One from my box of odds.

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**Steven Ruttenberg** · 11-Apr-2018, 15:56

These are all quite cool.

**RedGreenBlue** · 11-Apr-2018, 15:58

Originally Posted by Cameron Cornell

I love this stuff, and I'd love to see what you folks might have sitting around your own little home archives.

Me too. You found some super negatives. Here's a scan from a 5x7 glass plate negative. I think it was probably made with a Simon Wing Ajax or New Gem multiplying camera.

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Scott

**Tin Can** · 11-Apr-2018, 16:22

You guys have a gold mine.

Some of us have been posting old glass negs willy-nilly. Maybe we have a dedicated thread and we need to merge.

I shot a couple 100-year-old NOS 5X7 plates a few months ago and posted somewhere.

Here's my hat on a stick, barely visible. Took a lot of light Shot on

5 by moe.randy, on Flickr

We also have Nodda Duma manufacturing and selling quality NEW GLASS PLATES.

We welcome your additions.

websize #1 5X7 plate invert PS BW by moe.randy, on Flickr