I agree Paul. I think we are in a very different world though today, compared to the heady days of 2000, in terms of the internet.
Certainly, I think those with interest in seeing information about wet plate (and large format) surviving should be doing what they can to preserve things. For example - does the owner or any of our mods keep a backup of this forum separate from the hosting service?
PS:
https://web.archive.org/web/20191118...collodion.com/
Obviously this doesn't really work but just pointing out that "archiving" does exist and can be done today, if you find valuable information, though in a less-than-deal solution for many applications.
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