Early Photography Question???
 

Posted By: <b>Ralph</b><p>Just wondering about the negatives back in the early 1880's.My question is this:Were'nt the negatives made from glass? I know someone who has many of old glass negatives of Baseball players & other famous places.I have tried to buy but he refuses to sell & I won't give his name out because I will be selfish here & try to maybe one day grab one of those neggy's but I would like to know if they are legit or not.I have seen one that is a neggy of The Old Man of the Mountains & it was dated 1896.<br />Thanks.

Early Photography Question???
 

Posted By: <b>D Brown</b><p>I would bet that they're lantern slides -- mass produced -- not original negatives. Tons of lantern slides around, they were like stereo views, a way of seeing the world in the pre-TV, pre picture-press era. (Never seen any baseball ones -- anyone else?)<br /><br />Glass negatives were used between the 1850s and the 1920s, though had started to go out of use by the very early 1900s with the invention of the Kodak & etc. Lantern slides had a briefer flowering.<br /><br />David<br />

Early Photography Question???
 

Posted By: <b>Ralph</b><p>Thanks for the reply,the Baseball ones were player's from minor league teams & they are beautiful as they look like etchings.I'll have to do more research into these,again thanks for that info <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>