Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:10:30 -0500 Message-ID: <AANLkTimfxLtV-FqbkATBiW1Se6nCP2-ueqPDp1dZFGn3@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Question old glass negatives From: Russell Hanson <riverroadrambler@gmail.com>
Many scanners allow you to scan negatives directly. This is a cheap, easy
and good way to get them done--and you have a digital version when you are
finished. You can use the scanner software to change the negative to a
positive and then print it or store it on your computer. Since large
negatives are usually very fine resolution, you should scan them at a very
high resolution. We have a volunteer who does this for our negatives--film
or glass. My scanner, that cost less than $100, has this capability and I
have done many glass negatives with it with excellent results.
Russ Hanson
Luck Area Historical Society
Luck Wisconsin
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 2:55 PM, <TNCMCD@aol.com> wrote:
> Our museum has just been given approx. 80 glass negatives. Does anyone
> know how we get these developed, the value of this collection, and whether
> we should get them developed at all?
> They are all dated either 1919 or 1920 and are taken by a local pioneer
> business owner when he was in the service, during World War I, and stationed
> all over the world but most particularly in Russia and Siberia. They look
> quite fascinating as we view them ourselves.
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Stone Lake Area Historical Society
>