Message-ID: <4C72F22E.1000300@wi.rr.com> Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:11:58 -0500 From: Vern Magee <vmagee@wi.rr.com> Subject: Re: Question old glass negatives
I know just a little about them...someone saw some advertised on Ebay
that were photos of the Lake Geneva area. I didn't want to pay what
they were asking and waited until the bidding was over and eventually
purchased them for half the price they were asking. This was recently
and I have not had a chance to do anything with them. A retired local
photographer said he has a way of printing them in probably an 8 x10
size. I intend to look at them closely and print a few. I know the
Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay has the second largest collection of
glass negatives. I believe the Smithsonian has the largest. They have
some framed between glass and they are quite attractive, however I have
been told that could ruin them in time being exposed to the light. I
think I will find some that I don't care about and frame them like that
just for interest and display. If I get to this project soon, I will
report about the printing and framing. There are always too many things
to do, as many of you already know....
Vern Magee, President
Geneva Lake Museum
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