From: "Kraushaar, Andy W - WHS" <Andy.Kraushaar@wisconsinhistory.org> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:56:48 -0500 Subject: RE: Question old glass negatives Message-ID: <488E289A5C909049B0E55F6B651B5B3501E8DA380C4D@MEWMAD0PC01G02.accounts.wistate.us>
If anyone on the list has specific questions about scanning glass plates ne
gatives for optimum quality I would be glad to answer any questions. We've
done quite a bit of this and have found a number of techniques that help to
get good scans. Most negatives will scan well using conventional technique
s but there are always a few that are very dense, either from over-exposure
or over development, that require a little bit more.
Andy Kraushaar
Visual Materials Curator
Library-Archives Division
Wisconsin Historical Society
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Subject: Question old glass negatives
Our museum has just been given approx. 80 glass negatives. Does anyone kno
w 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 bus
iness owner when he was in the service, during World War I, and stationed a
ll over the world but most particularly in Russia and Siberia. They look q
uite fascinating as we view them ourselves.
Thank you for your help.
Stone Lake Area Historical Society