These are glass negatives from c1890 to c1910 although some could be considerably earlier than 1890 and some are perhaps later than 1910, maybe from the 1920's or 1930's or later than that perhaps even.
These photographs were taken by my wife's Great Uncle, Albert Black, probably with different camera's he may have owned. An Aunt of my wife (Marion) gave me 200+ Negatives (16 boxes) filled with these negatives, in the ORIGINAL boxes they were bought in. I will show you pictures of some of the boxes also. Aunt Marion also gave me one of his camera's and wooden tripod, the PONY PREMO No.4 camera. This camera was new in 1903 made in two sizes of 4 X 5 and 5 X 7 sold for $24.00 or $30.00. Albert owned the 4 X 5 version which I now have.
The glass negatives I have, there are 2 sizes 3 1/4 X 4 1/4 and also 4 X 5. I have 4 boxes of the smaller size and 12 boxes of the larger size. All boxes had been opened when I received them, but I found of the 4 X 5 boxes, 3 of those boxes had NEVER been used! Yes I opened the boxes, so yes light hit the unused negatives, but also remember these negatives were probably over 60 years old when I got all this in the early 70's.
My wife's Aunt Marion gave this all to me because she saw me using a camera a lot back in our early days of marriage. I am THRILLED she did!!
I bought my first Photo Scanner from Amazon in February 2007 which is the same time Aunt Marion gave me the Glass Negatives
This store building is interesting with the large sign to the left of the building!
Here are 3 images from the Worlds Columbian Exhibition of 1893 also known as the Chicago World's Fair exhibiting for the first time Electricity!!
The long streak in the sky is of course our moon - How long did he leave the shutter open??
There will be more to come!
These photographs were taken by my wife's Great Uncle, Albert Black, probably with different camera's he may have owned. An Aunt of my wife (Marion) gave me 200+ Negatives (16 boxes) filled with these negatives, in the ORIGINAL boxes they were bought in. I will show you pictures of some of the boxes also. Aunt Marion also gave me one of his camera's and wooden tripod, the PONY PREMO No.4 camera. This camera was new in 1903 made in two sizes of 4 X 5 and 5 X 7 sold for $24.00 or $30.00. Albert owned the 4 X 5 version which I now have.
The glass negatives I have, there are 2 sizes 3 1/4 X 4 1/4 and also 4 X 5. I have 4 boxes of the smaller size and 12 boxes of the larger size. All boxes had been opened when I received them, but I found of the 4 X 5 boxes, 3 of those boxes had NEVER been used! Yes I opened the boxes, so yes light hit the unused negatives, but also remember these negatives were probably over 60 years old when I got all this in the early 70's.
My wife's Aunt Marion gave this all to me because she saw me using a camera a lot back in our early days of marriage. I am THRILLED she did!!
I bought my first Photo Scanner from Amazon in February 2007 which is the same time Aunt Marion gave me the Glass Negatives
This store building is interesting with the large sign to the left of the building!
Here are 3 images from the Worlds Columbian Exhibition of 1893 also known as the Chicago World's Fair exhibiting for the first time Electricity!!
The long streak in the sky is of course our moon - How long did he leave the shutter open??
There will be more to come!
