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Re: glass plate negatives



5-21-2002

List,

I have had good luck scanning glass plates that have a density matching
developing out papers. However, those extremely dense plates intended for
printing out paper can be a problem.

Nice photos, Roy, nicely presented.

Jan Boles, Archivist
The Robert E. Smylie Archives
Albertson College of Idaho
2112 Cleveland Blvd
Caldwell, ID  83605-4494


-----Original Message-----
From: Roy Webb [mailto:rwebb@LIBRARY.UTAH.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 12:27 PM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Re: glass plate negatives


> No...but if you want a cheap alternative, we've had luck just scanning the
> glass plate, then inverting the black and white in the photo editing
> program. Print it out on photo paper and there ya go.
>
> -A tightwad in an underfunded institution ;)
>
To see how this works out, go to:

http://www.lib.utah.edu/spc/photo/p790/P0790.html

and click on the "Browse Photos" link.  These were all glass plates
and nitrate negatives, and they turn out quite nicely.  As someone
else said, print them out and you've got it, for a fraction of the cost
of printing them.

-the other institution may be underfunded, but at least they don't
have an actively hostile legislature threatening to slash your
budgets--not to mention the Univ. Pres.'s salary!-- 'cause they can't
pack their guns on campus-




Roy Webb, C.A.
Multimedia Archivist
Special Collections
J. Willard Marriott Library
295 South 1500 East
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah   84112
(801) 585-3073  //  fax (801) 585-3976
rwebb@library.utah.edu

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