Bundle of Photographic Plate Holders, Addressed to George Ebling of Ford Motor Company, 1920-1940

Summary

Dry plate photography was a primary photographic method until the invention of roll-film in the 1880s. Glass plates coated with light-sensitive gelatin were placed into holders, and exposed in a camera. George Eastman automated this process with his plate-coating machine and factory in 1879. Exacting and demanding, plate-based photography was the opposite of being a mobile or spontaneous process.

Dry plate photography was a primary photographic method until the invention of roll-film in the 1880s. Glass plates coated with light-sensitive gelatin were placed into holders, and exposed in a camera. George Eastman automated this process with his plate-coating machine and factory in 1879. Exacting and demanding, plate-based photography was the opposite of being a mobile or spontaneous process.

Artifact

Photographic plate holder

Date Made

1920-1940

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

00.136.449

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Cardboard
Iron alloy
Paper (Fiber product)
Wood (Plant Material)

Dimensions

Height: 13.5 in

Length: 9.75 in

Width: 3.825 in

Inscriptions

paper wrapping, handwritten: 5 8x10 PLATE HOLDERS / GEO EBLING

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