Plate Film Holder, 1915-1925
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Artifact Overview
Wet plate photography was a primary photographic method until the invention of roll-film in the 1880s. Metal or glass plates were coated with light-sensitive collodion, placed into holders, and exposed in a camera. Before the plate dried, it was developed in a darkroom. Exacting and demanding, wet plate photography was the opposite of being a mobile, spontaneous, or user-friendly process.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic plate holder
Date Made
1915-1925
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2014.0.17.172
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Iron alloy
Cardboard
Wood (Plant Material)
Dimensions
Height: 0.75 in
Length: 9.375 in
Width: 12.25 in
Inscriptions
plate cover:
EASTMAN PORTRAIT FILM / HOLDER NO. 1 / WILL FIT / CENTURY, EASTMAN VIEW / PREMO AND R.O.C. VIEW CAMERAS / MANUFACTURED BY / EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY / ROCHESTER, N.Y. / Trade Mark Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. / U.S. Pat. / Pat. Oct. 25- 1904 / Other Patents Pending / Pat. May 11- 1915
handwritten, frame:
PAN 200 / PAN 201
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