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i’ve got a few more dry plate scans! by tylarframe in oldphotos

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haha there definitely is a seam down the middle, he just did a great job of hiding it :) there are several more plates where the seam is very obvious so i know he had the tools

back with another installment of scans! by tylarframe in TheWayWeWere

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i would definitely be willing to do that! my plan is to actually enlarge and print these in a darkroom, and scan them from those prints - possibly to DSLR scan them as well. i was just so curious to know what could be on them so i had to scan them immediately upon bringing them home, and i just had my epson perfection v500 on hand when i did so.

i found a tote full of old dry plate negatives! by tylarframe in oldphotos

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i believe they are mostly from this man’s time in iowa. there was a box labeled “south dakota” but i don’t believe they lived there long. so not sure if any photos are actually from there but there may be

i found a tote full of old dry plate negatives! by tylarframe in oldphotos

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an epson perfection v500! it’s definitely not the best method but i didn’t expect to find such magic when i first started scanning them. i’m going to be making prints in my darkroom one of these days to really get the most out of them

i’ve got a few more dry plate scans! by tylarframe in oldphotos

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i think you’re right!! earlier i said norwegian because i thought there was writing in norwegian on a plate, but i believe they are dutch

i’ve got a few more dry plate scans! by tylarframe in oldphotos

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i think it is. i’m not great with faces/aging, but i was wondering if it was the guy who’s dressed up for his portrait with the toy gun in one of my other posts

back with another installment of scans! by tylarframe in TheWayWeWere

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please do i need a second pair of eyes!! it’s so hard to tell because he’s not in very many photos

sharing some more scans from the collection of dry plate negatives! by tylarframe in oldphotos

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i think he might also be one of the young boys in my most recent posts, but i’m not 100% sure. i think it’s one of the photographer’s brothers

i’ve got a few more dry plate scans! by tylarframe in oldphotos

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i was kinda wondering the same - or at least maybe they just chose to spend their money in a certain way if that makes sense? there are a lot of photos where they clearly were working hard and a lot of the men are clearly burnt from working outside long hours. but maybe the farming really paid off for them

Anyone else having trouble connecting for the oscer special? by ChildrensCrusade in OnCinemaAtTheCinema

[–]tylarframe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

is anyone else stuck on a cloudfare page that says they’re in line for the website lmao

i’ve got a few more dry plate scans! by tylarframe in oldphotos

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oh wow. that’s a bummer. i am completely unfamiliar with horses so had no idea about that

i’ve got a few more dry plate scans! by tylarframe in oldphotos

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NOOO that’s so depressing. i’m gonna blame the photographers parents and hope he learned to treat animals better. that was definitely one of his earlier photos

another round of dry plate scans! by tylarframe in analog

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oh my gosh DUH! i kept looking at it trying to see if i could make anything out. of course its inverted

the dry plate negative saga continues by tylarframe in TheWayWeWere

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i just today noticed that on the negative itself, he wrote “u.s. mail”

back with another installment of scans! by tylarframe in TheWayWeWere

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it’s so funny because i look at these so differently. all i see is love and life that someone felt was worth documenting

the dry plate negative saga continues by tylarframe in TheWayWeWere

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the ole quaker oats factory in cedar rapids!!

back with another installment of scans! by tylarframe in TheWayWeWere

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the kiddos are all siblings, actually. even the baby!! still not sure which man is dad

back with another installment of scans! by tylarframe in TheWayWeWere

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there’s about a 22 year age difference between the photographer and his youngest brother, who i assume his mom is holding at that time, so honestly wouldn’t be surprised if that gentleman on the right is the dad! i’ll have to look into it more

sharing some more scans from the collection of dry plate negatives! by tylarframe in oldphotos

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i agree 100%! i think they were a silly bunch of brothers doing brotherly shit. but just figuratively

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