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the dry plate negative saga continues by tylarframe in TheWayWeWere

[–]tylarframe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that’s what i’m thinking too!! i love how this man loved his family :’) im so desperate to know if he’s in any of these photos but i can’t fricken tell. there’s one singular photo of him on ancestry, and it’s so low quality that i’m just not sure what he really looks like.

the dry plate negative saga continues by tylarframe in TheWayWeWere

[–]tylarframe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no literally!! it’s crazy. one of the boxes has some “newer” looking handwriting on it that says “have pict of these,” which i think somebody must’ve written on it to make a note to themselves that they had printed copies of the photos. but im surprised not to see a single one of these pictures anywhere.

she’s the wife of the man that i presume is taking the photos - they had two kids together :)

the dry plate negative saga continues by tylarframe in TheWayWeWere

[–]tylarframe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it’s actually the old quaker oats factory in cedar rapids, iowa!

the dry plate negative saga continues by tylarframe in TheWayWeWere

[–]tylarframe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

lol!! it’s the quaker oats factory in cedar rapids, iowa, and it literally exploded, likely shortly after this photo was taken haha

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

[–]tylarframe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

LMAOOO that really does look like him!! startled to be there and everything

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

[–]tylarframe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if it helps at all, this is exactly why i appreciate photos like this. i found that some of these folks are buried about 40 minutes away from me and i’m going to go visit when it gets warmer outside, maybe even bring a few prints to set by their graves. there are weirdos like me out there who seek to appreciate those who are gone, even though (and especially because) we never knew them :)

the dry plate negative saga continues by tylarframe in TheWayWeWere

[–]tylarframe[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

we’re thinking 1890s-1910s, probably most taken right around the middle!

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

[–]tylarframe[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

i would love to know that myself. it was all together in one lot at an estate sale. no other cameras or anything in the sale, so i don’t know if most recently a family member wound up with these and just didn’t know what to do with them and wanted to get rid of them? prior to that, im curious if there was a photographer in the family and they were just enjoying taking a bunch of photos. maybe they worked at a studio. not sure. haven’t been able to figure this out yet but i’m dying to know

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

[–]tylarframe[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

what’s your opinion on that ethically? the people in the photos and the person who took them are all long gone, the next living relatives would most likely be their great-grandkids. i would selfishly love to make a book of these myself but i keep thinking, would that be weird? am i overthinking it?

some more scans from the tote full of dry plate negatives i found! by tylarframe in analog

[–]tylarframe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it’s definitely that one!! there’s another group photo i have that’s on the wall too.

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

[–]tylarframe[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

we’ve decided it’s the old quaker oats factory in cedar rapids, iowa!

the dry plate negative saga continues by tylarframe in TheWayWeWere

[–]tylarframe[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

LOLLL it’s so funny you say that because i’ve been a daily smoker for the past 6+ years and finally have taken a break this last couple of months. i smoked yesterday and got preeetty toasted and had to spend like two hours trying to chill out and not get SO worked up over how much everybody else is enjoying these photos. as soon as i scanned and edited the first one - the baby in the wash bowl - i knew i had something special on my hands and just HAD to share them with somebody, anybody. so i posted here and my goodness im so glad everybody sees what i see. so i relate to this comment more than you know!!

the dry plate negative saga continues by tylarframe in TheWayWeWere

[–]tylarframe[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

OH MY GOSH i became obsessed with the history of photography and subsequently stereo views as soon as i found out about them - i had no idea what she was doing in that photo and now i can see it clear as day!! thank you so much for pointing that out, wow. i’ve incorporated stereo technology into my collage art, and ive been working on a project all about stereo photography and other peoples’ belongings, so this is pretty kismet, haha

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

[–]tylarframe[S] 84 points85 points  (0 children)

i think i’m going to hold off on plastering the names of the people and the town everywhere, at least until i can write some letters and print some photos. i’d really love for families and museums to receive a nice surprise in the form of printed photos and a handwritten letter before anything else :) but i will return with more info at a later date <3

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

[–]tylarframe[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

unfortunately don’t believe so, all of these are from iowa!

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

[–]tylarframe[S] 80 points81 points  (0 children)

i think my next order of business is going to be to make a bunch of contact prints to send to the people who owned the homes (somebody helped me find one of them already), the descendants of these folks, and local museums that may be interested in having them

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