Original Glass Plate Negative and Reprinted Photo of a Group of Early Female Hospital Workers, Circa 1900
Original Photo
[Women in Science] [Medicine]. Circa 1900. Original Dry plate negative, black and white. 7" x 5" inches. The image is showing a group of 8 nurses working in a medical laboratory circa 1880s. Comes with modern reprint photograph. The women wear nurses' caps, aprons, and gowns. Their caps have slightly different shapes .The laboratory is equipped with Bunsen burners and cabinetry with mortars, beakers, and various other containers. There is also a large device which resembles a furnace. This is a silver gelatin-coated dry plate negative. Invented by Dr. Richard L. Maddox and first made available in 1873, dry plate negatives were the first economically successful durable photographic medium. Dry plate negatives are typically on thinner glass plates, with a more evenly coated emulsion. Dry plate glass negatives were in common use between the 1880s and 1920s. Gelatin dry plates were commercially produced and came ready to use. The photographer just had to expose them to light and develop them. The negative has some imperfections along left side, though they do not seem to have affected the reprinted image. Overall this negative is in very good condition.Item #17456
Price: $220.00
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