Re: Ethel Ether
Doug Harding (doug1957@tseinc.com)
Fri, 02 May 1997 06:33:15 +0000
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> From: john lowen <autochrome@worldnet.att.net>
> To: Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com>
> Cc: Doug Harding <doug1957@tseinc.com>; alt-photo-process-list
<ALT-PHOTO-PROCESS-L@skyway.usask.ca>
> Subject: Re: Ethel Ether
> Date: Thursday, May 01, 1997 1:02 PM
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> What is the Collodion Wet Plate Process if it is not too much trouble
> to explain? thanks - John
Invented in 1850, collodion is a medium for holding the silver nitrate to a
glass negative. The plate has to be still wet for the photo process to
work. Tintypes and ambrotypes were made using the 'Wet Plate" process.