A Century Ago

steven broome,

The past several weeks have been busier than normal. And while I try to write a new vintage camera post every two weeks, I just haven’t had the time. I’m working on one – I have two rolls of film shot and another in the camera – but it will be next week before I’ll finish it up.

In the meantime, however, I thought I’d do a quick post on what’s been going on over at my Instagram account.  I love vintage cameras, as you can probably guess. But I also love the history that was created with them. Consequently, another one of my hobbies is collecting vintage photographic negatives and plates.  If you already follow me there (@vintagecameradigest)  these will look familiar. If not, I hope you’ll enjoy these.

These photos date back to 1906 and 1913. They are scanned from the original glass plate negatives. All are originally 4×5″ or 5×7″. And I’m sure they were taken using a vintage camera 🙂

Young man with pitchfork. 1906. From a glass plate negative.
Young man with pitchfork. 1906. From a glass plate negative.
On the Lake. 1906. From a glass plate negative.
On the Lake. 1906. From a glass plate negative.
Family portrait. 1906. From a glass plate negative.
Family portrait. 1906. From a glass plate negative.
Serious man. 1906. From a glass plate negative.
Serious man. 1906. From a glass plate negative.
Formal portrait of a young woman. 1913. From a glass plate negative.
Formal portrait of a young woman. 1913. From a glass plate negative.
Formal Portrait of a young woman #2. 1913. From a glass plate negative.
Formal Portrait of a young woman #2. 1913. From a glass plate negative.
Family portrait - 1913. From a glass plate negative.
Family portrait – 1913. From a glass plate negative.
Formal portrait of a young boy - 1913. From a glass plate negative.
Formal portrait of a young boy – 1913. From a glass plate negative.
Formal portrait of young man. 1913. From the original glass plate negative.
Formal portrait of young man. 1913. From the original glass plate negative.
Formal portrait of young woman. 1913. From a glass plate negative.
Formal portrait of young woman. 1913. From a glass plate negative.
Family Portrait. 1913. From a glass plate negative
Family Portrait. 1913. From a glass plate negative
Family picnic. 1913. From a glass plate negative.
Family picnic. 1913. From a glass plate negative.
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I'm a professional photographer/videographer with 32+ years in the field of higher-education.

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      1. I’ve seen some old 120 frames – snap shots (eg. with a ford model A in it so you know the time frame). I dare to say some those negatives are so perfect that I could not replicate myself with ‘modern technology’.

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