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Antique 1910s Glass B&W Dry Plate Negatives Lot Family Houses Railroad Snow 5x7
Antique early 1900s large format glass negatives lot featuring black and white gelatin-silver images from a snowy region of the United States, offered with vintage dry plate boxes from makers including The Stanley Dry Plate, Seed\'s Dry Plates (Eastman Kodak Co.), and Hammer Dry Plate Company.
Subjects across the group include men, women, and children posed on porches, boardwalks, and in front of wood-frame houses, as well as formal studio-style portraits, family groupings with pets, bicyclists, telescopes and individuals in uniforms and long coats that reflect circa-1910 fashion.
Additional views show civic and institutional buildings, street and yard scenes, a steam railroad locomotive, bridges, rural roads, cemetery monuments, domestic interiors with patterned wallpaper and framed pictures, and playful outdoor images of children in winter landscapes.
Appears to be in a snowy region of US. 1900s-1910s.
Format: large format glass photographic negatives with original cardboard dry plate boxes, suitable for scanning, printing, or inclusion in collections focused on early 20th century American family life, houses, railroad subjects, and winter small-town scenes.
Condition: Antique glass negatives show handling and storage wear from age. Image surfaces display scattered fine scratches, small spots, tonal variation, and occasional staining, with several plates exhibiting edge flaking, corner nicks, and localized emulsion losses that reach into the image areas. Included cardboard dry plate boxes are fragile with crushed corners, torn and split seams, old tape repairs, and general heavy wear from long-term use and storage.
- Size: 5 x 7 in
- Material: Glass, Cardboard
