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Lot 096 - Grouping of 38 Antique Glass Plate Photographic Negatives Including Interior and Exterior Views, Portraits, and Domestic Scenes
Grouping of 38 antique glass plate photographic negatives depicting a mix of interior and exterior subjects. Subjects across the group include furnished parlor and sitting room interiors with fireplaces, a portrait of a woman in a caped coat standing in a bedroom, two women seated at a dining table, a boy lying on a floor reading a book, a Victorian-era house exterior in winter, and a rooftop cityscape view, among others. Several plates bear yellow numeral markings in the corners. Positive digital inversions are shown in the listing photographs for reference; the lot consists of the glass plate negatives only.
The plates show varying condition with edge chipping, emulsion loss, surface scratches, and scattered debris across the group. Offered as found.
