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Posted By: Hankron

You now know what the 'gelatin' in 'gelatin-silver photograph' means. Before the invention of gelatin, most photographs were 'albumen photographs,' with 'albumen' being the binder that held the photograhic chemicals to the photograph paper. Old Judges and Four Base Hits and Gypsy Queens and Joseph Halls and all those sepia CDVs are 'albumen photographs,' and you hear 'albumen' all the time in MastroNet auctions.

Do you know what 'albumen' is? The only hint I'll give is that I bet everyone reading this board has eaten it this week.