1888 N173 Glass Slide Negatives

[joshleland]

Let's be very careful here
I have seen a very few glass plate negatives with the info painted on
But they were not this early, and the work was sloppily done
Look in your kind to things like real photo postcards that have sloppy
cartouches which were done on acetates not glass
When you do a fine point job like on the old judges you did it differently
The normal practice is to print a copy print, have an artist paint it and to make another negative from that
Also, I remember quite well the one or ones Terry Knouse had and the writing was not on the glass
They were very similar to the lot I passed in the 80s
Plus based on the photos of the Saco River negs they do not appear to be first generation or vintage of the period
I suggest you have a 19th century photo expert look at them in person
Almost all baseball people just don't have the expertise
Few do
The question is what type of negatives with white cartouches were typically used to produce the countless number of non baseball cabinet photos out there

By the way I looked at the video and they really are nice and beautifully displayed
I just don't believe they were used to print the cabinets

Josh