Photos Question - Type 1, Type 2, Type 3, etc.

[Lucas00]

This is not a type 3 🤦.

How in any world would the seller know it was made from a duplicate negative unless he faked every marking and has a period newspaper clipping. And pulled out his typewriter to mark the corner.

The international news service didn't even exist past 1958. When it merged with a rival.

So automatically the seller has no idea if this was made off of a duplicate negative.

There is a clear indication this is an international news service photo. A service that began in 1909. With a period news clipping that talks in present tone of the signing.

Oh and also there is no such thing as a "Duplicate Negative" the only way to "duplicate" a negative is to take a very high quality photo of the original negative.

And that one is way too nice to be a type 3 from a duplicate negative such as a wire photo.

Maybe you could make a case for this being a type 2. But even then I don't think it is.


Maybe Ben Weingarten or David Cycleback can chime in with more details.