Film Negatives in a Box from Glass Plates
Almost 100 negatives were found in a box similar to the Imperial Dry Plates except it was lacking the label. Instead, the following writing in pencil could be read on the lid:
[sic] Negetives taken and developed by A.Poultney(?)
Numbering from 1 to 23
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Here we see the same misspelling of the word negative that appears on the Harrington's box.
The negatives are 6x9 cm except two which are 127 type 4 x 6.5 cm. Several were shot on Autographic film. These are the first Autographic film negatives in this collection. The technology seemed like a very good idea when it was introduced in 1914 but did not withstand the test of time and was discontinued in 1932. Out of three Autographic negatives only one contained an easily readable note, the other two could not be reliably interpreted.
Many negatives have a pin hole in one of the corners. It appears the films were cut into individual frames after development and they were dried by pinning them to a shelf or other wooden surface. The modern practice is to dry the whole roll and cut it into 2-3 frame strips.
In rare cases the negatives from one roll could be grouped together as was done for the Peace Celebrations and Snow shots. The rest were split into several categories by the subject matter. This classification is arbitrary and most likely include photographs taken on different dates at several locations.
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Pro Rege et Patria
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1919 Peace Celebrations in Hobart
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Snow in Hobart
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