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Friday, March 18, 2022 Staff

Flashback Minis: Glass Plate Negatives

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio– Glass plates were used in photography between the 1850s and the 1920s by both amateur and professional photographers.

The collection of dry glass plate negatives from the early 1900s were found in Sharpsville, Pa. and are now located inside the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry & Labor.

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