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tgm000284 https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/tgm/item/tgm000284 tgm000284
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Direct-image photographs; the chemically reduced collodion glass negative packaged against a dark background appears as a positive. Commonly in a case; popular mid-1850s to mid-1860s.
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. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 30/04/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/189582