I recently took two envelopes to a well known, nation wide chain framing store. (Who has recently advertised in my area that they could frame anything from clothing to original pictures...to quote them: "We have seen it all.")
I approached the frame department desk and asked them if they could frame something for me.
I pulled out a glass plate negative made by Rob Gibson of a friend of mine and myself and asked them if they could frame it. When I pulled it from the first envelope, the clerk was taken back by it...automatically put on white gloves, stared at it, and after a few minutes, asked me if I could flip it over. I removed it from its black carboard album background and held it up to the light. She remarked..."I have never seen anything like this before. Is that image really on glass?" My reply was "Yes (with a slight smile) can you frame this?" Her reply was, "I have never seen this before...how can you put an image on glass?" The sad thing is that she has been been working in photographic reproduction and framing industry for the last 40 years. I tried to explain the process to her...but I could see that I lost her after the first 30 seconds. I will omit the 25 minute discussion that we had about framing such an "unusual peice."
My major question: Has anyone experienced this before when trying to frame their Civil War reproduction negatives or prints...?
By the way, the second envelope containted an original negative on glass of my ancestor who fought during the war for those who were wondering.
I approached the frame department desk and asked them if they could frame something for me.
I pulled out a glass plate negative made by Rob Gibson of a friend of mine and myself and asked them if they could frame it. When I pulled it from the first envelope, the clerk was taken back by it...automatically put on white gloves, stared at it, and after a few minutes, asked me if I could flip it over. I removed it from its black carboard album background and held it up to the light. She remarked..."I have never seen anything like this before. Is that image really on glass?" My reply was "Yes (with a slight smile) can you frame this?" Her reply was, "I have never seen this before...how can you put an image on glass?" The sad thing is that she has been been working in photographic reproduction and framing industry for the last 40 years. I tried to explain the process to her...but I could see that I lost her after the first 30 seconds. I will omit the 25 minute discussion that we had about framing such an "unusual peice."
My major question: Has anyone experienced this before when trying to frame their Civil War reproduction negatives or prints...?
By the way, the second envelope containted an original negative on glass of my ancestor who fought during the war for those who were wondering.
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