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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: JONATHON CONGDON 1826-1897

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Photographic copy of glass plate negative of Jonathon Congdon, 1826 to 1897. The glass plate photo image has 3 subjects. The central panel has what appears to be a printed version of 1) a negative image of Jonathon Congdon's head and shoulders, and 2) a paper copy of possibly the details of an inscription on a memorial gravestone. The 2 papers are pinned with long pins onto a pinboard. The photo, from late 1900s, is a reproduction of the glass plate image.

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Glass plate: glass and ink. Photo: photographic paper and ink.

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cwa-org-43-2005.210.2

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Hiistorical significance as an example of glass plate photographic techniques used in the late 1880s and early 1900s.

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