The Erotic Apologist wrote:The exposure was most likely no longer than three or four seconds, assuming it was made with the wet plate process. With wet collodion, the general rule of thumb is that it takes twice as long to produce a negative image (from which copies can be made) that it does to make a direct positive image, like a tintype.
I bow to an expert! I still believe it's a posed shot.
I haven't seen you around much lately, TEA. It's good to see you post. How are you doing?
This, or any other post that I have made or will make in the future, is strictly my own opinion and consequently of little or no value.
"Faith is believing something you know ain't true" Twain.
The Erotic Apologist wrote:The exposure was most likely no longer than three or four seconds, assuming it was made with the wet plate process. With wet collodion, the general rule of thumb is that it takes twice as long to produce a negative image (from which copies can be made) that it does to make a direct positive image, like a tintype.
I bow to an expert! I still believe it's a posed shot.
I haven't seen you around much lately, TEA. It's good to see you post. How are you doing?
Me, Mrs. The Erotic Apologist, TEA junior, and the spare are all doing great! Thanks for asking! I hope everything is good on your end of the woods, too. I've just too lazy to update my avatar image.
And you're right, it was most definitely a posed shot!
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On further reflection, I believe that it was a postcard, made after the event and someone wrote the "incidents" description on the front of it.
Riding on a speeding train; trapped inside a revolving door; Lost in the riddle of a quatrain; Stuck in an elevator between floors. One focal point in a random world can change your direction: One step where events converge may alter your perception.
Would anyone care to offer an opinion as to why someone would add the inscription?
Are they implying that the victim is Mormon or was attacked by Mormons or?
"Any over-ritualized religion since the dawn of time can make its priests say yes, we know, it is rotten, and hard luck, but just do as we say, keep at the ritual, stick it out, give us your money and you'll end up with the angels in heaven for evermore."
Fence Sitter wrote:Would anyone care to offer an opinion as to why someone would add the inscription?
Are they implying that the victim is Mormon or was attacked by Mormons or?
I don't know. Nothing in the time, place or image has any necessary connection. The information on the back is a mystery to me as well, as I've not been able to track down a volume by that name and author (to be far I haven't gone much beyond a bit of Google and baby databases). There's nothing in the accession notes to indicate where the archive acquired it from.
I could go request to see it, but what would that yeild? I don't have urgent business at the NYPL. If the book mentioned on the back exists then I suggest a look at page 273.
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