Dominant glass negative process from its introduction in the United States circa 1855 until replaced by a dry plate process in the 1880s. Its use continued for photolithographic printing plates until World War II. Distinguishable in part by creamy rather than grayish black tones and by presence of flow lines from hand coating of the emulsion.
Wet collodion negatives
Collodion negatives, Wet plate negatives
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Shortland, showing New Caledonia Hotel
Date: 1868
From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia
Reference: 1/2-096133-G
Description: View of Shortland, showing the New Caledonia Hotel, photographed in 1868 by Daniel Manders Beere. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 67 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches
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Mangawara River at Taupiri
Date: 1866
From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia
Reference: 1/2-096125-G
Description: The Mangawara Stream at Taupiri, photographed in 1866 by Daniel Manders Beere. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top left - 57 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches
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House of Daniel Manders Beere, Grey St, Parawai
Date: 1880
From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia
Reference: 1/2-096139-G
Description: House of Daniel Manders Beere in Grey Street, Parawai, Thames. Photograph taken in 1880 by Daniel Manders Beere. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top right - 74 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches
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Hamilton group
Date: 1879
From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia
Reference: 1/2-096149-G
Description: Standing (l to r); Capt G B Beere, Rev W Calder, J McLernon, Richard Laishley, John Knox, Booth (?), Lewis O'Neil. Sitting (l to r); Dr John Carey, Kennedy Hill, F A Whitaker, Hope. Photograph taken in 1879 by Daniel Manders Beere. Identifications from Waikato Art Museum Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top left - 84 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches
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M Vertelli crossing the Whanganui River on a tightrope
Date: 31 October 1867
From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district
Reference: 1/1-000251-G
Description: M Vertelli beginning his crossing of the Whanganui River on a tightrope, 31 October 1867. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
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Mangawara River at Taupiri
Date: 1866
From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia
Reference: 1/2-096124-G
Description: The bridge over the Mangawara Stream at Taupiri, photographed in 1866 by Daniel Manders Beere. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 56 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches
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Kaitotehe Mission Station, opposite Taupiri
Date: 1866
From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia
Reference: 1/2-096126-G
Description: The Kaitotehe Mission Station, opposite Taupiri, photographed in 1866 by Daniel Manders Beere. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 58 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches
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Scene near Whangamarino bridge
Date: 1866
From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia
Reference: 1/2-096127-G
Description: Scene near Whangamarino, photographed in 1866 by Daniel Manders Beere. Edward Holroyd Beere, the photographer's brother, is standing in the centre. Other Titles - Near Whangamarino Bridge 1866 (Hol) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top left - 61 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches
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Shortland from MacKay's house
Date: 1868
From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia
Reference: 1/2-096136-G
Description: View of Shortland from house of James MacKay (1831-1912) in Rolleston Street, photographed in 1868 by Daniel Manders Beere. Photograph probably taken at same time as 1/2-096134-G. The MacKay and Taipari houses were adjacent. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top left - 70 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches
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Hamilton
Date: 1879
From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia
Reference: 1/2-096146-G
Description: View of Hamilton, showing Waikato River in background, photographed in 1879 by Daniel Manders Beere. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top left - 81 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches
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Bush scene at Whangamarino
Date: 1866
From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia
Reference: 1/2-096129-G
Description: Bush scene at Whangamarino, photographed in 1866 by Daniel Manders Beere. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top left - 63 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches
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Hamilton
Date: 1879
From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia
Reference: 1/2-096145-G
Description: View of Hamilton, showing St Peter's Anglican Church at left, photographed in 1879 by Daniel Manders Beere. Photograph taken on same occasion as 1/2-096147-G. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top left - 80 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches
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Coxhead, C G :Glass negatives
Date: 1860s - 1870s
By: Coxhead, C G, active 1981
Reference: PAColl-2729
Description: Photographs of Hawke's Bay scenes, taken ca 1860s, probably by Charles H Robson. Arrangement: Negatives catalogued at 1/4-48292 to 48294, 1/2-118682 to 118692 and 1/2-120785 to 120789. (Except for 1/2-118682, all of the 1/2 negatives are also available as film negatives - and are filed under the same negative numbers.) Quantity: 17 b&w original negative(s).
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Meluish, William, 1823-1888 :Negatives
Date: [1859 or 1860]
By: Meluish, William, 1822?-1888
Reference: PAColl-5827
Description: Series of views of Nelson taken in 1959 or 1860 by William Meluish. Dated by David Reeves on the basis of research for the NZHPT. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 10x8-1113 to 10x8-1120. Quantity: 8 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negatives.
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St Peter's Anglican Church, Hamilton
Date: 1879
From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia
Reference: 1/2-096147-G
Description: View of Hamilton, showing St Peter's Anglican Church in the foreground, photographed in 1879 by Daniel Manders Beere. Taken on same occasion as 1/2-096145-G Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top left - 82 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches
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Components of Westinghouse air-brake
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-038877-G
Description: Photograph of a line drawing showing components of a Westinghouse air-brake, copied from a publication ca 1900-1920 by Albert Percy Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
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Components of Westinghouse air-brake
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-038858-G
Description: Photograph of a line drawing showing components of a Westinghouse air-brake, copied from a publication ca 1900-1920 by Albert Percy Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
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Components of Westinghouse air-brake
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-038849-G
Description: Photograph of a line drawing showing components of a Westinghouse air-brake, copied from a publication ca 1900-1920 by Albert Percy Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
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Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903 :Negatives
Date: 1864-1875
By: Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903
Reference: PAColl-5315
Description: Photographs of Wellington city and wharves, and scenes in Ngauranga Gorge and the old Porirua Road, taken by William Thomas Locke Travers in the 1860s and 1870s. Arrangement: Negatives catalogued at 1/1-000695, 000697, 000702, 000731, 000732, 10x8-1057 to 1063, 1100 to 1106 Quantity: 19 b&w original negative(s).
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Components of Westinghouse air-brake
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-038846-G
Description: Photograph of a line drawing showing components of a Westinghouse air-brake, copied from a publication ca 1900-1920 by Albert Percy Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches