I have a some glass negatives in 1913. My Mom still has the camera for making the glass negatives. I have other glass negatives in sizes up to 8" x 10". I have a lot of scanning to do. George At 10:57 PM 01/03/2002, you wrote: >A first cousin was married to the town's studio photographer who took family >portraits in the 1890s. He may have taken the family group lined up in 1895 >and the family home in eastern Canada. Relative took his second picture in >August 1898 and sent his brother a copy on a cardboard mount. A few >snapshots were taken in 1909 after the father of a family moved west. Those >are probably contact prints, not mounted. Don't know who owned the cameras. > >Grandparents had a camera before their 1913 honeymoon. Several young female >relatives in different households owned cameras in the middle 1920s showing >young people in the city, people and animals on the farm, country school >students and neighbors. One of those was a young student's prize at a >country fair. >Elizabeth in Canada > >----- Original Message ----- > > Could someone tell me when people started using cameras for home use? Is > > there a way to date photos by the paper or style? Thanks, Kathy > > > > > >==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political >announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, >etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. >Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett >kathleenburnett@earthlink.net >To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237