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Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 5:41pm.
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Bread peddlers, East Side Manhattan circa 1915. View full size. 5x7 glass negative. George Grantham Bain Collection.

Bread peddlers, East Side Manhattan circa 1915. View full size. 5x7 glass negative. George Grantham Bain Collection.

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Ah! that explains it.

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 5:25pm.

Thanks. The mystery is solved.

BTW

"Pre-flash" was an old technique of slightly fogging the film in an attempt to soften the image. It predates flash photography.

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Re: Solarize / preflash

Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 4:46pm.

The solarized-looking areas are places where the thickest parts of the emulsion are deteriorating, getting darker and flaking on the glass negative, possibly due to mold. On the positive when the image is inverted, the effect is a white outline. There was no flash used. And no film, either.

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Solarize/preflash

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 4:15pm.

The out of focus images of a few people in the background look almost solarized. Can anyone explain this effect. Could it be an artifact of pre-flashing the film?

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Fresh bread

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 12:27pm.

Imagine trying to sell bread like this today, I think the board of health would be shocked

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Secret Agent Man

Submitted by Jen on Sun, 05/20/2007 - 5:55pm.

I love the guy peeking around the corner!!

[Also note the kid on roller skates! - Dave]

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