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Unidentified Gentlemen at Photo Studio in San Antonio

Posted on 2014-08-06 by Jan Wilkinson

This is another unidentified glass-plate negative photo from the late 1800’s. The seated gentleman is the same man in the Nic Tengg blog post. I am still trying to identify the photographer.  Great photo!

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Nic Tengg and San Antonio, Texas

Posted on 2014-08-05 by Jan Wilkinson

Nic Tengg started his business in San Antonio in 1874.  Here is one of my glass-plate negative photos and you can see a safe behind the stand-up desk with the name Nic Tengg.  Wonder who took this photo, when and … Continue reading →

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Then and Now – Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas c1896 and 2007

Posted on 2013-08-07 by Jan Wilkinson

A side by side comparison looking south down Congress Avenue of my glass plate negative photo on the left and our daughter Sarah’s photo taken in 2007, out of the State Capitol of Texas, located at 1100 Congress Avenue, Austin, … Continue reading →

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Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville

Posted on 2011-10-13 by Jan Wilkinson

I have a glass negative of the Tennessee State Capitol building in Nashville, completed in 1859. It was designed by William Strickland of Philadelphia. This photo must have been taken around the same time as the other Tennessee photos in … Continue reading →

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Tennessee Centennial Exposition of 1897 Auditorium Building

Posted on 2011-10-12 by Jan Wilkinson

Another glass negative identified!  This is the Auditorium Building at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition of 1897. It must have been a long trip from Texas to Tennessee in the late 1890’s by this photographer. Still don’t know who took the … Continue reading →

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Old Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville

Posted on 2011-10-09 by Jan Wilkinson

I just found another glass negative! Thanks again to Mark D. Cowan from Texas Historical Commission for finding another one!  This is the old Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville, Tennessee. My glass negative photo above shows the Gothic-inspired administration building … Continue reading →

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Part Two-Help Me Identify Texas 1800’s Glass Negatives

Posted on 2011-06-27 by Jan Wilkinson

Here are more of my photo treasures from three boxes of glass negatives found in an old home being torn down near Kerrville in the late 1960’s. It is quite something to see, between each negative is scrap paper printed … Continue reading →

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Help Me to Identify Texas 1800’s Glass Negatives

Posted on 2011-06-26 by Jan Wilkinson

  Go to my blog post for more about the above photo: https://blog.wilkinsonranch.com/2013/08/07/then-and-now-congress-avenue-austin-texas-c1896-and-2007/ I have three boxes of glass negatives found in an old home being torn down near Kerrville in the late 1960’s. Finally found a scanner that could … Continue reading →

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