Glass But Not For Drinking

I spent about half an hour in one of my favorite stores in the world this weekend.  It was an amazing 30 minutes.  The Paris Market in Savannah is filled with a combination of new French inspired home decor and antique items from around the world.  Each time I have visited, the inventory has changed.  Each time I have found something that I would need to sell my Rover to purchase.  Each time I have found a few items that fit into my meager budget.  This trip was no exception.  There was a 15 drawer chest that would be perfect for storing prints and negatives.  I wasn't the only one who thought so.  It was filled with old prints and had boxes of old glass plate negatives and slides on top.  In fact, an entire corner of the basement was filled with old photographic items.  There were large format field cameras, old Speed Graphics, stereo viewers, and projectors in addition to the prints and negatives.  I found one negative that I had to have.  I need to go back!

Tech Notes:

Glass plate negative, 4x5 inches.  I guessing it was taken in the 1930s-1960s based on the gentleman's attire.  Since I don't yet have a negative scanner, I used a normal flatbed scanner with an old viewing light box on top of the negative.  I inverted in Photoshop, converted to black and white, and brightened it slightly.