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Pre-photographic

Photomechanical

Photographic

Albumen
Ambrotype
Bromoil
Bromoil Transfer
Carbon
Carbro
Chromogenic
Collodion POP
Cyanotype
Daguerreotype
Direct Carbon (Fresson)
Dye Imbibition
Gelatin Dry Plate
Gelatin POP
Gum Dichromate
Instant (Diffusion Transfer)
Instant (Dye Diffusion Transfer)
Instant (Internal Dye Diffusion Transfer)
Matte Collodion
Platinum
Salted Paper
Screen Plate
Silver Dye Bleach
Silver Gelatin DOP
Tintype
Wet Plate Collodion

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Notes on this view:

Early slide projectors, known as a magic lanterns, were introduced in the 17th century. To make the slide, an image was painted on glass. The slide was inserted into the projector, which had a strong light source behind the slide and an lens that projected and enlarged the image. Photographic lantern slides were introduced with the collodion and albumen processes. Albumen on glass created finely detailed lantern slides, however the wet plate collodion process had shorter exposure times and therefore become more popularly used. By the end of the 19th century, photographic publishers were marketing large boxed sets of collodion lantern slides. While collodion was popular a range of photographic processes were used to make lantern slides throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries including albumen, gelatin dry plate, carbon and woodburytype.