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Gordon Wet Plate Field Camera, late 1850s-1860s
Plate Holder Patent and Reference

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Illustration from the 1858 patent (number 21,829) submitted by Ebenezer Gordon.

This patent describes an improvement in wet plate holders with a new type of corner to hold plates.

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c.1858 notice by Gordon about being a patentee of the 'double corner for plate holders.'

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