A glimpse inside Kodak and Ilford camera factories in 1930s Britain
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A historical photo essay from the National Science and Media Museum, using images from the Daily Herald Archive to offer a behind-the-scenes look at Kodak's UK branch and Ilford photography manufacturing facilities during the 1930s. The article highlights the gelatin dry plate process introduced in the 1870s as a key step in democratizing photography, replacing earlier collodion wet and dry plates.
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The gelatin dry plate process, introduced in the 1870s, replaced collodion wet and dry plates and represented an important step in the democratisation of photography.
Photographers no longer needed to coat photograp
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