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De Havilland aircraft factory, Rongotai, Wellington, 1939

from National Library NZ on The Commons

• Protective Degree said:

  Wonderful:)

Interior of De Havilland aircraft factory, Rongotai, Wellington, 1939 or 1940

from National Library NZ on The Commons

• defiant tooth said:

  fantastic piece of history!!!

• Peter Castoldi said:

  Wow - This is fantastic! I remember learning about the glass plate photography - difficult to get the negative, takes some skill. I believe it was called Collodian Wet Plate?

• National Library NZ on The Commons said:

  Hi Peter According to our catalogue record, this is a dry plate negative - according to this website dry plate techniques made taking photographs simpler than earlier wet plate techniques. -- Courtney

• Peter Castoldi said:

  Ah, thank-you for the clarification. It is greatly appreciated.