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Notes on this view:

This early silver gelatin print is a studio portrait taken ca. 1900. The date is approximate and based on the man's style of clothing and hair in the image, as well as the physical attributes of the photograph itself. It is on a thin paper stock with little or no baryta.

Silver gelatin developing-out papers (DOP), such as this, became available on the market in the 1880s. However, gelatin and collodion printing-out papers (POP) dominated the market. Early silver gelatin DOPs may not have a baryta layer. Baryta papers were introduced in the mid 1890s in Europe and in 1900 in the United States. Silver gelatin DOPs gained popularity with the advent of gas light papers (slower, contact speed papers) in 1890 and steadily gained in popularity until they became the dominate printing process by 1910.