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Notes on this view:

This is an example of an Agfacolor screen product likely on a glass support. Agfacolor is a “combined system”, meaning the panchromatic emulsion is applied directly to the screen plate.

Agfa Color Plate on a glass support, or Agfa Farbenplatten, was first introduced in 1916 despite the struggles of WWI. After the war, the product underwent several improvements and was released outside of Germany. Each improvement resulted in a slight change in the product name. Agfacolor Film on a nitrocellulose film base was introduced in 1932 and replaced by Agfacolor Ultra Pack Film in 1934. Agfacolor film is usually sandwiched between two plates of glass and bound together with black paper tape making it difficult to distinguish from Agfacolor on glass. This protected the film and allowed it to be projected. Agfacolor was never hugely successful outside of Germany due to anti-German sentiment in addition to difficult commercial trade relations during the wars and in the interwar period. Agfacolor was notably used to photograph the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin.