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Pre-photographic

Intaglio

Planographic

Relief

Photomechanical

Collotype

Letterpress

Offset Lithography

Offset Lithograph (Halftone Postcard)

Photogravure

Rotogravure

Woodburytype

Photographic

Albumen

Ambrotype

Bromoil

Bromoil

Bromoil Transfer

Carbon

Carbro

Chromogenic

Collodion POP

Cyanotype

Daguerreotype

Direct Carbon (Fresson)

Dye Imbibition

Gelatin Dry Plate

Gelatin POP

Gum Dichromate

Instant (Diffusion Transfer)

Instant (Dye Diffusion Transfer)

Instant (Internal Dye Diffusion Transfer)

Matte Collodion

Platinum

Salted Paper

Screen Plate

Silver Dye Bleach

Silver Gelatin DOP

Tintype

Wet Plate Collodion

Digital

Electrophotography

Inkjet

Thermal

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Notes on this view:

Early slide projectors, known as a magic lanterns, were introduced in the 17th century. To make the slide, an image was painted on glass. The slide was inserted into the projector, which had a strong light source behind the slide and an lens that projected and enlarged the image. Photographic lantern slides were introduced with the collodion and albumen processes. Albumen on glass created finely detailed lantern slides, however the wet plate collodion process had shorter exposure times and therefore become more popularly used. By the end of the 19th century, photographic publishers were marketing large boxed sets of collodion lantern slides. While collodion was popular a range of photographic processes were used to make lantern slides throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries including albumen, gelatin dry plate, carbon and woodburytype.