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Photography -- Negatives.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: A negative image is a total inversion of a positive image, in which light areas appear dark and vice versa. A negative color image is additionally color reversed, with red areas appearing cyan, greens appearing magenta and blues appearing yellow. This sometimes can have a reverse effect and cause the greens to appear a reddish brown. When refering to photgraphy, this most likely is about the processed film strip that is called a "negative" - it is one of the phases of the processing step from image to photograph.

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Centennial negative collection

 Collection
Identifier: 013.CeN
Abstract The Centennial Negative collection contains glass plate negatives that were used in an exhibit in 1949 to celebrate the Centennial Anniversary of Michigan State Normal School. The images include several campus buildings, as well as portraits of Adonijah Strong Welch, the first Principal of the school and John D. Pierce. Most of the glass plate negatives are photostat images of original photographs or drawings. The collection is arranged alphabetically and...
Dates: 1949 - 1949