Modern 8x10 Wet Plate Holders?

[jonw]

I believe these are wet plate holders. Can anyone confirm my suspicions?
Thanks. Jon

[billschwab]

From what I can see, they do look like plate holders.

[Anton Lukoszevieze]

look like dry plate

[Robert Hall]

Where did you find them Jon?

[billschwab]

Dry plate holders usually have 2 darkslides and allow 2 plates which is why these look like they might be for wet plate.

Any chance they are x-ray plate holders of some kind?

[Vaughn]

I got several of these -- they also make for decent contact printing frames. I thought they were for keeping film perfectly flat during exposure in the camera.

[jonw]

Where did you find them Jon?

They came with an 11x14 Studio Deardorff I puchased. Originally, my most recent research indicates they were used by the Naval Photography school at Pensacola, FL and were sold in the 1970's as surplus.

They may in be dry plate holders. I honestly don't know. They do have one dark slide in each holder and inside the holder is a dense foam. The "dense foam" material are fine and are not crumbling etc.

Jon

[jonw]

I got several of these -- they also make for decent contact printing frames. I thought they were for keeping film perfectly flat during exposure in the camera.

They definitely would keep the "film" flat. But, are they wet or dry plat holders? I don't think they are x-ray film holders, but I again don't know for certain.

Jon

[Vaughn]

I meant film -- as in modern film.

Vaughn

[eddie gunks]

they are for keeping film flat.

i use them for shooting wet plate all the time. great stuff. makes every 8x10 camera a wet plate camera.