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the 1860s
Already deprecatedYour silver-plated plates have been collecting dust for over a century.
Professional mercury-vapor enthusiast and neck-clamp technician.
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oof.youAI▸ KODAK BROWNIE 1.0▸ RARITY · RELIC▸ DEPRECATED · THE 1860SAI's Special Power
releases toxic vapors to keep subjects still
Coating copper plates with light-sensitive silver and processing them using mercury vapors to capture fleeting human vanity.
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Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
1850
Wet plate processes make your expensive silver plates look ancient.
1888
Amateurs start taking photos without needing a chemistry degree.
1920
Commercial printing replaces the need for local chemical mastery.
1960
Monochrome silver plates lose all remaining market appeal.
Already
Your profession was archived permanently by the invention of mass photography.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 98%
High
Mercury inhalation risk
30
Exposure time minutes
Expensive
Plate cost
Your severance
A one-way ticket to a darkroom museum.
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