jimgalli
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Spent all weekend working on a lovely 11X14 Century and was repaid with 2 fine prints from the first 2 negs! 2 for 2, I should quit while I'm ahead. Anyways, the old girl came with 4 wooden holders all in various states of repair and dis-, but one of them when I opened it up, was full of this tar like goop. There were masking tape lines and inside the lines (actually everywhere including the film channels) was this tar like goo. Try to imagine someone putting gummy tar inside a film holder! Any ideas of ancient processes that would use anything like I'm describing. Thankfully, it was just one side of one holder that was tarry. The verso on that same holder was pin clean!