Museum shows prints of old Cayuga County

For the next year, visitors at the Cayuga Museum of History and Art will be able to get a glimpse into what life was like 100 years ago in Cayuga County.

“From Plate to Print,” an exhibit opening Saturday, will display prints of photographs taken during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The featured pieces were taken with a long-outdated technology called glass plate negatives, a method popular at the time that captured images using plates of glass coated with light-sensitive material.

Over the years, the museum has collected thousands of these glass plate negatives, said curator Carrie Barrett. The museum recently started having the photos printed onto paper in order to preserve the timeless images.