Preferred label
Negatives
Alternative label
Photonegatives
Broader term
Photographs
Narrower terms
Film negatives
Glass negatives
Paper negatives
Pellicles
Scope note
Photographs in which the tonal values are the opposite of those in the subject to which the negative was exposed. Their purpose is to be a matrix for obtaining multiple positive images of the subject.
History note
Changed 11/90. Formerly, NEGATIVES may have been indexed as PHOTONEGATIVES.
Editorial note
Used in a note under PHOTOGRAPHS.
Change note
Formerly TGMI term & TGMII term.