Removing emulsion from old glass plates?

ChrisPlatt

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While cleaning out the basement today I came across a box apparently
left there years ago by some handyman named "M. Brady".

Inside the box were some panes of glass. As I pulled them out and
dusted them off, I saw these were actually photographic negatives,
mostly posed pictures of people in strange old-fashioned clothes
and some boring military scenes. They're not even in color.

These glass plates are just the right size to replace the broken panes
in my garden shed, but I can't use them like this. How can I remove
the images? Will a razor blade do or should soak them in something?

TIA,
Chris
 
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