He sets the items on a three-tiered silver plate, with finger sandwiches on the bottom and the top two layers with sweets.

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He became fascinated with photography and wondered: Wasn't there an easier way to do it than with heavy, glass-plate negatives that had to be dipped in silver nitrate and processed on the spot?

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