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Tintypes (Prints)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Photographs produced by the wet collodion process directly on lacquered metal, usually iron. See also the Topical heading: Tintype (Process) -- A variant of the wet collodion process producing a direct positive image on a thin sheet of lacquered metal (usually iron, never tin).

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Unidentified Portraits, 1861-1910

 File
Identifier: B002.04.0360.0004
Scope and Contents

A portrait of a man and a portrait of a woman encased in glass and a tin-type in a case of a Confederate soldier.

Dates: 1861-1910