What Do You Know About Tintypes? February 3, 2012

Reblogged from Ohio Historical Society Collections Blog:

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Recently a number of patrons have contacted us asking how to identify and care for tintypes they found in their famiy photograph collections. Read more to find out if you might have a tintype of your own.

When were they introduced?
They were patented by Hamilton L. Smith of Gambier, Ohio in 1856 and quickly became a popular photographic format. Early tintypes were often presented in cases to resemble the more fragile daguerreotypes and ambrotypes.

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Looking for more information about various types of mid-19th-century photographic technology for my next feature article -- details to follow, I promise!