View Camera, Used in Harry Patmore's Photographic Studio, circa 1882
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Tintype cameras made photographs on thin, black-painted sheets of iron. The images came directly from the camera, so there were no photographic negatives from which multiple copies could be made. However, cameras could be fitted with multiple lenses, allowing several copies of the same tintype image to be produced at one time on a single sheet of iron.
Tintype cameras made photographs on thin, black-painted sheets of iron. The images came directly from the camera, so there were no photographic negatives from which multiple copies could be made. However, cameras could be fitted with multiple lenses, allowing several copies of the same tintype image to be produced at one time on a single sheet of iron.
Artifact
View camera
Date Made
circa 1882
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
37.443.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Brass (Alloy)
Cloth
Glass (Material)
Wood (Plant material)
Dimensions
Height: 17.5 in
Width: 13.25 in
Length: 24.75 in
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