Photograph Album of Gem Tintypes, circa 1865
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Tintypes, the inexpensive "instant photographs" of the 19th century, gave more people than ever before the chance to have a real likeness of relatives, friends, and themselves. Photograph albums--introduced in the very early 1860s--provided a way to organize, preserve, and conveniently view these images. This album holds "gem" photographs--the smallest tintype, 3/4 to 1 inch in size.
Tintypes, the inexpensive "instant photographs" of the 19th century, gave more people than ever before the chance to have a real likeness of relatives, friends, and themselves. Photograph albums--introduced in the very early 1860s--provided a way to organize, preserve, and conveniently view these images. This album holds "gem" photographs--the smallest tintype, 3/4 to 1 inch in size.
Artifact
Photograph album
Date Made
circa 1865
Subject Date
circa 1865
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1432.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Iron (Metal)
Leather
Technique
Tintype (Process)
Hand coloring
Dimensions
Height: 3.375 in
Width: 3.5 in
Length: .875 in
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