Family Portrait with Gold Accents, 1860-1869

Summary

Tintypes, the popular "instant photographs" of the 19th century, could be produced in a matter of minutes at a price most people could afford. Tintypes democratized photography. Beginning in the mid-1850s, they gave more people than ever before the chance to have a real likeness of themselves--capturing unique glimpses of how everyday Americans looked and lived.

Tintypes, the popular "instant photographs" of the 19th century, could be produced in a matter of minutes at a price most people could afford. Tintypes democratized photography. Beginning in the mid-1850s, they gave more people than ever before the chance to have a real likeness of themselves--capturing unique glimpses of how everyday Americans looked and lived.

Artifact

Tintype (Photograph)

Date Made

1860-1869

Subject Date

1860-1869

Creators

Unknown

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2019.0.25.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Iron (Metal)

Technique

Tintype (Process)
Hand coloring

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)
Pink (Color)
Gold (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 3.75 in

Width: 9.4375 in

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