Mo Rocca and Jeanine Head Miller in Greenfield Village, September 2019

THF141943 / Mo Rocca and Jeanine Head Miller in Greenfield Village, September 2019
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Artifact Overview

In 2019, The Henry Ford's staff and production partners filmed a story about tintype photography for the weekly television show, The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation. A modern-day tintypist used traditional methods to create this tintype photograph of Mo Rocca, the show's host, and Jeanine Head Miller, curator of domestic life. They struck a pose typical of the mid-1800s outside the Greenfield Village Tintype Studio.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Tintype (Photograph)

Date Made

13 September 2019

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.391.1

Material

Iron (Metal)

Technique

Tintype (Process)

Dimensions

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