Workers and Horse-drawn Wagons at a Sawmill, 1880-1900

THF278450 / Workers and Horse-drawn Wagons at a Sawmill, 1880-1900
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Artifact Overview

Tintypes, the popular "instant photographs" of the 19th century, could be produced in a matter of minutes at a price most people could afford. At first, outdoor tintypes were rare. But after a new, more convenient process for making tintypes was introduced in the 1880s, photographs of outdoor scenes became more common.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Tintype (Photograph)

Date Made

1880-1900

Subject Date

1880-1900

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2019.0.25.7

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Iron (Metal)

Technique

Tintype (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.75 in
Width: 6.5 in

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