Group of Women at a Picnic, circa 1895
THF278356 / Group of Women at a Picnic, circa 1895
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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
circa 1895
Subject Date
circa 1895
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2019.0.25.21
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Iron (Metal)
Technique
Tintype (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in
Width: 4.875 in
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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.