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- Benjamin French Tintype Camera Lens, 1860-1890 - Tintype photographs peaked in popularity in the mid-19th century. Lacquered iron plates coated with light-sensitive collodion were exposed in cameras by photographers in formal studios and mobile booths at fairs. Tintypes were inexpensive and could be produced in minutes--"instant photographs" of their day. This lens could make multiple identical exposures of the same image onto one tintype plate.
- 1860-1890
- Collections - Artifact
Benjamin French Tintype Camera Lens, 1860-1890
Tintype photographs peaked in popularity in the mid-19th century. Lacquered iron plates coated with light-sensitive collodion were exposed in cameras by photographers in formal studios and mobile booths at fairs. Tintypes were inexpensive and could be produced in minutes--"instant photographs" of their day. This lens could make multiple identical exposures of the same image onto one tintype plate.
- View Camera, 1860-1900 -
- 1860-1900
- Collections - Artifact
View Camera, 1860-1900
- View Camera, 1860-1880 - Photography was invented in France but quickly became a transatlantic industry; this American-made view camera had a French lens. By the mid nineteenth century portraiture had become photography's killer app. Tintype and other "wet plate" technologies, such as those this camera used, allowed for a relatively short exposure and relatively quick development time, making photographs more accessible to everyday people.
- 1860-1880
- Collections - Artifact
View Camera, 1860-1880
Photography was invented in France but quickly became a transatlantic industry; this American-made view camera had a French lens. By the mid nineteenth century portraiture had become photography's killer app. Tintype and other "wet plate" technologies, such as those this camera used, allowed for a relatively short exposure and relatively quick development time, making photographs more accessible to everyday people.