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$80 USDTintype 3/4 Sheet - Family Grouping
Home Decor:Photographic:Tintypes:3/4 Sheets:Family Portrait
Tintype images began life as an inexpensive alternative to the daguerreotype. The main advantages of the tintype were threefold: it created an unbreakable, durable, photographic image supported on an iron plate, which could be carried into hazardous conditions such as battle without breaking like the fragile daguerreotype; it was the first truly instant photograph, ready for the sitter in a few minutes; it was inexpensive, its lowered cost of production meant working class could own photographs. ...| Items 1 - 1 of 1 | Page 1 of 1 |


