Dates of major use: 1855-1860s

Group of five women, a baby, a man and a dog on a porch. (MIKAN 4955139)

Inventor: Adolphe-Alexandre Martin (1853), Hamilton A. Smith (1856)

Portrait of three women sitting on the floor. (MIKAN 4958586)

A tintype is a monochromatic direct positive image that is formed on a thin metal plate covered with a black varnish. They were often hand-coloured. Tintypes can be presented in paper mounts to be slid into albums or protected in American cases under glass.

Portrait of a man wearing a municipal band uniform and holding his flugelhorn. (MIKAN 3511014)

Family portrait of a mother, three daughters, a son, and a dog. (MIKAN 3262041)

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