FREE Tintype Demonstration February 6, 2010

The Tintype, introduced in 1853, is an image printed on a metallic sheet. It was much more accessible and less complicated than its precursor, the wet-plate collodion , where the image was printed on a glass plate. Tintypes became a very common form of photographic portraiture in the mid to late 1800s, and many Civil War era photographs were created using this process.

This demonstration will introduce you to the history of the tintype. You will be shown a modern variation of the process, which allows for greater flexibility of means of exposure.

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