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The tintype format was introduced by chemist and physicist Hamilton Smith in 1856.
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Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
Also on display is a tintype of an unidentified African American woman, taken by an unidentified artist around 1865.
—Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
This is especially evident as the show builds from format to format—including tintypes, ambrotypes, paper prints, and stereographs, each an improvement on the last where the maker’s control was concerned.
—Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
Lifestyle Hauntingly beautiful tintype photos memorialize what was lost in Altadena
April 30, 2025
Tell us about your outfit.
—Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
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Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
Also on display is a tintype of an unidentified African American woman, taken by an unidentified artist around 1865.
—Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
This is especially evident as the show builds from format to format—including tintypes, ambrotypes, paper prints, and stereographs, each an improvement on the last where the maker’s control was concerned.
—Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
Lifestyle Hauntingly beautiful tintype photos memorialize what was lost in Altadena
April 30, 2025
Tell us about your outfit.
—Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
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“Tintype.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tintype. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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tintype
noun
tin·type
-ˌtīp 
: an early photograph consisting of a positive image taken directly on a thin iron plate having a darkened surface
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