Meaning of Tintype | Babel Free

Definitions

An early, remarkably durable form of photograph (technically a photographic negative), printed on a tin plate, then varnished.

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“She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.”

“There were photographs everywhere: photographs framed and unframed; photographs large and photographs small, the fresh and the faded; tintypes, kodaks, “full lengths,” “cabinets,” groups—every type of photograph; […]”

“They'll show you tintypes of the kids more often than not, hell, they love em chavalitos.”

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