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Charleston Book 'Em Authors, May 2008 
Tintype photos were photographs put on a metal surface instead of paper or glass. They were produced in the in the USA from 1856, becoming popular during the 1860s, and remaining popular into the 1920s. The cameras would normally hold a stack of unprocessed tin plates inside the camera. The image would normally be reversed, left to right, but some included a mirror or prism to turn the image the right way. It was widely used for portraits, because it was the cheapest form of portrait available. It was of poor quality with a limited range of tones. Mercury chloride, a very deadly poison, was sometimes used to whiten the image. |
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