An old tintype by unknown photographer, circa 1880s.

An outdoor portrait of a father and daughter?

Tintype photographs were not made from negatives, so each one is a one-of-a-kind image; the only way they could be produced in quantity was by using a special camera that could take multiple photos all at one time, but that was uncommon. The thing that makes tintypes unique is they were produced directly upon the sheet metal, just as daguerreotypes were produced upon silver-plated copper plates, and ambrotypes were made directly on glass.

Some scratches, see scan 23995 687-91

I usually ship same or next day, everything goes with tracking, shipped in a sturdy stay-flat mailer.

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If you buy more than one lot in my sale, I will reduce the shipping total, but please wait for me to send the combined shipping invoice before you pay.