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Tintypes

Scope note

Photographs produced by the wet collodion process directly on lacquered metal, usually iron.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000134759

Broader Terms used

direct positives

Term used for

ferrotypes
melainotypes

Equivalent Terms used

tintype

Created

13yrs ago

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