Tintypes (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Wraps; 8vo; with 16 tintypes mounted to the first 9 leaves (2 tintypes per page) and labelled by hand. Tintypes are 2.5-by-3.5 inches. Covers detached, with rear cover missing; first leaf detached. Tintypes are cleverly mounted between two leaves, with cut-out frame on the first leaf so the image can show through; handwritten text in the (wide) margins. One page lists Northampton, Massachusetts, another Mountain Park -- so perhaps with some relation to Smith College. Names recorded are Mabel Howard, Anna Bradley, Helen Denison, Helen Foster, Lucia Wheeler, and Mrs. Calander, amongst others. In one photo, the women are looking at a newspaper, and in another, they are holding advertising signs for Honeydew Kisses. The book itself is in fair shape -- some of the pages and "frames" are torn, so, in most cases, the tintypes -- which are in excellent condition -- are easily removable. A few tintypes just a little rubbed or scratched.

Condition: Fine. An exceptionally exposed and preserved portrait of a young African-American man in a studio setting, taken in the 1860s or early 1870s when the arched mount seen here was in use. Tintype measuring 2 ½ x 1 ½ in larger mount. Fine contrast and condition.

Commercial Photo Album Containing 96 Unidentified "Gem" Tintypes. [No place, no date, circa 1870]. 64mo (approx. 3.5 x 3.25 inches. Twelve leaves containing eight "gem" size (approx. 1 x ¾ inch) tintypes per leaf. Black leather, spine and boards lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, brass clasp. From the collection of Edward Hoyenski. . Backstrip split and torn, starting at spine ends; front free endpaper chipped and fragile; scattered foxing throughout. Very good.