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tintypes (photographs)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Photographs produced by the wet collodion process directly on lacquered metal, usually iron.

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Maida Rossiter Bailey photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1158
Abstract Collection consists of black and white photographs, and a small number of tintypes, most compiled into two photograph albums. One album includes professional portraits of members of the Bailey, Price, Brooks, Hopper, Mellon, Roberts, Westcott, and Stroud families. The other includes snapshots of rural areas, people, and livestock in North Carolina, Florida, Key West and Arizona. Maida Rossiter Bailey (died 1972) was the dean of Women at Reed College and owned a ranch with her husband,...
Dates: circa 1865-1899

Tintypes of baseball players J. Monday and W. B. Bray

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 8
Abstract

Two tintype portraits in cardboard frames, with handwritten notes identifying them as baseball players J. Monday and W. B. Bray.

Dates: circa 1850-1899

Beauchamp family photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1136
Abstract

Five black and white tintypes of members of the Beauchamp family, including: John T. Beauchamp, Helen Beauchamp, Anna Eliza Beauchamp, Henry Beauchamp, and William Beauchamp.

Dates: circa 1850-1899

Cased photographs collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1414
Abstract

Collection consists of approximately 630 cased photographs, including daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes (also called ferrotypes) dating from approximately 1840-1900. The photographs are primarily portraits of early migrants to Oregon and the western United States. Also represented are early Oregon street and residential scenes.

Dates: 1840-2000; Majority of material found within 1840-1900

Josie Langmaid portrait

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1138
Abstract

Tintype portrait of a child, Josie Langmaid. It is mounted on a card and has a gold-colored metal frame with a floral motif.

Dates: circa 1850-1899

Marston family photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 643
Abstract

Album containing black and white photographs and tintypes, primarily studio portraits of unidentified people, particularly children. A number of the portraits were taken by studios in Wisconsin. With the album are a poem about a dog by Elwyn Marston, age 11, of Columbus, Wisconsin; a silk 48-star U.S. flag; and two loose photographs.

Dates: circa 1850-1880

John Mathews and his second wife portrait

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1139
Abstract

One tintype in a cardboard frame. The tintype depicts John Mathews sitting in a chair, facing front, and holding a book; his wife stands next to him with one hand resting on his shoulder.

Dates: circa 1850-1899

Tintype of Minto family residence

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1135
Abstract

One black and white tintype of the Minto family residence in Salem, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1850-1899

Mug shot photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1095
Abstract

Small collection of tintype mugshots, most in poor condition, and largely depicting unidentified people. The collection also includes photocopies of some of the original paper frames, which were discarded due to damage, and one frame retained as an example.

Dates: circa 1890

Mrs. D. L. Ramsay photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1134
Abstract

Collection consists of 2 tintypes and 9 cartes-de-visite, primarily depicting members of the Klum, Nye, and Coyle families.

Dates: circa 1850-1890