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The tintype in America, 1856-1880


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A tintype aesthetic -- Photography and the arts, the first twenty years -- The invention, Martin and Smith -- The melainotype and Neff -- The ferrotype and Griswold -- The collodion gallery -- The tintype, image and attitude -- A new presentation -- American society and the democratic portrait -- Postscript: "I hear America singing" -- Glossary.

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    Philadelphia, Pa: American Philosophical Society, 2007

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    1856-1880


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    • 0871699729
    • 9780871699725

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