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Soldiers in Tintype

Record #:
9314
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Abstract:
Although the science of photography was only twenty years old at the onset of the Civil War, the making of tintypes was prevalent. Less expensive than regular photography, tintypes were an easy way for men to send their portraits home and to carry the portraits of loved ones with them.\r\n
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 47 Issue 11, Apr 1980, p17, 39, il, por