tintype in English
noun
1
a photograph taken as a positive on a thin tin plate.
Upstairs was ‘Striving to be Seen,’ a survey of African American vernacular photography, including cabinet cards, cased images and tintypes as well as snapshot album pages.
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Below are sample sentences containing the word "tintype" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "tintype", or refer to the context using the word "tintype" in the English Dictionary.
1. 1 photograph : ninth-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 7.3 x 6.3 cm (case) Photo, Print, Drawing [Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with Bayoneted musket and scabbard] digital file from original item
2. 1 photograph : sixth-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 9.2 x 8.0 cm (case) Photo, Print, Drawing [Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with Bayoneted musket in front of painted backdrop showing encampment with palmetto trees and American flag] digital file from original item