Definitions for tintype
ˈtɪnˌtaɪptin·type

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1. tintypenoun

   An early, remarkably durable form of photograph (technically a photographic negative), printed on a tin plate, then varnished.

2. Etymology: From tin + type.

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1. Tintype

   A tintype, also known as a melainotype or ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark lacquer or enamel and used as the support for the photographic emulsion. Tintypes enjoyed their widest use during the 1860s and 1870s, but lesser use of the medium persisted into the early 20th century and it has been revived as a novelty and fine art form in the 21st. Tintype portraits were at first usually made in a formal photographic studio, like daguerreotypes and other early types of photographs, but later they were most commonly made by photographers working in booths or the open air at fairs and carnivals, as well as by itinerant sidewalk photographers. Because the lacquered iron support (there is no actual tin used) was resilient and did not need drying, a tintype could be developed and fixed and handed to the customer only a few minutes after the picture had been taken. The tintype photograph saw more uses and captured a wider variety of settings and subjects than any other photographic type of the period. It was introduced while the daguerreotype was still popular, though its primary competition would have been the ambrotype. The tintype saw the Civil War come and go, documenting the individual soldier and horrific battle scenes. It captured scenes from the Wild West, as it was easy to produce by itinerant photographers working out of covered wagons. It began losing artistic and commercial ground to higher quality albumen prints on paper in the mid-1860s, yet survived for well over another 40 years, living mostly as a carnival novelty. The tintype's immediate predecessor, the ambrotype, was done by the same process of using a sheet of glass as the support. The glass was either of a dark color or provided with a black backing so that, as with a tintype, the underexposed negative image in the emulsion appeared as a positive. Tintypes were sturdy and did not require mounting in a protective hard case like ambrotypes and daguerreotypes.

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1. Tintypenoun

   same as Ferrotype

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1. Tintype

   Tintype, also melainotype and ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a sheet of iron metal that is blackened by painting, lacquering or enamelling and is used as a support for a collodion photographic emulsion. Photographers usually worked outside at fairs, carnivals etc. and as the support of the tintype is resilient and does not need drying, photographs can be produced only a few minutes after the picture is taken. An ambrotype uses the same process and methods on a sheet of glass that is mounted in a case with a black backing so the underexposed negative image appears as a positive. Tintypes did not need mounting in a case and were not as delicate as photographs that used glass for the support.

How to pronounce tintype?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tintype in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tintype in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of tintype in a Sentence

1. Collector Randy Guijarro:

   I had just a couple of bucks left, and I found three photographs I liked, and of the three, the oldest tintype, I actually kind of chucked it back in the box.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tintype
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintype
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tintype
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=tintype