Tintypes-

[warsawdaddy]

When did tintypes end? I have 4-6 from the old family items,including one of two guys holding guns (posed)on each other.Since my family was friends with certain elements,I would like to get an idea of the time frame.When my son gets home next week,I'll see if he can post them somehow.

[GrayCloud]

Hey Warsaw, I don't know the answer to your question.

BUT, be careful posting them things, we all know how you like the Ladies.

[Mich. Wolverine]

If I'm not mistaken it was in the 1860's when they were last used. It would be cool to see them.

Wolverine.

[Frankn]

In reality, there are no switching points in time for photography. The different types were used at the same time. It all started just before 1800 when Schulze discoverer the light sensitivity of silver salts. The first photos were produced on leather using silver nitrate. By 1815 Nicephore Niepce used coated metal plates using silver chloride. Many processes followed using Glass and various metal plates. In 1839 Daguerre invented an improved metal plate process. It was called daguerreotypes. Calotype came next, but the images were on the course side and only used for buildings, not people. These two processes ran in parallel. Silver gelatin prints came next about 1852. Information spread slowly at that time and most of the discovery happened in France. A lot of the metal plates were mirror images. A lot of the so called tintypes were actually paper prints bound in metal. I do photography work. I started in the 50's and I actually made glass plates images. They were called lantern slide plates,4"x5". They were the forrunner of the slide. Now it's all digital and you can change anything in the image with a good program.