Historical Portrait
[Full-length portrait of a man]
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Archive record
1 photographic print : tintype.
About this photograph
The Library of Congress holds this tintype from 1880, showing a full-length portrait of an unidentified man.
The archive record provides no information about the subject's identity, occupation, or the circumstances under which the photograph was made. The photographer or studio responsible for the image is not documented.
Tintypes were a common photographic format during this period, produced by creating a direct positive image on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark enamel or lacquer. Without additional documentation or context, nothing further can be determined about this particular portrait or the person it depicts.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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