I have a "metal" photograph of my mother, she called it a "tintype"
which was taken of her in Switzerland Co. in 1897. It was taken by her
cousin's husband, Manson Lanham, a "riverboat man" who followed the
river and the fairs with a photo concession. He often took photographs
around Vevay and Moorefield.
Ardath Blue
GU>The information on identifying old photo's has been helpful to me too!
GU>I have been very involved with photographing photos from scrapbooks loaned t
GU>me by relatives. Unfortunately, most of the photos are glued into the books
GU>so I cannot see any information which might be on the back. My purpose for
GU>photographing these photos is to reproduce them for myself and others in my
GU>family and also to hopefully preserve the images of my family in case the
GU>originals are lost. I have had excellent results with many of the photos,
GU>sometimes using a magnifying lens which actually has helped me identify
GU>people/places/things better than from the original photographs.
GU>I have run across 3 "metal" photos of girls/women who I cannot identify.
I
GU>believe they might be of relatives who lived in Switzerland or Ripley Counti
GU>or possibly Gallatin or Boone Counties in KY (or their predecessors from mor
GU>eastern states).
GU>Can anyone help me with the following questions and /or give me advice on my
GU>project to 'photograph photographs'?
GU>1. are photos produced on metal called daguerrotype? Does anyone know when
GU>this type of media was used to produce photos and when it was replaced with
GU>paper? (to help me date these 3 photographs)
GU>2. can anyone give me advice on a checklist of things to look for on an
GU>original photograph while I still have it in my possession?
GU>3. can anyone recommend a good book for learning how to identify and preser
GU>photographs?
GU>Thanks!
GU>Janis Gatschet
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