Keywords: Tintypes
Item 37156
Alney Chase as a young man, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Media: Tintype
Item 37165
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Media: Tintype
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Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.
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Maine Through the Eyes of George W. French
George French, a native of Kezar Falls and graduate of Bates College, worked at several jobs before turning to photography as his career. He served for many years as photographer for the Maine Development Commission, taking pictures intended to promote both development and tourism.
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Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2
"A tintype shows a formally posed young woman set against a classical railing and trees as if in the outdoors."
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Early Maine Photography - Human Interest
"Two of the tintypes show the same pair of ladies playing chess. In a third tintype, as a defiant gesture toward Maine’s prohibition laws, two young…"
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21st and 19th century technology and freelance photography
by Brendan Bullock
My work is a mash-up of cutting edge technology and 19th century chemistry techniques.
