Portrait photography
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of tintype portraits of Black Americans
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Col-1022
Content Description
Fifteen tintype portraits of Black Americans by an unknown photographer.
Dates:
circa 1880- circa 1900; Other: Date of Physical Custody
Found in:
Winterthur Library
Photographs
Collection
Identifier: Col -182
Scope and Contents
This artificial and still open collection contains photographs and stereopticon slides, primarily from the second half of the 19th century. A wide variety of photographic processes is represented including collotypes, cyanotypes, platinotypes, albumen, and gelatin prints. The photographs are both amateur and professional, snapshots and posed portraits.Many of the photographs depict domestic life and show furnished interiors and household artifacts. Others show buildings and...
Dates:
between approximately 1860 and approximately 1940
Found in:
Winterthur Library