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The book features over 70 historical workwear garments—some predating the invention of modern blue jeans—and more than 350 photographs spanning cabinet cards, cartes de visite, real photo postcards, tintypes, and stereoscopic photo cards.
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
There’s even a tintype photography studio out back.
—Riza Cruz, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2025
Rounding out the lineup is their younger sister Daryl and her boyfriend, Joey—also in vintage-style tintype attire.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
The image could be a tintype from a late-Victorian play about a confidence man who preys on wealthy young widows.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
There’s even a tintype photography studio out back.
—Riza Cruz, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2025
Rounding out the lineup is their younger sister Daryl and her boyfriend, Joey—also in vintage-style tintype attire.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
The image could be a tintype from a late-Victorian play about a confidence man who preys on wealthy young widows.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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“Tintype.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tintype. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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tintype
noun
tin·type
-ˌtīp 
: an early photograph consisting of a positive image taken directly on a thin iron plate having a darkened surface
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