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Recent Examples of tintype
The image could be a tintype from a late-Victorian play about a confidence man who preys on wealthy young widows.
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Also on display is a tintype of an unidentified African American woman, taken by an unidentified artist around 1865.
—Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
Lifestyle Hauntingly beautiful tintype photos memorialize what was lost in Altadena
April 30, 2025
Tell us about your outfit.
—Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
To a visitor’s eye, the light switch is nowhere to be found—that is, until a tintype photograph is plucked from a ledge near the front door to reveal a white plastic switch plate.
—Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 1 May 2025
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Also on display is a tintype of an unidentified African American woman, taken by an unidentified artist around 1865.
—Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
Lifestyle Hauntingly beautiful tintype photos memorialize what was lost in Altadena
April 30, 2025
Tell us about your outfit.
—Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
To a visitor’s eye, the light switch is nowhere to be found—that is, until a tintype photograph is plucked from a ledge near the front door to reveal a white plastic switch plate.
—Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tintype
Noun
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First observed on Aug 19, 1991, the day commemorates the invention of the daguerreotype, a photographic process developed in 1837.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
30 July 2025
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And the massive collection of photographic plates the Harvard Computers used in their work began with a July 17, 1850 daguerreotype of the star Vega.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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Washes include sepia blue, ochre blue, graphite, brown black and more.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
14 Oct. 2025
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Typical gravesite photos, sepia and oval, in frames.—
Mariana Enriquez
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
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Gaube’s photographs, explains Moussa, show both his interest in vernacular architecture and the penchant of Lebanese architects, designers, and builders for using thick stone and heavy wooden doors that kept interiors cool in summer and insulated in winter.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025
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In one room, drawers full of clippings, photographs and notes are devoted to each season, starting with the original Texans campaign in 1960.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
24 Oct. 2025
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
27 Oct. 2025
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Nikki Reich was scrolling through a story about a Milwaukee woman accused of beating her mother to death with a rock when a photo caught her eye.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Winfrey also wore a cream-colored sweater beneath her blazer to complete her monochrome approach to power dressing.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
24 Oct. 2025
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His palette is limited and monochrome.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Tintype.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tintype. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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