as in daguerreotype
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Recent Examples of tintype
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.
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Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 1 May 2025
Around since the 1850s, tintype photography captures a still image on a thin metal plate coated with dark lacquer or enamel.
—Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The sepia print, which appears to be a techno advance just a small step above tintype, was cut to fit an oval frame.
—Denise Snodell, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
The exhibit includes tintype photographs that honor the legacy of Black families and highlight the richness of the Black community in Elgin, according to the department’s Facebook page.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
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Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 1 May 2025
Around since the 1850s, tintype photography captures a still image on a thin metal plate coated with dark lacquer or enamel.
—Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The sepia print, which appears to be a techno advance just a small step above tintype, was cut to fit an oval frame.
—Denise Snodell, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
The exhibit includes tintype photographs that honor the legacy of Black families and highlight the richness of the Black community in Elgin, according to the department’s Facebook page.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tintype
Noun
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The daguerreotype of John C. Calhoun was what led Shumard to hunt down other early prints in the museum’s collections.—
Kaila Philo,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 June 2025
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Not everyone could make a daguerreotype, but nearly everyone could own one.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
24 May 2025
Noun
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In the back storeroom of the Olivera Egg Ranch in San Jose, Ed Olivera Jr., 76, gazed at miniature sepia and grey-tone photographs in an album splayed open on a long steel table.—
Jia H. Jung,
The Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2025
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The mono photo in our suite was a little brown rather than neutral gray, but not by as much as a standard sepia print.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
5 June 2025
Noun
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It’s based on a photograph from 1942 of a man named Edward Atkinson, taken by Calvin Facton.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
12 July 2025
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The photographs put a face to each victim and the flowers represent their lives.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
12 July 2025
Noun
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Mendoza was seen smirking in his arrest photo, seeming to be unfazed by his capture.—
Stepheny Price , Bill Melugin,
FOXNews.com,
15 July 2025
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These relationships are a defining ethos of her petite market, with its vintage photos and racks of boil spice and fish jerky.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Every type of Christmas ornament works with this style: Gather around the tree to decorate it in monochrome, all-white, or a colorful mix of every hue.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
19 July 2025
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Although nineteenth-century photography might be commonly associated with a somber, monochrome world of stiff portraits and slightly dull landscapes, the decades after photography’s introduction in 1839 were also a time of bold innovation.—
Anika Burgess
July 17,
Literary Hub,
17 July 2025
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