How awesome is this one? Probably two fashionable sisters from the 1880's or 1890's who decided to buy some multiple yards of fabric, make the dresses at home and go out in all their splendor out dressed completely alike. This is the coolest tintype I have. Love the "nature" background too!
The trend of the three button row was hot at this time, at least with those three fashionable ladies from the 1880's.
This was another great find at Etsy.com and were extremely cheap. Like less than 10 bucks for all of the four!
A quick background on tintypes...
Tintype, also melainotype and ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a sheet of iron metal that is blackened by painting, laquering or enamelling and is used as a support for a collodion photographic emulsion.
While the ambrotype remained very popular in the rest of the world, the tintype process had superseded the ambrotype in the United States by the end of the Civil War. It became the most common photographic process until the introduction of modern, gelatin-based processes and the invention of the reloadable amateur camera by the Kodak company. Ferrotypes had waned in popularity by the end of the 19th century, although a few makers were still around as late as the 1950s and the images are still made as novelties at some European carnivals.
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