Tintype

Photograph

Gulfport History Museum

Front

Name/Title

Tintype

Entry/Object ID

2022.0.4

Description

A black and white tintype photograph of three women in white dresses. Two sit on a wooden bench while the third stands behind them. The backdrop features a natural landscape with a grand building on top of a hill.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Tintype

Subject

Tintypes--1870-1910, Portrait photography, Fashion--1870-1910

Context

Unknown

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Unknown

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

J. MacAllister

Role

Photographer

Date made

circa 1870 - circa 1910

Place

City

Cambridge, MA

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

Holder, reverse

Transcription

J. MACALLISTER 611 MASS. AVE. CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

Language

English

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Tintype

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Positive, Direct

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Tintype

Height

3-7/16 in

Width

2-1/4 in

Dimension Description

Holder, closed

Height

4-1/2 in

Width

2-11/16 in

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