University of Texas at Austin

Photography Collections Database

Record Detail


Call Number:

PH-00360

Collection Name:

Tintypes Photography Collection

No. of Items:

136 items

Span Dates:

1850s-1920s

Description:

The collection consists of 136 tintypes by various identified and unidentified photographers. Individual tintypes, which are cased, matted, and/or loose, comprise the bulk of the collection, but also included are four tintypes in an album page, and tintypes in two small albums. Additional tintypes are located in the Literary File Photography Collection and other individually named collections.

Location(s):

Tintypes Box 1 (T-1 - T-17)
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Tintypes Box 2 (T-18 - T-78)
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Tintypes Box 3 (T-79 - T-110)
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Item(s):

985:0046:0001 -- unidentified photographer. [General Winfield Scott], circa 1861. Tintype, .


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