tintype

noun

tin·​type ˈtin-ˌtīp How to pronounce tintype (audio)

Examples of tintype in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Photographers were going out and loading their wagons up with tintypes, and heading off into the wild yonder and creating these amazing photographs. Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023 Neither Drew nor Janisse could believe the 9-year-old boy’s resemblance to his ancestor in that black-and-white tintype photo. Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023 Passages Radcliffe Bailey, an artist whose sculptural assemblages included his grandmother’s tintypes, and who chronicled the narratives of Black life, has died at 54. Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2023 In 2014, the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D. C. acquired a tintype portrait. Nora Mathison, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023 But that tintype stands as a testament, not just to the life of Dr. Sarah Loguen Fraser, but to this small cohort of Black women who, in a fortuitous moment in history, became doctors just after the Civil War. Nora Mathison, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023 Saturday-Monday, July 22-24: Vintage tintype photography sessions, conducted by Westslope Tintype. Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 July 2023 Lines gathered outside a stand that sold newsboy caps and another that offered on-site tintype portraits. Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 20 June 2023 Good-ridge and Ball also adopted the tintype process, which produced images on a thin sheet of iron coated with a dark lacquer or enamel. Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tintype was in 1864

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“Tintype.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tintype. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

tintype

noun
tin·​type -ˌtīp How to pronounce tintype (audio)
: an early photograph consisting of a positive image taken directly on a thin iron plate having a darkened surface

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