Monday, December 3, 2012

Out of the Darkness - Enhancing Old Tintypes - A Set from a Bag





Very often, notations on the reverse of these found photographs are obscure or too brief or illegible. Most often there is nothing at all.

Today's rescued photographs are all tintypes. All were found in one junk store in a baggie. Some have stickers with information on the reverse, others do not.

Are they connected? Or were they just all in the same bag. What do you think?

Here are tiny bits of history, reaching out to us over decades and sometimes centuries.



Seated man
Seated man
20121110 Arkansas reverse

On the reverse:
Albert Hall
Ada (Friend)
Wilson



Man with fringed chair
Man with fringed chair

Nothing on the reverse of this one.



Head ans shoulders portrait man
Head ans shoulders portrait man
Head and shoulders portrait man

On reverse:
(Not legible)
M
ri
ithe
(possible)



Head and shoulder portrait woman
Head and shoulder portrait woman
Woman portrait head and shoulders

This one has been enlarged a bit. The original is very tiny; only 1 inch by 1.5 inch.

on reverse:
Susie Dusal Tyndall
Mary Friend
sister



Head and shoulders portrait of a youngster
Head and shoulders portrait of a youngster

Nothing on the reverse of this one.



Two women one man
Two women one man
trio

On reverse:
Right to left
Louese McDanel Tyndall
Taylor Tyndall
Mary E Friend Tyndall



Standing man
Standing man
Standing man

There was a sticker with some information on it apparently, but it is completely obscured now.



Seated man
Seated man
Seated man

On reverse:
Franklin A
Tyndall
Mary youngest
Brother



Arkansas006
20121110 Arkansas006 enhanced
Arlansas reverse

On reverse:
I don't know if this
Ruby Du?ral or
Rosie Tyndell


Three women
Three women

This one was not in the bag with the above examples.

It is almost completely faded. It apparently wasn't a good example in the first place. The subjects or the camera moved during exposure, the development process was mishandled and there is a large finger print included.





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