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Rounding out the lineup is their younger sister Daryl and her boyfriend, Joey—also in vintage-style tintype attire.
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
The image could be a tintype from a late-Victorian play about a confidence man who preys on wealthy young widows.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
The tintype format was introduced by chemist and physicist Hamilton Smith in 1856.
—Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
Also on display is a tintype of an unidentified African American woman, taken by an unidentified artist around 1865.
—Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
The image could be a tintype from a late-Victorian play about a confidence man who preys on wealthy young widows.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
The tintype format was introduced by chemist and physicist Hamilton Smith in 1856.
—Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
Also on display is a tintype of an unidentified African American woman, taken by an unidentified artist around 1865.
—Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
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“Tintype.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tintype. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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tintype
noun
tin·type
-ˌtīp 
: an early photograph consisting of a positive image taken directly on a thin iron plate having a darkened surface
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