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The exhibit includes tintype photographs that honor the legacy of Black families and highlight the richness of the Black community in Elgin, according to the department’s Facebook page.
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Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Comparing an 1860s tintype with an 1890s gelatin silver studio print shows the evolution of photographic processes.
—Andrea Kaston Tange, The Conversation, 6 May 2024
The tintype is its opposite in every aspect: Its flattened quality and narrower tonal range are hallmarks of this less technically advanced photographic process.
—Andrea Kaston Tange, The Conversation, 6 May 2024
Photographers eventually perfected sturdier tintypes – also unreproducible images on metal plates – and later revolutionized the medium with glass negatives that enabled multiple prints of the same image.
—Andrea Kaston Tange, The Conversation, 6 May 2024
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Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Comparing an 1860s tintype with an 1890s gelatin silver studio print shows the evolution of photographic processes.
—Andrea Kaston Tange, The Conversation, 6 May 2024
The tintype is its opposite in every aspect: Its flattened quality and narrower tonal range are hallmarks of this less technically advanced photographic process.
—Andrea Kaston Tange, The Conversation, 6 May 2024
Photographers eventually perfected sturdier tintypes – also unreproducible images on metal plates – and later revolutionized the medium with glass negatives that enabled multiple prints of the same image.
—Andrea Kaston Tange, The Conversation, 6 May 2024
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“Tintype.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tintype. Accessed 9 Mar. 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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