Filter Photography (Tintype)

A beautiful and near perfect Thermoplastic  Union Case by Littlefield, Parsons & Co.
Patented Oct 14th 1856

Size: quarter [...]

Civil War Tintype Woman and Child Mourning Dead Soldier

Mourning of someone has always been a part of life, but the invention of photography showed [...]

Gem Tintypes in a small leather bound photo album, circa 1870
The small photo album is made by Remick & Rice and is copyrighted [...]

3 Hidden Mother Tintypes 

How else could you keep a baby still long enough to get their photo taken. The mother was trapped [...]

Circa 1880's tintype of a woman, not a typical photograph at all with this messy hair woman. 
Her clothes seem somewhat normal, [...]

A family portrait of siblings and their wives(?). The three men are obviously related, similar facial features and all wearing glasses. The women behind the [...]

Tintype of Two Women

Look close and you will miss it, but these two men are holding a bag of mussels. The trees in the back are a palm [...]

Ninth Plate Tintype of Woman Plaid Dress and Black Jacket Case Image. The Checks are hand tinted and the gold ring is painted on the [...]

Tintype of young man dressed well, a true looking dandy with an almost Oscar Wilde look to him.
No case of decorative matte with this [...]

A late 1800's Occupational image of a man standing in full uniform with interior set. His hat is visible but I can not make out [...]

A very charming Tintype of two brothers embracing with their arms around each other. One boy has glasses, the older one and the younger one [...]

Sometimes just a subtle change in poses and can really make a photograph stand out. A lot of times people sat posed and stiff and [...]

A tintype of a man that I cant quite place. I don't know if his features are odd or that the camera captured and distorted [...]

Tintype of young boy in a shinny satin jacket

Not a rarity but this image is a clear and crisp image, making this a little [...]

Quarter Plate Tintype of Man circa 1890's

Size: Quarter Plate: 3.25 x 4.25 inches (8 x 11 cm)
Condition: fine. The case lid is detached.


If you have any [...]

Tintype of Man with painted chains on his jacket
Early tintype with very sharp detail. Hand painted chains on this tie and jacket. The mat [...]

Case Image of Tintype of bearded man
The case has very nice gold American Flag on cover. Please see images for details.
Nice decorative metal [...]

Tintype of man with large hat

Size: Sixth Plate: 2.75 x 3.25 inches (7 x 8 cm)
Condition: Near Fine Tintype. Crisp Sharp image with hand painted Necktie and [...]

Sixth-plate (the most common size) : 2 3/4" x 3 1/4" Mother and Daughter Hand Tinted case photo in Landscape position.

The Gold Tinting to the necklace and [...]