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Re: labelling tin types



It's an early photographic format/process in which the image (usually a
formally posed portrait taken by a professional photographer in his studio)
is exposed directly onto a thin sheet of metal (tin).  Check out your local
antique store; they usually have lots of them.  They were relatively
inexpensive and "everybody" had one taken.  Alas, like so many historic
photos, most are unidentified.

Catherine Bruck
University Archivist
Illinois Institute of Technology
Paul V. Galvin Library
35 W. 33rd St.
Chicago, IL  60616
312/567-6840
312/567-5318 (FAX)
bruck@iit.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU]On
Behalf Of Pope, Barbara
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 12:48 PM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Re: labelling tin types


This will probably sound like a silly question, but what is a tin type?

Barbara Pope
St. Louis College of Pharmacy Library
bpope@mail.stlcop.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Catherine Bruck
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Sent: 6/27/01 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: labelling tin types

If you want to use the museum method...

Paint a small line on clear nail polish (the polish, not the undercoat
or
topcoat; buy a good quality name brand) about as wide as the brush and
as
long as you need for the label on the back of the tintype.  Let it dry
thoroughly; you may even want to put on a second coat.  Then use a felt
tip
pen -- one that will write on polyester film and dry instantly and won't
wipe off when you run your finger over it.  Some of the archival supply
houses sell such pens to write on photo sleeves. I use the Sharpie extra
fine point pen which is available most anywhere that stationary supplies
are
sold, but it's the only name brand one I've found that will work.  Write
the
information on the polish line, and then cover it with another coat of
nail
polish.  This is safe to use on metals, glass, lithic materials,
finished
wood, finished leathers, and most hard plastics.  Don't use on fabrics
and
paper, which means you can use it on the tintype mount if the tintype
happens to be in a wooden case as long as the case isn't covered with
the
paper made to look like leather.  This method is reversible by
dissolving
the nail polish with acetone (polish remover), but acetone may also
remove
some paints and varnishes and will dissolves some plastics.

Catherine Bruck
University Archivist
Illinois Institute of Technology
Paul V. Galvin Library
35 W. 33rd St.
Chicago, IL  60616
312/567-6840
312/567-5318 (FAX)
bruck@iit.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU]On
Behalf Of Michael Ridderbusch
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 10:44 AM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: labelling tin types


6/27/01

We would like to label tintypes in our collection
and are seeking a few recommendations from
the collective wisdom of the list.  We would prefer
a method that is easily reversible.



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Michael R. Ridderbusch
West Virginia and Regional History Collection
West Virginia University Libraries, Colson Hall
Morgantown, WV  26506-6464

mridder@wvu.edu
phone   304-293-3536
fax     304-293-3981
http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/wvcollection/index.htm
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