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OBJECT TYPE: positive/tintype
DATE: 1895
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0869.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: L.H.S. PEREIVA & S.C. ELLS SURVEYORS
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 8.0 cm
Width: 5.3 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Still images
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TINTYPE PRODUCED C. 1895. THIS TYPE OF PHOTOGRAPH MOST POPULAR C. 1850-1880S.
Canada: TINTYPE DEPICTS L.H.S. PEREIVA & S.C. ELLS, SURVEYORS, TOGETHER WITH TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN, PRESUMABLY CONSTITUTING A SURVEY PARTY. S.C. ELLS SURVEYED THE EXTENSION OF THE TEMISKAMING & NORTHERN ONTARIO RAILWAY FROM NEW LISKARD TO COCHRANE IN 1908.
Function: TO RECORD AND DISPLAY AN IMAGE IN 2-DIMENSIONAL FORM.
Technical: TINTYPES (ALSO KNOWN AS FERROTYPES) WERE PRODUCED ON A METALLIC SHEET (NOT TIN), COATED WITH COLLIDION & SENSITIZED JUST BEFORE USE.INTRODUCED IN 1853, THEY BECAME VERY POPULAR BECAUSE OF THEIR LOW COST TO PRODUCE; THEIR RELATIVE PHYSICAL HARDINESS; AND THE RAPIDITY WITH WHICH THEY COULD BE MADE. (REF. 2)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: GLOSSY IMAGE PRESENTED IN SHADES OF GREY.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Photograph, circa 1895, Artifact no. 1966.0869, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0869.001/

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