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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 3681830, member: 33"]The same cases were used for daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes. Daguerreotypes were going out of fashion while ambrotypes and tintypes were coming in. Your larger photo is definitely a tintype. I see it is in a paper sleeve that was used for tintypes, under the mat and preserver. Usually you do not see the paper sleeves used that way. They usually stand alone. I suspect this case originally had a different image in it and was reused for the tintype.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>On rare occasions early ambrotypes had a darkened metal backing and it might attract a magnet. That is rare, though I do have one or two like that. Also, some ambrotypes have a black piece of paper or cloth in the back with no black coating on the glass and no dark glass. I have several of those. And also several that have the black lacquer-like coating or that are printed on dark glass, which is often called "ruby" glass due to its red or purple color.</p><p><br /></p><p>That all being said, I think it's likely that the smaller one is a tintype, too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 3681830, member: 33"]The same cases were used for daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes. Daguerreotypes were going out of fashion while ambrotypes and tintypes were coming in. Your larger photo is definitely a tintype. I see it is in a paper sleeve that was used for tintypes, under the mat and preserver. Usually you do not see the paper sleeves used that way. They usually stand alone. I suspect this case originally had a different image in it and was reused for the tintype. On rare occasions early ambrotypes had a darkened metal backing and it might attract a magnet. That is rare, though I do have one or two like that. Also, some ambrotypes have a black piece of paper or cloth in the back with no black coating on the glass and no dark glass. I have several of those. And also several that have the black lacquer-like coating or that are printed on dark glass, which is often called "ruby" glass due to its red or purple color. That all being said, I think it's likely that the smaller one is a tintype, too.[/QUOTE]
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