Tintypes
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Alex P. Gaines photograph collection
This collection consists or unidentified subjects. Some sitters appear in more than one image, but there is no known family history associated with the collection.
Benjamin J. Wilson Photograph and Map Collection
This collection of photographs consist of three generations of Wilson family members, including the images of grandchildren: Caverly, Bessie and Benjamin Wilson Tye; the children of Carrie Wilson Tye and John L. Tye. There are also several unidentified photos. An additional oversize file contains a map, property survey of Fulton County, near Westend, pertaining to the Riddle v. Wilson court case that is part of MSS 208.
Cohen family photograph
This collection consists of a tintype portrait encased in a gutta-percha case that is round and screws shut.
Dr. Benjamin F. Bomar photograph
This collection consists of a tintype portrait of Dr. Benjamin F. Bomar. The age of the sitter and unsophisticated manufacture of the case box indicate a post-Civil War date.
Elijah H. Mixon family photographs
This collection documents two generations of the Elijah H. Mixon family of Oxford, Georgia. The collection provides insight into the artisan class of 19th century Georgia.
Ellet, Cabell, and Hopkins families photographs
This collection consists of portraits of members of the Ellet, Cabell, and Hopkins families. The portrait of Mary Virginia Ellet Cabell (VIS 29.8) was produced by Marcus Aurelius Root (1808-1888), a well-known daguerreian, who worked primarily in Philadelphia and New York. Some of the albumen cards were produced by Linnie Condon, a late nineteenth century female photographer working in Atlanta, Georgia.
Harvey Dan Abrams photograph collection
This collection consists of three unrelated images.
Kirkpatrick and Dorsey families photographs
This collection consists of identified and unidentified portraits of Kirkpatrick and Dorsey family members.
Malone family photographs
This collection consists of two ambrotypes and one tintype believed to be family members of D. R. Malone and J. B. Malone.
Powell family photographs
This collection contains fifteen images documenting three generations of the Powell family. George T. Powell and Ned T. Powell are also represented. The carte-de-visite and cabinet cards were produced by C. W. Motes and Kuhns, both post-Civil War Atlanta photographers.
Robert Kellam photograph collection
This collection consists of seven portraits of identified and unidentified individuals.
Turner and Bevan family photographs
The collection consists of cased images of unidentified individuals. Of particular interest are a daguerrotype of a daguerrotype; an image of a Union officer posed in front of an American flag; and a full-length post-mortem image of a child.