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Special Feature: Interesting Things About Tintypes - (Tintypes Pictured Below)
The Ferro-Type and Ambro-Type is a Book or Case with Ornate Carving in the Leather Cover. Inside was the Photo on the ight side of the Book
and on the Left Side was a Mirror or Tuft. DaGuerreo-Types were Thicker on a Block of Wood and No Leather. Inside the Book was a Framed
Photo in Brass-Frame with a Notch cut in the Brass to Hook onto the Back of the Book. Earlier Books had the same Brass-Frame, Tarnished
with Age and with Photos of Soldiers from the war. (there was not a covered wagon for tintype photos)
The Ferro-Type and Ambro-Type is a Book or Case with Ornate Carving in the Leather Cover. Inside was the Photo on the ight side of the Book
and on the Left Side was a Mirror or Tuft. DaGuerreo-Types were Thicker on a Block of Wood and No Leather. Inside the Book was a Framed
Photo in Brass-Frame with a Notch cut in the Brass to Hook onto the Back of the Book. Earlier Books had the same Brass-Frame, Tarnished
with Age and with Photos of Soldiers from the war. (there was not a covered wagon for tintype photos)
Happy 80-Something Couple
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1800's Tintype Photo - (#2 Tintype on this page) - BEFORE and AFTER:
TINTYPE AFTER-PHOTO:
An 1800's Tintype Photo -
After an extensive clean up, this photograph looks like new in comparison.
The background is the natural color of the photograph and the actual "new" color of
the canvas. It was common to have a sleeping baby after the long wait of having a
photo taken. Photography commonly took more than 45 minutes to an hour to get the
right photograph and to process the tin. Photographers had a very small headrest on
the wall for those who couldn't keep their head in one position for an hour or two.
There is usually a table nearby for leaning but this photo does not show its table.
An 1800's Tintype Photo -
After an extensive clean up, this photograph looks like new in comparison.
The background is the natural color of the photograph and the actual "new" color of
the canvas. It was common to have a sleeping baby after the long wait of having a
photo taken. Photography commonly took more than 45 minutes to an hour to get the
right photograph and to process the tin. Photographers had a very small headrest on
the wall for those who couldn't keep their head in one position for an hour or two.
There is usually a table nearby for leaning but this photo does not show its table.
TINTYPE BEFORE PHOTO:
1800s Tintype Photograph
This family photograph is in its original colors. These photographs are a wonder of
who they were in the era as families restore their photographs to reveal a long lost
relative. Very few backgrounds were as easy to clean to show their color. Again, this
canvas background is stained with the gun powder. Chunks of flash-powder would
blow onto subject and background. The natural color of the background is an
easier task to restore than the subject himself. This subject has features which will
be tough to clean up with a beard and characteristics of a jacket. Bringing out the
clothing or tools displayed is essential to the tintype photograph.
1800s Tintype Photograph
This family photograph is in its original colors. These photographs are a wonder of
who they were in the era as families restore their photographs to reveal a long lost
relative. Very few backgrounds were as easy to clean to show their color. Again, this
canvas background is stained with the gun powder. Chunks of flash-powder would
blow onto subject and background. The natural color of the background is an
easier task to restore than the subject himself. This subject has features which will
be tough to clean up with a beard and characteristics of a jacket. Bringing out the
clothing or tools displayed is essential to the tintype photograph.
TINTYPE AFTER PHOTO:
1800's Tintype Photo -
In these period photographs, the person being photographed really only wants a
record of his existence and a few tools of his trade to show who he was, what he
did, how he did it, and this man did not have the tools to show. This is a family
photograph of a man who was willing to pay a high price for a photograph for a
studio shot. Although this man did not show his tools of his trade, his family
suggested that he was a blacksmith, although, most blacksmiths did not have a
beard. A beard could catch fire from his furnace.
1800's Tintype Photo -
In these period photographs, the person being photographed really only wants a
record of his existence and a few tools of his trade to show who he was, what he
did, how he did it, and this man did not have the tools to show. This is a family
photograph of a man who was willing to pay a high price for a photograph for a
studio shot. Although this man did not show his tools of his trade, his family
suggested that he was a blacksmith, although, most blacksmiths did not have a
beard. A beard could catch fire from his furnace.
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Before Photo:
This is a digital picture taken by the customer but Restored by PixSavers:
You will need to look closely at the eyes lids and under the eyes of each of
these subjects. Wringles and redness can be taken out which was in the case
of this happy couple. You cannot guess their age even with the red of the
eyelids. But this woman wanted her red eyelids changed to natural. We took
out the red on her eye and the red under his eyes and nose and the side of his
nose. it's nice to be capable of changing the way we look in picture.
This is a digital picture taken by the customer but Restored by PixSavers:
You will need to look closely at the eyes lids and under the eyes of each of
these subjects. Wringles and redness can be taken out which was in the case
of this happy couple. You cannot guess their age even with the red of the
eyelids. But this woman wanted her red eyelids changed to natural. We took
out the red on her eye and the red under his eyes and nose and the side of his
nose. it's nice to be capable of changing the way we look in picture.
After Photo:
Our happy customer was glad we took out the red from her eyelids and the red
from her boyfriend's under-eye. We hadn't heard from the boyfriend but we
think he's happy too, about this face lift we did for the couple. He's 87 and she
wouldn't give her age but our artist is 58 and she said she was much older
than him. Both of them look a retouch-younger. One of our best.
This couple gave us a Review on InsiderPages.com
Our happy customer was glad we took out the red from her eyelids and the red
from her boyfriend's under-eye. We hadn't heard from the boyfriend but we
think he's happy too, about this face lift we did for the couple. He's 87 and she
wouldn't give her age but our artist is 58 and she said she was much older
than him. Both of them look a retouch-younger. One of our best.
This couple gave us a Review on InsiderPages.com
Poster Canvas #1 - 17X24 inch Re-Construction - Before and After:
#2
1960's 15X24 inch Canvass Poster with Family: (poster-2)
Side By Side Before and After Photos;
This is the other family poster, which had the brother's head
missing and not knowing what he actually looked like, we needed
to pretend like we knew. Still, we managed to put together the side
of his head and matched his hair to their liking and finally
completed the entire poster. We're good at reconstructing people.
1960's 15X24 inch Canvass Poster with Family: (poster-2)
Side By Side Before and After Photos;
This is the other family poster, which had the brother's head
missing and not knowing what he actually looked like, we needed
to pretend like we knew. Still, we managed to put together the side
of his head and matched his hair to their liking and finally
completed the entire poster. We're good at reconstructing people.
#1
1960's 17X24 Canvass Poster with Family: (poster-1)
Side By Side Before and After Photos;
This family was thinking big when they had this poster on canvas
done of the entire family. But, there were parts missing, mainly
people-parts. We delicately reconstructed the people back
together so that their heads were complete. Difficult to do
because the texture of the canvas, but there were hundreds of
cracks, rips, tears, and many parts missing. But, we fix them all.
1960's 17X24 Canvass Poster with Family: (poster-1)
Side By Side Before and After Photos;
This family was thinking big when they had this poster on canvas
done of the entire family. But, there were parts missing, mainly
people-parts. We delicately reconstructed the people back
together so that their heads were complete. Difficult to do
because the texture of the canvas, but there were hundreds of
cracks, rips, tears, and many parts missing. But, we fix them all.
1800's Tintype (#1 Tintype on this page) - BEFORE and AFTER:
TINTYPE BEFORE-PHOTO:
An 1800s Tintype Photo -
We managed to keep its original colors intact.
This Tintype was taken with the old studio gun-powder flint-flash and the
non-flammable canvas behind. The Canvas is highly stained from the flash of the
gun powder flint flash. A canvas was required to be fire retardant and be capable of
withstanding a fire from a powder-flash. Still, fires did start and there was usualy a
bucket of water nearby. The subject would be sprinkled with the flint powder and
then with the water too if a fire broke out - "The wild West."
An 1800s Tintype Photo -
We managed to keep its original colors intact.
This Tintype was taken with the old studio gun-powder flint-flash and the
non-flammable canvas behind. The Canvas is highly stained from the flash of the
gun powder flint flash. A canvas was required to be fire retardant and be capable of
withstanding a fire from a powder-flash. Still, fires did start and there was usualy a
bucket of water nearby. The subject would be sprinkled with the flint powder and
then with the water too if a fire broke out - "The wild West."
BEFORE PHOTO:
Vintage Photo on Dark Brown Plastic
Originally, these plastic photographs had the background as a sepia color. A sepia
mid-tone from 1907 was sometimes the brown plastic color it already had.
In addition to a plastic photo, this one was kept in a (worn-out) plastic enclosure.
Our assignment was to get rid of the plastic enclosure, then clean cracks, spots, dust,
iand extend the picture into the corners, to convert the oval photograph into a rectangle.
Vintage Photo on Dark Brown Plastic
Originally, these plastic photographs had the background as a sepia color. A sepia
mid-tone from 1907 was sometimes the brown plastic color it already had.
In addition to a plastic photo, this one was kept in a (worn-out) plastic enclosure.
Our assignment was to get rid of the plastic enclosure, then clean cracks, spots, dust,
iand extend the picture into the corners, to convert the oval photograph into a rectangle.
1800's Convexed Tintype Photo (#3 Tintype on this page) - Before and After:
AFTER PHOTO:
Vintage Photo on Dark Brown Plastic
We extended the photo outward to its corners.
We also replicated floor pattern to its lower-corners.
Then we mended the cracks, spots, dust,
then converted this oval photo into a rectangle, resized to 5 X 7.
The photograph was an original from a studio, which doesn't exist anymore. We kept
the studio signature upon request.
Vintage Photo on Dark Brown Plastic
We extended the photo outward to its corners.
We also replicated floor pattern to its lower-corners.
Then we mended the cracks, spots, dust,
then converted this oval photo into a rectangle, resized to 5 X 7.
The photograph was an original from a studio, which doesn't exist anymore. We kept
the studio signature upon request.
| BEFORE PHOTO: Very Possibly an Original George Eastman Plastic Photo This particular photograph had gotten too close to a heater and was melted. The picture became wavy with its the melted plastic. We needed to restore this fine specimen of what could be an early George Eastman design photograph. George Eastman made his fortune by selling tins to Tintype Photographers from 1887 to 1917. However, Eastman was convinced that Plastic was the future for photographs and that a plastic wafer could produce a better photograph since the plastic was already shiny and as a tin needed to be to produce a photograph. |
1887 Flat Plastic-Wafer with Photograph - Same Format as a Tintype:
AFTER PHOTO:
We converted this plastic photo to paper replication.
Tintypes and plastic wafers were colored with dyes.
The early tintype camera had metal "pictures" inside the camera.
George Eastman left behind drawings of a camera with rolled plastic "film".
Eastman's plastic photo idea and his patented drawings were bought by Kodak.
Eastman never had a partnership with Kodak but his name was used for the
business to give him the credit since George Eastman never received a penny from
his invention.
We converted this plastic photo to paper replication.
Tintypes and plastic wafers were colored with dyes.
The early tintype camera had metal "pictures" inside the camera.
George Eastman left behind drawings of a camera with rolled plastic "film".
Eastman's plastic photo idea and his patented drawings were bought by Kodak.
Eastman never had a partnership with Kodak but his name was used for the
business to give him the credit since George Eastman never received a penny from
his invention.
Poster Canvas #2 - 15X24 with Missing Parts - Before and After:
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Rustic Tintypes and Present-Day Photographs.
See Our Section Entitled: "What is a Tintype"
See Our Section Entitled: "What is a Tintype"
Side Bye Side 1930's, Back and White 5X7
Before Photo:
This Side By Side of a 1930's B&W Photograph
Shows a tear on the woman's right arm right in the photograph
and mildew spots all over the photograph. Mildew is caused by wet
areas in the home, the attic or basement and grows over time.
We can usually remove them by hand. But most of them are
embedded into the photograph and causing the photographs to be
eaten away and revealing the under-sheeting of the photograph paper.
After Photo:
In this case the only way to remove these were to replicate the
photograph then ditally remove the spots a little at a time until all were
removed. There was some reconstruction in this photograph, such as
our staff had removed a tree in the lower right corner then a supervisor
replaced the tree as it was meant to be in the photograph.
This Side By Side of a 1930's B&W Photograph
Shows a tear on the woman's right arm right in the photograph
and mildew spots all over the photograph. Mildew is caused by wet
areas in the home, the attic or basement and grows over time.
We can usually remove them by hand. But most of them are
embedded into the photograph and causing the photographs to be
eaten away and revealing the under-sheeting of the photograph paper.
After Photo:
In this case the only way to remove these were to replicate the
photograph then ditally remove the spots a little at a time until all were
removed. There was some reconstruction in this photograph, such as
our staff had removed a tree in the lower right corner then a supervisor
replaced the tree as it was meant to be in the photograph.