Preferred label
Tintypes
Alternative labels
Collodion positive photographs
Ferrotypes
Iron photographs
Melainotypes
Broader term
Photographs
Narrower term
Gem photographs
Scope note
Direct-image photographs in which the collodion negative supported by a dark-lacquered thin iron sheet appears as a positive image. Popular mid-1850s through 1860s; in use through 1930s.
Editorial note
Used in a note under PHOTOGRAPHS.
Change note
Formerly TGMI term & TGMII term.