"Tintype photos of Modern US soldiers" Topic
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| Milites | 04 Sep 2014 9:57 a.m. PST |
Fascinating how modern soldiers look when using tintype, an 18th Century photographic technique, popular during the ACW. |
| John the Greater | 04 Sep 2014 10:02 a.m. PST |
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| Milites | 04 Sep 2014 10:16 a.m. PST |
Sorry, first day back at school! link |
 ColCampbell  | 04 Sep 2014 10:41 a.m. PST |
Yes, those are interesting. But based on the photo of the female airman, I suspect most if not all are reversed images, especially with so many lefties (holding rifles in left hands). Jim |
| 22ndFoot | 04 Sep 2014 11:51 a.m. PST |
Colonel, A tintype is usually a camera original – so, unless the camera has an additional prism or mirror added, they are all reversed left to right. That is why the name tags are all reversed. Great shots and very evocative. |
| Phil Gray | 04 Sep 2014 2:16 p.m. PST |
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| HistoryPhD | 04 Sep 2014 2:49 p.m. PST |
Funny, if you completely ignore the uniform, weapons, etc and focus only on the faces, they look exactly like ACW tin types. Without the beards, of course. |
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