On a sunny summer afternoon, three women sit in a surrey dressed for town or visiting. Their patient horse stands quietly. This photograph might have been taken by a traveling photographer using a method called “ferrotype,” popularly known as a “tintype.” Light-sensitive material was used to cast the image on a metal surface instead of glass. Tintypes became popular among traveling photographers because they were much lighter in weight than glass, and were relatively cheap.
Women in Surrey. Photograph. ca. 1885. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1996-12-1198/. Accessed on December 8, 2024.
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