Photographs in the Special Collections Archives
Tintype
Ada Tharp Photograph Collection (PH 038)
Tintype, photographer and date unknown.
An example of a tintype (non-paper) photographic print.
These first appeared in the late 1850s and are actually made of iron not tin.
Copyright is held by the University of Texas at El Paso. No duplication or other use of the photographs without written permission from the C. L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department,
University Library, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968-0582.