This is an old tintype that my cousin had.It is a picture of our Great great great grandfather and grandmother.
People in photo include: Rebessa Cherry and James Autry
Tintype photos, also known as ferrotypes, are a type of early photographic process that was popular in the mid-to-late 19th century.
They were photos made on thin sheets of iron, not tin, that were coated with a dark enamel and were widely used from the 1850s through the early 1900s, especially in portrait studios, fairs, and by st...