#tintypes

[musenemesis]

ph Jeanne Wells

Gnosiennes (series) 2018

… gnosis: a good place to start if you are interested in its possible meanings.

~ knowledge of spiritual mysteries

Image, 10×10 wet collodion tintypes

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Children posing for a tintype photographer, 1920s.

Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images/Fine Art America

[peterlorres21stcentury]

I was going through some past emails and I found this post from my old Yahoo group

On Feb. 6, the "Old Movie Section" blog posted this "tintype" of Peter, written by Sidney Skolsky, taken from a book titled "Tintypes". Peter was working on "Crime and Punishment" at the time:

<<<< 11/27/1935 HCN Tintypes By Sidney Skolsky

Peter Lorre is in his dressing room. It generally takes him an hour to dress for his role in Crime and Punishment. He does this slowly, intentionally. He believes it aids him to portray the character.

He goes on the set and stands in for himself. He is one of the few big actors who do this. He poses under the hot lights while director von Sternberg arranges them and the camera. He does this because von Sternberg, who is particular about lighting a scene and an actor, asks him to do it. It means hard work for him, but he admires von Sternberg.

While on the set he has a favorite drink, a mixture of raspberry syrup and water. He makes everyone sample it. While making a flicker he doesn't eat much. His lunch consists merely of sliced fresh fruit, usually peaches.

He walks about, whether it be in the studio or in a restaurant, much in the same manner as he did in M. People who have seen him in this great flicker are scared when they first see him in person. He knows this and is greatly amused by it.

It was his excellent performance in M which got him a contract with Columbia. Before coming to America, he signed to play in the flicker, The Man Who Knew Too Much, to learn to speak English. He is good at languages and was quite adept at English in six weeks. He spoke better English in the latter reels of The Man Who Knew Too Much than he did in the beginning.

He was born in the village of Rosenberg, Hungary, on June 26, 1904. It was after he completed high school that he ran away from home to become an actor. In one early theatrical job he was given a three- line part. After the rehearsals the lines were taken away from him because he overacted. The director said he would be a standout by merely walking across the stage.

He is five feet 5 inches tall, weighs 160 pounds, has brown prominent eyes, brown hair, and rosy cheeks. A strange villain.

He speaks in a low, confidential voice which cannot be heard very far away. At the studio he will visit different offices. He amuses friends by acting and making faces. When telling a story he acts out all the characters.

He is a mild, pleasant person. He has a house at Santa Monica to which he invites his few friends for breakfast or dinner. He prefers to test by himself in his garden here. He seldom barks. He is not a visitor to the Hollywood gay places.

He enjoys watching tennis and football. His favorite sport is wrestling. He attends the bouts regularly. He once waited until after a match to ask Man Mountain Dean for an autograph.

He is married to Cecilie Lvovsky, an actress. They met when they were both appearing in the German play, "The Candidate," and were married when they met again in London. He was making a flicker. They were married during a lunch hour, and Lorre was in the make-up he used in The Man Who Knew Too Much. They haven't any nicknames for each other.

He makes charcoal sketches, landscapes and portraits, and is a good artist for his own amusement. He likes to listen to classical music. He detests bright red fingernail polish on women.

He insists that if he did not have to act, he would not. Acting, he says, is a child's profession for a grown up. "But," he slyly adds, "I love it."

When he isn't working he relishes a big meal. He likes Hungarian goulash and is especially fond of new potatoes in cream. He will talk about food and give a lecture on why a certain salami is better than another type of salami.

He is not at all particular about clothes. He doesn't try or pretend to be fashionable. He always carries plenty of baggage, most of which he never uses. He claims it looks good when you're traveling.

He likes cold showers and actually takes them.

He seldom carries money with him. Often he has run into a shop to buy a package of cigarets [sic], has found himself without a penny, and has had to write out a check for 15 cents. He sleeps alone in a twin bed. He wears pajamas, and on warm nights he wears only the jacket. He always reads himself to sleep.

He has a clause in his contract. Each day before work he is allowed to run into Boris Karloff's dressing room and frighten him.

[nick]

These midjourney generated tintypes are so cool. I want so bad to find a way to transition my business to AI stuff as I love the amount of creativity it allows me. No one will think of the weird prompts that I do.

[jenniferkatz]

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[claypatrickmcbride]

Tin Types

[lizziephilbrick]

tintype

[daguerreotyping]

Tintype of best buds in bowler hats enjoying a joke for two, c. 1880s

[roscoe-conkling]

Hand-colored tintype of a seated Union Army officer with flamboyant necktie, c. 1860.

[brickcollector]

I love historic photos of animals!! like yes!!!! you cared about this little guy so much to take a photograph of them but then!! someone knew you loved the animal so much that they donated it to a historical society!!!! that is the best thing

I say this as I am processing a donation that comes with 13 photos of a dog from the 1940s and you can just see how loved she was :)

[agelessphotography]

Two Young Men, One Embracing the Other, unknown American artist, 1870s-80s

[intheblossomtree]

[odd-dolly]

A few photographs that I found particularly inspiring and beautiful 🎼

Photo 1 - Laura Burlton

Photo 2 - Unknown

Photo 3 - Patricia O’ Maille

Photo 4 - Arnold Genthe

[contremineur]

James Wigger, In repose (wetplate collodion tintype, 2014)

from here

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

Unidentified portrait. Tintype. Young, Baskerville and Edwards Family Photograph Collection

[lizziephilbrick]

Collection of tintypes