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Tintype exhibit in Houston

Ryan Nutt
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April 06, 2008, 02:24:42 PM
A few weeks ago we went down to the Houston Museum of Natural Science for one of the exhibits they just opened.  Turns out they had one we hadn't seen advertised that was a collection of tintypes taken of cowboys around Texas.  Robb Kendrick drove around with a darkroom trailer in tow taking photos on tintype and developing them the way it was done in the 1800s.

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Marian Murdoch
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Reply #1 - April 07, 2008, 03:17:24 PM
Quote from: Ryan Nutt on April 06, 2008, 02:24:42 PM
A few weeks ago we went down to the Houston Museum of Natural Science for one of the exhibits they just opened.  Turns out they had one we hadn't seen advertised that was a collection of tintypes taken of cowboys around Texas.  Robb Kendrick drove around with a darkroom trailer in tow taking photos on tintype and developing them the way it was done in the 1800s.

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The guy's nuts! Give me a digital SLR anyday, ha ha.

Seriously though, I love tintypes. Smiley
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Reply #2 - April 07, 2008, 03:33:12 PM
I spent about 20 minutes looking at all of the shots thinking they were remarkably well preserved.  They were much less faded than any other tintypes I've seen.  It wasn't until I read the notes that went along with them that I realized they were taken fairly recently. 
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Reply #3 - April 07, 2008, 03:42:02 PM
Quote from: Ryan Nutt on April 07, 2008, 03:33:12 PM
I spent about 20 minutes looking at all of the shots thinking they were remarkably well preserved.  They were much less faded than any other tintypes I've seen.  It wasn't until I read the notes that went along with them that I realized they were taken fairly recently. 

Ha ha. Doh!!!!!  Big Grin

I wish my parents had saved the tintypes of our relatives from way back when.
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