Thanks for the info on the photos. Very interesting. Amy ----- Original Message ----- From: <garymaher@juno.com> To: <NJUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [NJUnion] Fw: Old Photos > I assume this was also intended for the list. > > Please reply to the list or the poster, not me, else you risk losing your > message to the vast cyberspace that is my inbox . . . > > g > > > -------------------------------------- > > From: KQ4WR@aol.com > To: garymaher@juno.com > Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 06:56:35 EST > Subject: Re: [NJUnion] Fw: Old Photos > > Those old photos on metal are tintypes. They probably came from an > amusment > park of boardwalk booth. The images are probably mirror-image, that is, > right > is left and left is right, due to the fact that there was no negative > used in > the process. The processing used is called reversal process, and only > takes a > few minutes from camera to finished print. Maybe someone out there knows > the > range of dates, but I would expect somewhere in the early 20th century. > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >