ambrotype
74 photos tagged ambrotype, from 9 members of Flickr Commons.
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Related tags
Tags that often appear on the same photos:
- frame
- portrait
- georgeeastmanhouse
- geh:maker=unidentified
- geh:medium=ambrotype
- man
- woman
- museumofphotographicarts
- geh:medium=ambrotypewithappliedcolor
- handtinted
- oval
- child
- handcolored
- group
- boy
- men
- family
- children
- baby
- seated
- 1860
- libraryofcongress
- xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
- handcoloured
Members using this tag
- George Eastman Museum
- Museum of Photographic Arts
- The Library of Congress
- National Science and Media Museum
- Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
- National Library of Ireland on The Commons
- State Library of New South Wales
- Smithsonian Institution
- Randolph Historical Society
Photos
A selection of photos tagged ambrotype:
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Recent uploads
The last upload was November 2025.
[Unidentified sailor in Union uniform and sennit hat with unidentified civilian] from Randolph Historical Society uploaded November 2025
Tinted ambrotype photograph (case) from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded June 2021
Tinted ambrotype photograph from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded June 2021
Plantation owner with his wife and servants from National Science and Media Museum uploaded January 2013
[Unidentified girl with bonnet] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded March 2012
Outdoor scene-two gentlemen wearing top hats in horse & buggy from Museum of Photographic Arts uploaded May 2011
Portrait of two girls and one boy from Museum of Photographic Arts uploaded May 2011
Portrait of a Man from Museum of Photographic Arts uploaded May 2011
Portrait of Woman dressed as housekeeper from Museum of Photographic Arts uploaded May 2011
Portrait of a Woman from Museum of Photographic Arts uploaded May 2011
Portrait of a Man from Museum of Photographic Arts uploaded May 2011
Portrait of Woman and Two Men from Museum of Photographic Arts uploaded May 2011
Portrait of a Dog from Museum of Photographic Arts uploaded May 2011
Portrait of a Woman from Museum of Photographic Arts uploaded May 2011
Conversations
Here’s a selection of the conversations happening on these photos:
portrait of two men holding slate, upon which is written the date, Jan. 8, 1857
- well-groomed oatmeal said:
- Ted Hinshaw said:
Portrait of an unidentified man, seated
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heady school said:
I've got some similar ones, also unidentified, but most likely related to me.
Looks like the same man in both. -
National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyelightfilms] Almost definitely (if that's not a contradiction in terms) the same man - very distinctive mouth. You're very luck with the family photo archive you seem to have. Did you ever get on to the RDS about the equestrian photos?
Plantation owner with his wife and servants
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Ian Hunter said:
I wonder if the servants were paid, or if they were slaves. I don't know the history from that era.
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