The tintype, patented in 1856, was a cheap, fast, easy-to-make, practically indestructible type of photograph that became enormously popular among the working class in the late 19th century. This collection exhibits more than 80 examples of a specific kind of tintype: occupational portraits, photos of working people with the tools of their trade.
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The tintype, patented in 1856, was a cheap, fast, easy-to-make, practically indestructible type of photograph that became enormously popular among the working class in the late 19th century. This collection exhibits more than 80 examples of a specific kind of tintype: occupational portraits, photos of working people with the tools of their trade.
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Add this copy of Working Stiffs: Occupational Portraits in the Age of to cart. $12.00, very good condition, Sold by Satellite Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Burlington, VT, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press.
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Very Good. Size: 6x1x9; Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good dust jacket. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Clear Text. Minor shelf-wear. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.
Add this copy of Working Stiffs: Occupational Portraits in the Age of to cart. $12.00, good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Smithsonian Institution Scholarl.
Add this copy of Working Stiffs: Occupational Portraits in the Age of to cart. $15.00, very good condition, Sold by Printed Garden, Booksellers rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sandy, UT, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Smithsonian Institution Press.
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NF in NF jacket. Duodecimo. Light brown cloth covered boards and spine with dark brown lettering on the spine. Book has a nearly uinnoticable bump at the head and tail of the spine. White endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 130 pages. Illustrated throughout with a handsome gallery of tintypes. Dust Jacket-has a nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the extreme tips of a couple of the corners-otherwise clean, shiny, and sharp.
Add this copy of Working Stiffs: Occupational Portraits in the Age of to cart. $17.00, very good condition, Sold by Satellite Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Burlington, VT, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press.
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Very Good. Size: 5x1x8; Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good dust jacket. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Clear Text. Minor shelf-wear. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.
Add this copy of Working Stiffs: Occupational Portraits in the Age of to cart. $62.55, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press.
