Princeton Preservation Group Presents: “Treating and Rehousing a Tintype Collection”
Susan Swartzburg Memorial Lecture Series
Speakers: Johanna Pinney and Katarina Stiller
Live Stream via Zoom, November 2, 2023

Zoom registration: https://monmouth.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUkcOysqDMpGdZCN7sjXp3gvJso9IsEg-uV

Abstract:

In 2022, Winterthur Library acquired fifteen 19th-century tintype portraits of Black Americans. This talk details their conservation, which included research on tintype production, consolidation of flaking media, and rehousing in sealed packages.