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Previously Eliza's Tintypes - I recently changed my name due to the direction my collection is moving in. I seem to be focusing on vintage albums and identified images now more than tintypes specifically.

I also started up a shop on Etsy:

www.etsy.com/shop/BeesAntiques

I try to digitally preserve images that most would not want, in hopes that someday individuals researching their relatives may find family in this collection.

**If you come across someone that you believe is your ancestor please don't hesitate to contact me! I will be happy to give you access to high resolution downloads. Note that you have to be a contact in order to download images from my collection.

*If you would like to use any of the images from my collection please contact me. I am very open to them being used in art projects and for eduational purposes, but I would like to be asked first.

*Even though this is probably obvious, I should state somewhere that none of the work I've posted is my own. They are all found original antique photographs that I personally own. They were all created anywhere from 90 to 150 years ago. All of these images were taken by photographers who probably have not been with us for quite some time. If I ever have a photographer's name, which I rarely do, I will list it with the image.

A bit of background:
I started collecting tintypes while I was in college. My History of Photography professor brought her collection into our class. I was fascinated and found myself pouring over every little detail in the images. The texture of their hands and face, their expression, the jewelry and clothes they were wearing, the back drops...you name it, I was hooked immediately. I started out buying tintypes at flea markets and antique stores. I soon discovered Ebay and went a bit haywire for awhile there and tried to adopt them all. On several occasions I would wind up with 20 tintypes even though I only really wanted 1 out of the entire lot. Of course I would never get rid of any of them - regardless of the condition. How could I!! These could be whole families I would be separating! Because of this unfortunate hangup my collection now numbers over 1,000 and is still growing. I officially banned myself from Ebay a few years ago but I still do occasionally find a treasure now and then that I can't resist. Recently I have started parting with a few images in my collection via a store I opened up on Etsy. Hence the change in name from Eliza's Tintypes to Bee's Antiques.

My NEW Etsy Store!:

www.etsy.com/shop/BeesAntiques?ref=si_shop

My (mostly inactive) blog:

elizalovestins.blogspot.com/