1839 - photographs became available to the general public at photographic establishments.
1853 - tintype photos were introduced and became instantly popular. Some photographers continued to use this process until the 1950's.
1880's - tintype photos were superseded by a new process that would be printed on paper.
We hope that related families might have a similar collection and could identify some of these photos. More unidentified photos can be seen by clicking on link to "larger faster images".
Related families would be descendents of:
Brittain Clayton jr (b.abt1783)
Catherina Elizabeth Hauser (1781-1852)
Taylor Family (?)
Nathaniel Pfaff (1810-1890)
Lavinia Kreeger (1819-1885)
John Jacob Levi Shore (1816-1884)
Charity Helsabeck (1820-1884)
