Sounds like a Daguerreotype to me
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daguerreotype
I have an old photo on what appears to be metal of some kind, maybe tin. Can anyone tell me if this was a regular thing in the past or was it someone having a 'go' at altering or preserving the photo.
Sounds like a Daguerreotype to me
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daguerreotype
thanks for that - very interesting
No problem, I had dealt with them when I was involved in the museum cataloguing etc.
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