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This tintype depicts a woman identified as Kate Hamlin Smith, shown in a formal studio portrait. The sitter faces the camera directly with a composed, steady expression and neatly arranged hair parted at the center. She wears a dark, high-collared dress with a buttoned bodice, consistent with mid-19th-century women’s portrait attire. The image is presented in an oval format centered within an ornate embossed paper mount.
The tintype is housed in a decorative paper mount featuring raised ornamental detailing around the image opening. The plate is affixed to a backing card. The photographer’s studio is identified on the reverse as Jordan Bro’s Ferrotype Rooms, 132 Genesee Street, Utica, New York, taken with a patent multiplying camera, a known period ferrotype studio operating in Utica during the Civil War era.
The identification of the sitter as Kate Hamlin Smith is based on handwritten notation in the original album from which this tintype was removed. The album page showing this handwritten identification is included in the accompanying reference images. No name appears on the tintype plate or mount itself.
Condition reflects typical age-appropriate wear. The image surface shows light spotting and minor surface marks consistent with period ferrotypes. The paper mount exhibits toning, scattered discoloration, and light edge wear. The backing shows handling wear and remnants consistent with long-term album storage.
An identified 19th-century tintype portrait with documented album provenance and a clearly attributed regional ferrotype studio.
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