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Ambrotype
Bromoil
Bromoil Transfer
Carbon
Carbro
Chromogenic
Collodion POP
Cyanotype
Daguerreotype
Direct Carbon (Fresson)
Dye Imbibition
Gelatin Dry Plate
Gelatin POP
Gum Dichromate
Instant (Diffusion Transfer)
Instant (Dye Diffusion Transfer)
Instant (Internal Dye Diffusion Transfer)
Matte Collodion
Platinum
Salted Paper
Screen Plate
Silver Dye Bleach
Silver Gelatin DOP
Tintype
Wet Plate Collodion

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Notes on this view:

Ambrotypes are usually enclosed in protective cases and are assembled in many layers. They are housed in the same style as daguerreotypes, which they are often confused with. Interestingly, the method of casing daguerreotypes was itself influenced by the style of cased painted miniature portraits popular during the 17th and 18th centuries. Like daguerreotypes, ambrotypes are almost exclusively portraits.