The Silver Beam

02/14/2017

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12/07/2016

Gettysburg 2016

12/23/2015

Tintypes are made to last hundreds of years but we aren't. So be sure to hug your loved ones this holiday season. From our family to yours, merry Christmas!

10/14/2015

Hold on to your tintypes folks!

A rare coin dealer in California has concluded that a grainy image of legendary gunman Billy the Kid playing croquet is the real thing and could be worth as much as $5 million.

09/03/2015

The Silver Beam is headed to Museum Village in Monroe, NY this weekend. Hope to see you there!

06/26/2015

06/10/2015

Paxton MA 2015

04/20/2015

Here at the Silver Beam HQ we're thrilled to see the sun shining and flowers blooming. It's also a great time for photographs!

Stop by and say howdy during the Van Nest Hoff Vannatta Farmstead Open House in Harmony Township on April 25!

01/06/2015

Everything old is new again...eventually!

Since she was introduced in 1959, Barbie has been an icon and a household name, both a staple of the toy aisle and a hotly debated representation of femininity. You've probably seen so many versions of Barbie that you can immediately call to mind what she looks like: blonde, blue-eyed, impossibly pr…

10/23/2014

Robert Kenney on wet plate photography: “Wet plate is of a different era, a different sense of time. Time slows. Sometimes to a meditative state. It has a pulse and rhythm all its own. It engages the maker and the subject. Ones presence is required. It is primitive and difficult, an authentic experience. Not easy to dismiss. What’s not to love?”