albertype
noun
al·ber·type
variants or Albertype
ˈal-bər(t)-ˌtīp
plural albertypes or Albertypes
: collotype
High-quality, hand-colored, sepia-toned postcards published from the 1920s to the 1940s are known as Albertype cards.
Dorothy W. Patterson & Janet M. DeVries, Delray Beach, 2008
Dorothy W. Patterson & Janet M. DeVries, Delray Beach, 2008
Word History
Etymology
partial translation of German albertypie, alberttypie, from Joseph Albert †1886 German photographer, its inventor + German -typie -type
First Known Use
1861, in the meaning defined above
- (the) deuce
- (the) goods
- (the) herd
- (the) last someone heard
- (the) last someone saw
- (the) masses
- (the) mob
- (the) more fool one
- (the) people
- (the) populace
- (the) public
- (the) worse for wear
- (there) but for the grace of God (go I)
- (what) with one thing and another
- (you're) damned if you do and damned if you don't
- -abilia
- -abilities
- -ably
- -acea
- -aceae
- -acean
- -acene
- -aceous
- -acousia
- -acousiae