European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 18, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 9 Worms no is master of 19th Century Art of tintype photography by Jim Coles Iii staff writer Worms. Germany is photography As we know it began about 140 years ago As a result of the process developed Bathe French artist . Daguerre but it is not modern Day. Instant expo sure photography which intrigues . Bill Ward it is the 18th Century Art of tin Type photography. Ward. 38, a native of Frederick md., now assigned to the 5th signal come operations Section Here spends Many of his off duty hours photographing people with a tintype camera which he bought from a Michigan based firm that manufacture replicas of the old cameras. Tintype photography was the most popu Lar and practical form of photograph during the last half of the 19th Century it was the real beginning of photographic developments. Daguerre s process and Many other which followed had the Mage fixed on fragile Glass plates or on paper. Early paper photographs were mostly unsuccessful due to poor chemicals and Low Quality equipment available then. Until tintype pictures came along photos were generally fuzzy of poor Quality fragile and expensive enough that Only the wealthy could afford them. Tintype images were fixed directly on a Metaj plate there was no negative. The Metal picture was much More economical and durable than other types of photo graphs available at the time. Many of Ward s subjects Are dressed in period costumes and posed with antique props and backdrops to give an old time effect to the pictures. Ward takes Many of his tintype picture for his own amusement but is shooting More and More for the burgeoning period photography business. He said he became interested in old time photography five years ago while at fort Detrick my. I was interested in photog Raphy but it was snapshot photography for my own use. Then i stumbled onto a refurbished civil War Era photo studio at Harper s ferry w. Va., and i became interested inthe old time  Ward now takes his tintype camera which is a replica of the most popular camera of the mid-1860s, around Germany to fairs tests and bazaars. He said there is a big demand among americans for this dog s handler says schnapps due award Leucott City my. A schnapps was injured while on duty and the fact that he s a dog should t keep him from getting the county police depart ment s injury ribbon Bis handler says. Schnapps a 4-year-old German Shep Herd in the Howard county police k-9 corps suffered a Cut leg july 23 when he was hit by a bottle during a disturbance Here said it. Maurice m. Miller com Mander of the county police s patrol Bureau. He is the first dog to be recommended As a recipient of the injury ribbon. The police department Board must approve the award which generally goes to officers injured in gunfights or during an act of heroism. Miller said schnapps will Wear the rib Bon on his Collar if he receives the award also i will get him a Bone he said. Fire sweeps greek Tanker Singapore a a fire that broke out on the 51,000-ton greek Tanker Koun Vouriotis fully loaded with naphtha has been brought under control a Salvage company spokesman said. Kind of photo service. I be always been a civil War Buff. This is a Good Way for me to Combine history and photography but the nostalgia craze has created quite a Market for these old style  he added europeans seem very inter ested in the old pictures  Ward said tintype photographers such As Matthew Brady had to have a lot of patience. It takes a lot of preparation to get a Good tintype picture. The Metal plate has lobe treated everything Laid out just right and then after opening the aperture you have to wait up to 20 minutes to get the Pic  Ward does tintypes mostly for friends and occasionally at fairs but the an Tique pictures he makes and Sells Are a special Polaroid process. It gives pretty much the same effect As a tintype but it a lot less work for the  old time photographers could Only work in Daylight and the subject often had to suffer through posing with a Back Brace to keep still and therefore in focus. War said. Though his photography is mainly Hobby at this stage he said he has about $3,000 invested in the camera props cos Tumes backdrops and special tintype Laboratory equipment. After he retires from the army next Spring be Hopes to open his own studio in Garmisch Germany specializing in old time photography. He also plans take a Mobile photo studio on the Road. Counterfeit Confederate sgt. Acc. Bill Ward looking quite convincing As a Confederate major sits for this self portrait tintype. Ward who has been making tintype pictures for about five years mostly As a Hobby says he plans to open a portrait studio when he retires from the army next Spring. For is Ward chaplain was Here before a new View 2 years later by Merle Jacobsen staff write Frankfurt sets it was like the French say Dejavu i be been Here before and i had been  chaplain maj Reynold b. Connett described his staying in a boy room Here now and 21 years ago. I walked into the same building in the same room that i stayed in 21 years  Connett a 38-year-old native of Flora 111., like Many men is following in the footsteps of his father. I was Here 21 years ago As a dependent visit ing my father for four months both men were ordained As minis ters in the United methodist Church and chose to serve in the army. Rey Nold s father the late it. Col. James a. Connett served an unaccompanied tour from 1957-59 at what is now known As the Frankfurt military Community Chapel. The elder Connett was As signed the same boy room in the siege housing area across from v corp unlike his father. Connett will no occupy room 205-206 in building 1s46 for his entire tour As chaplain of the 32nd signal in at Mcnair Cavern in nearby Hui Cost. Connett said his wife will join him for an accompanied tour As soon As he gets permanent quarters. The chaplain recalled his reaction to the Chance room assignment. I immediately sat Down and wrote my wife and my Mother about it he said. Connett. Who is among a handful of army Chap Lains to Complete both airborne and Ranger training arrived from fort Carson colo., recently for his first Tourin Germany. Looking out the window of his room on Bremer Strasse the chaplain said Little has changed in the room or the View in 21 years. Connett who served chaplain Connett gazes at a scene that brings Back the past. Is by Mike Meuer Tours in Korea and Vietnam during his 12-year career said about the Only Dif Ference in the View from the room is that he can no longer look into the win Dows of the Abrams building across the Street because of the growth and profusion of Trees in Between. The chaplain joked As he said that the Only change in the room was the Linen