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Posted 1 year ago
rniederman
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At a camera show a couple years back, a small tintype caught my eye. I don’t usually collect pictures of anonymous people, but the image dealer and I mused if this could have been a saloon bartender by the look of his western attire of cowboy boots, vest, hat, watch fob, and what appears to be armbands under gathered shirtsleeves.
We didn’t come to any conclusions, but it was a lively and enjoyable conversation trying to guess who this person might be or his occupation (and that he could probably handle himself in a brawl).
But it's another nice 'go along' with the early tintype cameras in my collection.
TintypesWhile most early photo processes involved paper or light metal plates, tint…
I went thru a period abt. 20 yrs ago of collecting old tintype photos of folks I didn't know, they decorated my walls proudly along with my own favorite B & W's, I even had names for them.....a move and lack of wall space prohibits displaying them now, but, I wonder if someday when my son goes thru my possessions if he will wonder who his long lost relatives are !!
Is it Paul Newman?
Hi sbancroft and vetraio50 ... thanks for the comments. Maybe I'll find a tintype that looks like Robert Redford and tell my family that Butch and Sundance are relatives!
Love this! I collect old photos and have more of people I don't know hanging on the walls than I do of people I do know. I feel kind of bad for the people in the photos whose families/friends discarded or lost them. I guess I feel like I'm rescuing them.
Thanks, Hardbrake!
Thanks AmberRose and fitter475!
Thanks Phil!
Don't think I would go in the bar if I saw that one behind the counter!
Thanks gearpunk and jlillywh!
Blunderbuss2 ... agreed!!!
Thanks, officialfuel!
Thanks, AmberRose!
Thanks, AmphoraPottery!