April 30, 2015

1880s tough cowboy in a straw hat

By C.E. Ryan

Tintype detail

Tintype detail

I spent way too much on tintypes and other miscellaneous photos this week, so I had to see this one slip by. Nooo! The dilemma of every collector: gotta make choices.
Ah, but what a guy! And he’s wearing cowboy boots; a country folk! Tintype guys with attitudes do make great sitters!

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This entry was posted on Thursday, April 30th, 2015 at 3:02 pm and tagged with 1880s, cowboy, handsome man and posted in Bad Boys, Groups, Tintypes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

One response to “1880s tough cowboy in a straw hat”

Roger David Hardesty
December 2nd, 2025 at 1:20 am

Thank you for licensing this image. I gave you photo credit, linked to this page when employing 1880s “guys with attitude” to inform In a Connected Way.

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