1880s young girls. Tintype. Private Collection.
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Alice and friend
Edwardian couple by a seaside backdrop
Tintype couple. Private Collection.
A quaint tintype of a couple posing in front of a seaside backdrop with the lighthouse behind the gent’s head. Her waist is extremely tiny, accentuated by the balloon sleeves of her blouse. Her small square hat is pinned high on her head. I’ve noticed ladies often posed with a handkerchief in hand.
He rolled a scarf around the neck, and he’s wearing a wide belt with a fob chain hanging low on the trousers. And that straw boater tilted far back is always good to see.
The smiling buddies – set of 2 tintypes
Two on a bench. Private Collection.
If you’re smiling on a tintype, you’re halfway to joining my collection. This is a set of late period ones, I’d say 1910s-1920, of very relaxed and smiling friends posing together on a bench. The two on the first are also on the second, accompanied by their two other friends. The gent to the right on the first is smiling so wide on both, he really got into it!
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- Two on a bench.
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- Four on another bench.
The 1880s top hat trio
Trio in top hats. 1/6th plate tintype. Private Collection.
The backdrop is worth noting. Nature themed it was tastefully done, conveying more the idea of trees than figuratively so.
Larger detail.
The serving barkeep
Barkeep serving group. Tintype circa 1880s-90s. Private Collection.
A tintype of a barkeep standing over a fur rug and re-enacting pouring ale to a group of gentlemen with a little boy looking on. The gent to the far right’s expression is funny. He looks disappointed as if saying “but there’s nothing in my glass…”
Studio photographs of fellows drinking together were very common. Because saloons were most always the main place for men to socialize and organize away from the house,they wished to remember their after-work get-togethers with a studio picture.
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