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Why not a silk butterfly tie?

RPPC. Private Collection.

Teen with butterfly tie. RPPC. Private Collection.

Here this young man wore a silk tie with butterflies under what appears to be an opal or moonstone tie stack. Also the shirt has a nice front pleat below the low rounded collar. Sometimes I wish I could see these pictures in color. I bet the tie was a nice pop to the overall look.

RPPC: AZO 1904-1918.

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Close up


The boy with the bowler

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1/6th plate tintype. 1880s-90s teen with bowler in hand. Private Collection.

A mid-teens sitter with his bowler in hand.


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