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Tintype of an unidentified Union soldier

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A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified man found on page 10 of 2014.88a-r. The man is wearing a buttoned up jacket with epaulettes on the shoulders and a kepi in the portrait. A bugle insignia is visible on the front of the kepi. He is leaning slightly to the left side of the photograph.

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Tintype of an unidentified man

This 1/6 plate tintype photograph shows an unidentified man most likely during the Civil War years. He is dressed in a suit with a derby hat in his hand. He leans against a Grecian flower stand. The tintype is housed in a case with decorative gold metal oval frame.

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Tintype of an woman wearing a hat

H x W: 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (8.9 x 6.4 cm)

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Tintype of four men smoking cigars

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H x W x D (with glass): 3 11/16 × 6 5/16 × 1/2 in. (9.4 × 16 × 1.3 cm)

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Tintype of four unidentified men

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A tintype portrait of four unidentified men captured at the Lincoln Street fair in Denver, Colorado, by photographer John Green. The men are posed with two men seated in front and two men standing behind them. The two seated men wear three-piece suits. The man on the right rests his left ankle on his right knee and has a light colored tie against his folded-collar shirt. The seated man on the left

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Tintype of girl standing

Tintype depicting a girl wearing a dress standing with her right arm resting on the chair next to her. Her left hand is placed on her left hip and she faces the camera. She is wearing a double stranded necklace with charm, earrings, and a headband. The necklace pendant, earrings, and element on headband are all hand-tinted gold. Pink hand-tinting at the cheeks. There are losses at top, center, and

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Tintype of man and woman in wedding attire

Tintype depicting woman and man seated together. Each has hand in lap and looks forward. Woman wears light dress with lace collar and man wears crisp suit with vest with a white shirt and chain watch. Man wears a boutonniere on his lapel. Woman may have large floral element on her chest, but low contrast makes confirmation difficult. Studio backdrop has tree trunk at left.

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Tintype of man in formalwear

Tintype depicts aman wearing black suit with white button down shirt and black bow tie. Portrait bust-length. The man's haircut is tight, and he wears a beard. The buttons on his shirt have been hand-colored gold. The photograph is scratched on the man's forehead and under his right eye, as well as being heavily scratched along right top right side of the plate. Image is distorted by streaking at

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Tintype of man in suit, tie, and hat

Tintype depicting a man in fine clothing. Man is seated with his left arm resting on the chair and his right hand resting on his right leg. He wears a full suit with cravat, hat, and hankerchief in his right jacket pocket. Proper left upper and lower corners missing. There are no marks on the back.

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Tintype of man saluting against a backdrop of Grant's Tomb

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A sixth plate tintype depicting a man standing in front of a bench and a painted studio backdrop of Ulysses S. Grant's tomb. He is looking directly at the camera. His proper right arm is fully extended, raised shoulder-height, in an open-palmed salute. In his left hand he holds a dark-colored sombrero. He wears a light-colored suit, white shirt, cravat, and a wide belt highly decorated with cowrie

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Tintype of man seated

Tintype depicts a man sitting with left arm resting on table and right hand holding a cane with a curved top. He is dresssed in a three-piece suit and tie. Tie knot has an additional decorative avian element on it; it is unclear if this is a pin, part of the tie, or some other feature. The hair on the crown of his head is clipped short, and the sides have grown long. Photograph is worn with abrasi

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Tintype of man standing in front of prop fence

A tintype portrait depicting man wearing jacket, vest, necktie, and hat standing in front of a small fence prop. The man's left hand is resting on fence post. The portrait backdrop is a country road scene. The plate is clipped at the bottom left corner.

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