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ca. 1890s, [tintype portrait of a young lady in a strange sheepswool outfit or costume, hiding her face behind a huge wool muff]

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs

ca. 1850s, [daguerreotype portrait of a handsome gentleman; housed in a velvet case with a handwritten note that says “Forget Me Not, 3 April”]

via Capitol Gallery, Daguerreotypes

ca. 1880-1900’s, [tintype portrait of suave gentleman posed with a bottle of spirits]

via Ebay

ca. 1858, [ambrotype portrait of a smiling young girl with a book]

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Skylight Gallery

ca. 1903, [gelatin silver print, portrait of a smiling bearded gentleman with a sword, holding his own decapitated head]

via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop

ca. 1840-60, [daguerreotype portrait of a smiling, dark haired young lady, identified as Carlotta Patti, with lace gloves and a fan]

via Harvard University, Houghton Library, Harvard Theatre Collection

ca. 1860-1900’s, [tintype portrait of two shy young girls, clutching their dolls and hiding their faces]

via Ebay

ca. 1860, [tintype portrait of a mother and her child, posed cheek to cheek]

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Skylight Gallery

ca. 1860-1900, [spirited hand-colored tintype portrait of a gentleman, possibly a sailor]

via Ebay

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ca. 1870-1900’s, [cabinet card, portrait of a smiling Alfred C. Thurston with his violin and his father, H. Thurston], Baker’s Art Gallery

via Jeffrey Kraus, Antique Photographics

ca. 1855-95, [carte de visite portrait of a small child with a shot gun and a dead rabbit], George W. Valleau

via the Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Carl Mautz Collection

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