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(AMERICAN TINTYPES)
Group of 21 select male and female
occupationals, including a sculptor, telegraph
operator, sniper, newsie, upholsterer, plasterer,
as well as tinsmiths, dishwashers, messengers,
carpenters, and firemen; a laborer depicted with
a caliper and a group of men with rope (?), as
well as a maid and a seamstress; 5 are quarter-
plates and 16 are sixth-plates. 1870s-1880s
[5,500/6,500]
From a Private NewYork Collector.
The photograph of the telegraph operator is reproduced
in America and theTintype (Steidl, 2008).
