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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jerry Coker, post: 4339974, member: 18802&quot;]Thank you for the replies. So the consensus appears to be leave them in the album. Which makes sense as they survived there for a loooong time, plus it maintains provenance/relationship with the other photos. In fact, after going thru the album again, it appears this family updated the album periodically as there are some photos that look like early 1860s to me, and there is at least one that appears to 1st to 2nd decade 20th century (the boy on the porch with dog). I originally thought that image was older but was advised the boys clothes are newer. Which is interesting because it looks like this family album of tintypes has a rather large range of age, which I believe is common for tintypes. I&#039;m beginning to wonder if they used the same traveling photographer (many photos make me feel like it is a family living in a less urban more rural area) or a local studio during this time span. Pretty cool. Lastly, unless I hear otherwise, it appears compressed air is my best/safest option for cleaning these images up a bit? I will remove a sample of the photos to see if I can find any family names, etc., so I can research this family! Thanks again for the feedback.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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