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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 1773556, member: 8267&quot;]You have a set of &quot;cased&quot; photographs, probably about 1860 based on the costumes and the design of the case and fittings. Difficult to be sure from your photos, but they may be ambrotypes - photographs made on a glass plate (as opposed to a tintype, which would be on metal). The type of case is referred to as a &quot;union case&quot;, most probably made of an early thermoplastic made from shellac and wood fibers (not gutta percha, though frequently misidentified as such).</p><p>These have value to collectors of early photography, even if you don&#039;t know the subjects. And photographs of women and children are more unique.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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