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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 380820, member: 33&quot;]Agreed! It&#039;s usually not possible to identify people in a tintype. Also, tintypes persisted in the U.S. until the 1920s, although the latest ones were generally for specialized uses like tourist/arcade photos. The one posted here is 19th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>Try looking at the back of it, with the light raking it from an angle, to see if there happens to be anything written on the back. It would be scratched in, since the back is dark metal. I&#039;ve found interesting writing on a few in my collection. The majority don&#039;t have writing, though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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