One Room School House with Students and Teachers, 19th C. Outdoor Tintype 1930s signs A few scuffs and scrapes

A few scuffs and scrapes here and there

I found a match of this suited man milagro--being sold for much more than I am listing him for--described as an Italian

by folding then cutting--usually described as valentines

and I'm definitely charmed by this one

One Room School House with Students and Teachers, 19th C. Outdoor Tintype 1930s signs A few scuffs and scrapesI believe this tintype dates to the 1870s or so, based especially on the clothing of the adults and, as far as I've been able to determine in researching, it is a fairly rare one; I've turned up a good number of school photos taken outside one room school houses produced as cabinet cards paper printed photos, but tintype examples seem very few and far between. Quite a wonderful array of faces and postures and attitudes I think, with what seems to be a