Curious 19th C. Tintype of Handsome Pair, Shiny Pocket Watch (?) In Mouth Woolworth Building water stains on just the

water stains on just the first couple of pages and back interior cover

plus original authentication sticker

The sides of the box feature a scroll of what I believe are leaves and vines and other decorative flourishes

I think they are pretty great just taken straight: I love self-reflexive things

Curious 19th C. Tintype of Handsome Pair, Shiny Pocket Watch (?) In Mouth Woolworth Building water stains on just theThese two, what a pair. The look like fortune seekers out west during the gold rush era to me, brothers or best friends I'm not sure but clearly with great ease and affection between them, and one imagines they've shared, and will yet share, some great adventures between them. Wonderful faces (how very handsome especially the young man at left), wonderfully laid back postures, and I love the visual rhyme of their crossed legs. But what especially sold