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

making the hand of its maker feel all the more present

Though he has occasionally carved other small animals

There are a few small dark marks on the surface of the paint

what looks to be a little upside-down heart in pencil

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