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Posted By: barrysloate

Rob- You made a very interesting point about dating that I had never considered. I've always dated baseball images by the style of the uniform, which with a little experience you can get right within a couple of years. But I rarely considered the backdrop- particularly the point you made that early tintypes have fuzzier backgrounds. Have you always found that to be true? Another way to date CdVs is by the style of the mount. They seemed to get fancier, particularly the photographer's advertising, in the 1870's; those from the previous decade are simpler and usually have the line around the four borders. But if you have seen enough images, and I've seen literally hundreds, you kind of develop a sixth sense and the dating really isn't that hard.