Show your tintypes.

[John V]

Originally Posted by swarmee

I'm not sure those letters are RF.... I'm thinking the tail to the C which you think is an F might just be connecting fabric or a thread out of place.

John,
I always went with RF since the letters on his bib seem to support the same.

[jpop43]

Sorry for the poor (small) image quality, but here is a sampling of tin types from our 19th Century Base Ball Collection...Of most note is the studio posed, double paned, action shot of the two players with ball and bat.

Jonathan
www.dugouttreasures.com

[kdixon]

Here is mine.

[Runscott]

Fantastic pics - great thread idea.

[steve B]

Only three, but all related. And pretty funny.

First one a ballplayer


Second one the player and I think his wife?



Then a group shot. With at least one person who seems VERY unamused with the whole baseball thing.



It's possible they're all actors from some play or something that involved baseball. Perhaps a vaudeville type comedy? Or........Maybe they're a bit drunk and the woman right of center in the last one isn't about to let them forget it any time soon.

Steve B

[Runscott]

Steve, I love the relationship of those first two photos. The props and the player are positioned exactly alike in both photos, but the photographer actually moved both a few feet to make room for the woman, with great attention to having them look exactly alike in both photos.

[steve B]

I never noticed that. It is pretty neat. I always get distracted by the expressions. I haven't seen too many tintypes of any kind with anything more than the rather blank "I can't move and mess up the photo" expression. That probably makes these later than they seem.

Steve B