Antique Tintype Portrait of Lovely, Serious Looking Girl Resting Elbow wire work basket and a little staining here

and a little staining here and there on inside (white wool) pages

which would be used to tag deliveries of freshly caught fish to the businesses that would sell them--in this case a variety of fishmongers in seaport districts of Manhattan and Boston

but all art really fabulous

at the age of 19

Antique Tintype Portrait of Lovely, Serious Looking Girl Resting Elbow wire work basket and a little staining hereHere's another antique photo that won me for the empathic nature of its subject in this case an antique tintype of young girl who looks self possessed and headstrong and I must say reminds me very much of my 7 or 8 year old self! I love that she appears to be in a world of her own thought, and I see a quiet confidence and grace in the lean of her elbow and drape of her hand. Plus, a pretty great dress, which she wears with attitude. I do feel like