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Fine Group of Occupational and Other Tint

Fine Group of Occupational and Other Tintypes, lot of 12. Five wonderful cdv-sized tintypes of occupational scenes depicting a leather tanner, a seated musician with his guitar, two butchers discussing an order with a customer, two well-dressed men in a fistfight, and a train engineer and his mechanic who appear to be having "words" with each other. The remaining seven depict groups of gentlemen, most of whom enjoy a smoke or a pint, five are cdv-size, one quarter plate, one 1.05" x 1.75".
Condition:Minor bends in three plates, trivial scratches on most images, quarter plate has slight crazing.

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