Half Plate Tintype Two Men Armed w Guns & Knife - Indian Scouts? Outlaws portrait you can replace the cloth

you can replace the cloth with a piece of dark paper or velvet

so she was likely actually the child's mother and not just a photographer's assistant

hard toread but I think his name was something like "Master Niles Dockham"

early-1860s tintype behind mat and glass in its full

Half Plate Tintype Two Men Armed w Guns & Knife - Indian Scouts? Outlaws portrait you can replace the clothTintype behind mat and cover glass in half of a case. Dimensions of the case are 6" x 4. 75" (half plate). Both men have two guns each, the one on the right also has a knife in his belt, man on the left holding a cigar. Both are unidentified.. maybe somebody here on eBay will recognize them? The tintype is in good or better antique condition. Displays very well; at angles you can see some light bends and surface wear. Boxed & signed Priority Mail.