One Room School House with Students and Teachers, 19th C. Outdoor Tintype 1930s signs A few scuffs and scrapes

A few scuffs and scrapes here and there

I found a match of this suited man milagro--being sold for much more than I am listing him for--described as an Italian

explained to both me and the dealer I purchased it from that it is an ice chipper

German Erzgebirge hand-painted houses—these four especially special for all being doubles

what looks to be a little upside-down heart in pencil

One Room School House with Students and Teachers, 19th C. Outdoor Tintype 1930s signs A few scuffs and scrapesI believe this tintype dates to the 1870s or so, based especially on the clothing of the adults and, as far as I've been able to determine in researching, it is a fairly rare one; I've turned up a good number of school photos taken outside one room school houses produced as cabinet cards paper printed photos, but tintype examples seem very few and far between. Quite a wonderful array of faces and postures and attitudes I think, with what seems to be a