Figure 1.--This Ambrotype portrait shows an unidentified American boy. We would guess a younger teenager, probably 13-14 years old. It is a torso portrait showing a boy with hair swept back at his forehead and over his ears at the side. He has a bow (probaly done from a stock, striped shirt, pstterned vest, and suit jacket). His hands are held togethr in front, a photographers device to kept them still. It is a cased ambrotype with a gutta-percha cover.

This Ambrotype portrait shows an unidentified American boy. We would guess a younger teenager, probably 13-14 years old. It is a torso portrait showing a boy with hair swept back at his forehead and over his ears at the side. He has a bow (probaly done from a stock), striped shirt, pstterned vest, and suit jacket). His hands are held togethr in front, a photographers device to kept them still. It is a cased ambrotype with a gutta-percha cover. The portrait like most Ambrotypes is undated, but we know about when it was taken because Ambros were made for such a short time. We first see them about 1855. Thus it was most likely taken in the late-1850s, although the early-60s is a possibility.

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