Victorian Tin Type Photo of a Young Girl - hand tinted tintype photo - Tintype of child Post_Office_Ind Front: Oglethorpe Hotel

Front: Oglethorpe Hotel

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Victorian Tin Type Photo of a Young Girl - hand tinted tintype photo - Tintype of child Post_Office_Ind Front: Oglethorpe HotelSize: 2" x 3" This Victorian tintype photo portrait of a young teenage girl is hand tinted to create pink color detail in the cheeks and bow. This photo may have been done to prepare for the challenge of finding this daughter a suitable husband. Teen age girls were usually offered to a suitable husband after they turned 15 or 16. The tintype offered a perfect way to mail a photo to a perspective husband, or family looking for a wife for a son. Young