Nice collection of tintypes and ambrotypes on flickr

[Dusty Merritt]

"Cosmorochester collects."

A few interesting highlights:

This guy's tucked his coat into a pair of plaid trousers--and what is going on with his shirt?


Not sure if this is Civil War, but I've never seen a uniform like it:


14th Brooklyn?

[drkuluth]

Re: Nice collection of tintypes and ambrotypes on flickr

Here's another great Flickr set, from the Library of Congress: http://www.flickr.com/photos/library...7625520211184/