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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9524618, member: 8267"]The grouping may be - the women together and the men together. (The young child in the older man's lap could be a boy. It was common to dress young boys and girls in the same types of clothing.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Is the paper the photos are printed on very thin, and slightly shiny? That would be characteristic of albumen prints, as bosko suggested. They were usually mounted on heavier card stock as supports. Albumen prints were most common from about 1855 to 1890.</p><p><br /></p><p>The clothing looks more 1860s than 1850s to me. Just a thought - the ages of the sitters are a wide range. The only ones missing are men of fighting age.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9524618, member: 8267"]The grouping may be - the women together and the men together. (The young child in the older man's lap could be a boy. It was common to dress young boys and girls in the same types of clothing.) Is the paper the photos are printed on very thin, and slightly shiny? That would be characteristic of albumen prints, as bosko suggested. They were usually mounted on heavier card stock as supports. Albumen prints were most common from about 1855 to 1890. The clothing looks more 1860s than 1850s to me. Just a thought - the ages of the sitters are a wide range. The only ones missing are men of fighting age.[/QUOTE]
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