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Message:: [QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 216018, member: 33"]I'm not too sure about it being a case for photographs. Usually the inside would be squared off at the corners to hold the image, a mat, a preserver, and cover glass. There are some completely round ones occasionally, too... but I don't recall any with straight sides and rounded corners. Most cases were for just one photo and the other half was filled with a silk or velvet covered pad. There were cases with room for two photos, but as SusanFYR pointed out, this case is not a standard size for photos of that time.  In addition, most of the cases had a little padded strip around the edge to sort of snug up to the packet of mat, preserver, cover glass, and photo. Here is a tintype that was in just half a case, missing its front cover, with the pieces disassembled. [ATTACH=full]63707[/ATTACH] In addition, I can't tell for sure but it doesn't appear to me that the case posted by the OP would be deep enough to hold the entire assembled packet with all of the pieces above. UPDATE: looking again at the original post I do see that it might have the padded strip around the inside. I'm still not sure about it being a photo case, though. If so, the design seems unusual. I'll see if I can find anything.[/QUOTE]