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Weird guy with feathers! - 2/4/2007 12:20:35 PM    marjorie040 Posts: 385 Joined: 12/3/2006 Status: online Here's a real challenge! Who is this man and why is he wearing those (?) feathers? He must have been someone notable because his picture was put on this (?) tin frame! I found him curious. Does anybody know anything about him or the practice of putting pictures on metal? I'd be grateful to know! Marjorie Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Weird guy with feathers! - 2/4/2007 1:02:21 PM    tombstone   Posts: 124 Joined: 12/21/2005 From: wv Status: offline In the early days of photography pictures were printed on metal, called tin types. (in reply to marjorie040) Post #: 2

RE: Weird guy with feathers! - 2/4/2007 2:17:13 PM    epgorge Posts: 2422 Joined: 12/29/2006 Status: offline I can't see the picture very clearly but probably, it is of a man out west who was posing with native American artifacts to send home to impress those he left behind. Ep (in reply to tombstone) Post #: 3

RE: Weird guy with feathers! - 2/4/2007 3:12:12 PM    marjorie040 Posts: 385 Joined: 12/3/2006 Status: online This is possibly a clearer picture. Marjorie Attachment (1) (in reply to epgorge) Post #: 4

RE: Weird guy with feathers! - 2/4/2007 3:54:56 PM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2031 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline Very interesting. Nice photograph. _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to marjorie040) Post #: 5

RE: Weird guy with feathers! - 2/4/2007 9:44:37 PM    welddigger   Posts: 572 Joined: 4/24/2004 From: Hereford,PA. Status: offline Maybe it is one of those guys that tryed to show he knew how to fly. This is his pre flight picture before he jumped of the cliff and died!!!!!! or flied???? (in reply to marjorie040) Post #: 6

RE: Weird guy with feathers! - 2/4/2007 10:58:20 PM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline its a tin type i do know that they were made in the 1850s although i dont know how late this was carried out? or how early it began _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to welddigger) Post #: 7

RE: Weird guy with feathers! - 2/5/2007 2:25:03 AM    jane8851 Posts: 350 Joined: 12/3/2006 From: Upstate NY Status: offline Those are really BIG feathers! Could they be palm fronds or are they definitely feathers? It's a very interesting and strange photo. (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 8

RE: Weird guy with feathers! - 2/5/2007 8:21:49 AM    trussin   Posts: 156 Joined: 5/5/2005 Status: offline My guess is he is a "Mummer".  It's a weird new years day tradition in Philadelphia. I know they have been doing it for more than 100 years and I have seen photos like it.  Its still a guess though. JB in NJ (in reply to jane8851) Post #: 9

RE: Weird guy with feathers! - 2/5/2007 5:16:33 PM    marjorie040 Posts: 385 Joined: 12/3/2006 Status: online Two good suggestions! I didn't know anything about Mummers....very interesting!!! Thanks, Marjorie (in reply to trussin) Post #: 10

RE: Weird guy with feathers! - 2/5/2007 6:05:46 PM    tombstone   Posts: 124 Joined: 12/21/2005 From: wv Status: offline Tintypes were still being produced as late as the 1950's (and perhaps later), but in common practice they were phased out in the late 1800's/early 1900's.  From the man's hat and tie i'd guess this picture was produced 1910-1920 (in reply to marjorie040) Post #: 11

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