Not On Your Tintype!

OK! I now have a handle on the haberdashery. I went through my stash and found a couple of tintypes that are of the era that I wanted. Here's a great image of some of the customers. These guys look like they just stepped out of the store, or maybe into the store......This gives me some clothes to follow. I bought this one at the swap meet a long time ago. They look like prim and proper business types.

I wish I had some background on who they are and where the shot was taken. From now on, it was taken in a corner of the haberdashery. I decided that having a resident photographer would be a little different spin on the store. I am going to recreate the back wall and the fake plants in the tintype.

After that one, I found the camera and another tintype. I am going to have to alter the camera but the tripod is a start. The lady is another tintype that I found somewhere. Come to think of it, I think I have some of my ancestors around somewhere too. I will have to look some more.

I think that the left corner will be the photographer's domain.

As you can see, I have been hunting and gathering.

My next find was a half finished trunk. I make a lot of these. Some are used for quarter inch room boxes, so I always have a few in the works.

I am going to line the trunk with newspapers and I will trim the outside with leather straps and buckles. Somewhere along the line I gathered a bunch of miniature Racing Form newspapers. Those might appeal to these guys. I wonder if Racing Form goes back far enough? I will have to research that one.

Anyway, I think that I have enough to keep me busy for the rest of the day. Check in tomorrow and see what kind of mess I made of this stuff. See you then.