Old tintype of men with levers.

rangerider7 · Post by **rangerider7** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:44 pm

I thought this was an interesting photo.

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:54 pm

Looks like they all just got their hair cut.

John in MS · Post by **John in MS** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:44 pm

Neat!!

Is it just me, or does the image look reversed? The fellow on the right appears to have his loading port showing on the wrong side of the rifle.
John

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:32 pm

Yep - as was often the case with these old photos - the picture is indeed reversed. Think of the famous (or imfamous) picture of Billy the Kid.

Cool photo!!!

RSY · Post by **RSY** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:52 pm

Yeah, it looks flipped. In addition to the ejection port on the one rifle, check out on which side their shirts button. Either that, or they're wearing ladies blouses.

Scott

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:06 pm

What percent of the pictures like this do you think were just guys getting photos taken with 'prop' guns, vs. real gunowners...? I'm sure lots were real folks in real environments, but sometimes, particularly if there is just one person in the photo, and they look too 'dressed up' I wonder if they are just in a photo studio of the day with a rugged looking 'guy' prop. The reason I ask is that lots of those kinds have the same background for several person's individual photos; I know photography was harder in the field than today, but I still feel the photos outside or of larger groups seem more genuine.

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