Handsome Man & Wife by Vermont Photographer Caleb L Howe - Relievo Sphereotype! building people dressed up and playing

people dressed up and playing with guns

In 1755 a group of Shawnee Indians captured Mary and her family

otherwise is in excellent antique condition with NO bends

Unsealed with several short and pretty light mat abrasions near the tarnish ring mostly along the right mat edge

I saw one Civil War tax stamp in the ones I checked

Handsome Man & Wife by Vermont Photographer Caleb L Howe - Relievo Sphereotype! building people dressed up and playing1 6th plate image in full case. Mat is stamped three times along the top, right, and bottom edges: "C. L. Howe", "Sphereotype" and "May 27, 1856". This is a relievo ambrotype "sphereotype". The image is very clear and sharp and is in very good condition. The black paint on the back is applied in silhouette style ("relievo") and it is cracking, which is visible on the front of the image from some angles, however this is not damage to the emulsion as