Keepsake Ambrotype/Tintype and Lock of Hair
This small case holds an ambrotype of a young girl overlaid by an oval cut tintype of a woman and a small lock of auburn hair tied with a white string. It is obviously a home made keepsake assemblage. We will never know why it was made but the first time I held it I flashed on a husband and father who carried it in his pocket while away from his family, perhaps as a soldier. I find it very touching.
Keepsake Ambrotype/Tintype and Lock of Hair
This small case holds an ambrotype of a young girl overlaid by an oval cut tintype of a woman and a small lock of auburn hair tied with a white string. It is obviously a home made keepsake assemblage. We will never know why it was made but the first time I held it I flashed on a husband and father who carried it in his pocket while away from his family, perhaps as a soldier. I find it very touching.