✅ SOLVED Is this a tintype ..and if so, what approximate date would you give it?

[creskol]

Also, any idea what type of gun the lad is holding?

 

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[Gene Mean]

Wow! Sure looks like one. Where did you find it?

 

[Anduril]

Shotgun, maybe?
I couldn't begin to offer any better guess than that.

 

[DCMatt]

I’m not a gun guy. To me , hat, collar, and tie say turn of the 20th C single shot of some kind. Although, I thought tin types were out of vogue by then.

 

[Mackaydon]

Bad form; finger on the trigger. Wonder where the bullet went (if it's a real gun versus a pop gun) after the flash of the camera startled him.
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[creskol]

I’m not a gun guy. To me , hat, collar, and tie say turn of the 20th C single shot of some kind. Although, I thought tin types were out of vogue by then.

Thanks Matt .. That is what I was thinking, too! Guess that's what is confusing me.

 

[creskol]

Wow! Sure looks like one. Where did you find it?

Thanks Gene. I didn't find it, but rather have the opportunity to buy it for a few bucks from the person that did. I think it is kind of a cool photo, but wanted everybody's thoughts. Old photos and old photography really aren't my thing, but for some reason, this one resonated with me.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Hard to clean up an image that old, but I did manage
to bring out the upper half a bit better.

I think the rifle he is holding is an early model
single-shot .22. Could be a Stevens?

 

[ToddsPoint]

I think that might be a Quackenbush air rifle. Gary

 

[pistol-pete]

Think your right on, ToddsPoint

 

[Mackaydon]

The time frame sure fits:

The Quackenbush rifle, invented by industrialist Henry M. Quackenbush, is a clever but cheaply made "Boys' rifle" sold in large numbers in the 1893-1920 period, along with several models of air guns. Source: Wikipedia
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