On the reverse of this gem tintype is 'Joseph Rice, my brother'. Cousins of this family are the Goodwin family and the Walker family. The write also references schoolmates in S. Lancaster, (PA)?
People in photo include: Joseph Rice
Tintype photos, also known as ferrotypes, are a type of early photographic process that was popular in the mid-to-late 19th century.
They were photos made on thin sheets of iron, not tin, that were coated with a dark enamel and were widely used from the 1850s through the early 1900s, especially in portrait studios, fairs, and by st...