TINTYPE OF A COWBOY AND HIS RARE WHITNEY RIFLE

[Shotgun Steve]

Tintype of a cowboy holding a rare Whitney lever action rifle. The cowboy is also armed with a Colt m1878 DA with lanyard ring in butt. Circa. 1875-1880.

[Delmonico]

Interesting, his gun is butt forward on the right side.  Wonder if he's left handed or just prefers the butt forward on the strong side.  Or of course he may be just using what the photgrapher had.  So many pictures, so many unanswered questions.

[Deadeye Dick]

From looking at his vest pocket and buttons the pic. it looks like it could be reversed. Why does it seem a inordinate amount of old pic's are reversed?
Deadeye Dick

[Delmonico]

From looking at his vest pocket and buttons the pic. it looks like it could be reversed. Why does it seem a inordinate amount of old pic's are reversed?
Deadeye Dick

You are right, I just glanced real quick and thought it wasn't.  Tin Types and the earlier methods always were.  But often glass plate negative pictures are to.  I'd guess careless photographers and how easy it was to flop the plate the wrong way when they printed the picture.  

[Will Ketchum]

It would be my guess that he isn't a "cowboy" either.  Too old and well dressed

Still neat picture.  I again thank Steve for posting them

Will Ketchum

[Stillwater]

He is sporting a fancy set of "mutton chop" whiskers though.

My guess is that this fellow is what we used to call a "townie," a person who lives in town, dressing as a cowboy does.

Weren't most tin type images printed reversed?

Bill

[Shotgun Franklin]

I'd have to believe that there were a lot of old  former Cowboys around. My Great Grandfather was a Cowboy while young but died a Farmer.

[Short Knife Johnson]

Nice picture though.  I just aquired a redone Whitney Kennedy just like that one, but with a full octagon barrel.  This weekend we were doing photos for our S.A.W.W.S. website.  So I posed with the Kennedy, stuck my Uberti Russian in my waistband, and struck a pose just like that.

[Harley Starr]

I'd like to see Uberti make some Whitney rifles. Since they're making the Burgess clone, it would be an interesting addition to anyone's collection.

[Delmonico]

Weren't most tin type images printed reversed?

Bill

All tintypes are reversed.