Tintype of Two Young Men

This image portrays two young men sitting for their portrait, both with cigars in their mouths. The young man on the right side of the image is wearing a matching three-piece suit consisting of a fitted frock coat with extra-wide lapels and a wide necktie with squared overlapped ends, which was frequently seen in the 1870s. The other man is wearing a three-piece suit consisting of a sack jacket with only the top button done to expose the double-breasted waistcoat and watch chain. His jacket has narrow lapels and his pinstriped trousers are mismatched to his top suit pieces, a style popular in the 1880s among youth.

Tintype, 1870-1890