A photograph of an undated original tintype of six Lykens Valley individuals taken at Coney Island, New York.
Identifications:
Front Row (women seated): Gertrude Gise; Hannah [Hepler] Miller; Lottie [Hepler] Ritzman.
Back Row (standing): Allen Z. Ritzman; Aaron S. Ritzman; Joseph Hepler.
A second tintype of the same six individuals also exists in in a slightly different pose, shown below in black and white print form, indicating that more than one shot was taken. For each snap of the shutter, only one tintype could be made. After the tintype was obtained, other photographers made copies or enlargements of the subjects of the tintype.
The second tintype was published in a local history book.
Previously, two portraits made from a tintype were presented here. Copies of those portraits, made in the late 19th century, were later painted (colorized) in the 20th century. See:
Harrison Riegle (1840-1899) & Hannah [Rickert] Riegle (1849-1919)
The original tintypes, from which the portraits were made, were from the Gratz Fair, about 1872. See:
At this time it is not known whether there are any additional existing tintypes of this Coney Island outing, or if any individual portraits or group pictures were made from the tintype presented here as the featured image for this post.
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