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JAMES MASTERSON
THIS IS A NEW TINTYPE WE HAVE ACQUIRED OF TWO WESTERN MEN. BOTH LOOKED FAMILIAR WHEN I FIRST SAW THE TINTYPE , BUT THE MAN STANDING REALLY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. I HAD RESEARCHED BAT MASTERSON AND SEEN AN IMAGE OF HIS BROTHER JAMES. I HAD SEEN ONLY ONE IMAGE OF JAMES MASTERSON AND IT LEFT MUCH TO BE DESIRED. THE PHOTO OF HIM USED BY OTHER SITES ON THE NET ARE ALL THE SAME. A GRAINY IMAGE WHICH DOES SHOW GOOD BONE STRUCTURE OF HIS FACE AND SOME FACIAL FEATURES. I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR TINTYPE SHOWS JAMES MASTERSON WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED SEATED MAN AROUND 1890. WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP IDENTIFYING THE OTHER MAN .THIS TINTYPE WOULD BE FROM THE TIME HE WAS UNDER SHERIFF IN COLFAX CO. NEW MEXICO IN THE LATE 1880'S OR DEPUTY SHERIFF IN LOGAN COUNTY OKLAHOMA IN THE EARLY1890'S. HE DIED FROM TUBERCULOSIS ON MARCH 31, 1895 AT THE AGE OF 39. YOU CAN READ ABOUT JAMES MASTERSON AND HIS INTERESTING LIFE AT THE LINK BELOW.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_MastersonOUR IMAGE COMPARED TO KNOWN IMAGE
THOUGH THE ANGLE OF BOTH PHOTOGRAPHS IS DIFFERENT , YOU CAN SEE THE STRONG CHIN AND FACIAL STRUCTURE OF BOTH IMAGES IS THE SAME.THE TOP OF THE EARS ON OUR PHOTO ARE PUSHED DOWN FROM THE HAT. OUR PHOTO SHOWS A DIMPLE IN THE CHIN AND I ENHANCED THE KNOWN IMAGE TO SEE IF THERE IS EVIDENCE OF THAT FEATUREON IT ALSO. THE ENHANCED IMAGE IS BELOW AND THERE IS A DIMPLE IN THAT AREA. I DO BELIEVE THE KNOWN IMAGE HAD BEEN RETOUCHED.
