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JESSE JAMES
CHECK OUT OUR WILLIAM BONNEY, TOM O'FOLLIARD TINTYPE.
THIS IS A TINTYPE OF JESSE WOODSON JAMES. WE ACQUIRED THIS GEM SIZED PHOTO FROM AN ALBUM IN 2007. BELOW THIS PHOTO WAS WRITTEN J. JAMES. THE ALBUM WAS NOT ADVERTISED WITH THIS INFORMATION. OF COURSE J. COULD STAND FOR JOHN , JIM, JETHRO, ETC....... . WE STARTED TO RESEARCH JESSE JAMES AND REALIZED THAT IT WAS HIS PHOTOGRAPH. WE HAVE COMPARED OUR TINTYPE WITH ACCEPTED PHOTOS OF JAMES. ONE THING WE DID NOTICE WAS HIS MOLE ON HIS CHEEK AREA. WE WERN'T SURE WHICH SIDE OF THE FACE DUE TO THE FACT THAT TINTYPES ARE REVERSED . WE BELIEVE THIS PHOTO IS FROM THE EARLY TO MID 1870'S . HIS HAIRLINE WAS RECEDING THROUGH HIS ADULT LIFE AND WHEN COMPARED WITH THE 1869 PHOTO OF HIM OUR PHOTO HAS MORE HAIR LOSS. WE DID SEE A DRAWING ON PHILIP STEELES SITE THAT WAS DEPICTING A DRAWING ON THE WALL AT THE JAMES HOME OF A TINTYPE. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS TINTYPE IS THE PHOTO THE ORIGINAL DRAWING IS OF AND NOT THE 1869 PHOTO. THE TIE IN OUR PHOTO IS CORRECT AND JAMES IS LOOKING STRAIGHT INTO THE CAMERA . NOT AT AN ANGLE AS IN THE 1869 PHOTO. THERE ARE SOME OTHER INTERESTING PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT OF THIS ALBUM. THEY WILL BE REFERENCED AS TO HAVE COME FROM THE JAMES ALBUM. WHEN VIEWING THESE PHOTOS , PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THE SIX THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FROM THIS ALBUM LOOK LIKE FAMOUS WESTERN PEOPLE WHO WERE SOMEHOW ASSOCIATED WITH JAMES OR FRIENDS OF HIS . IT IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. THE COLLECTION STARTED TO GROW AT THAT POINT. YOU CAN READ ABOUT THE HISTORY OF JESSE JAMES BY VISITING THE HOMETOWN SITE OF JAMES AT THE LINK BELOW.
MOUTH , NOSE AND MOLE . IDENTICAL
COMPARISON WITH JAMES AT AGE AROUND 15 WHEN HE WAS WITH QUANTRILL'S RAIDERS
