Highly unusual and playfully surreal CDV-sized tintype featuring four young women with their heads humorously emerging through holes cut in a wall of newspaper. The setup mimics the absurdity of floating heads, with the sitters' faces framed by the printed pages, each appearing as if part of a living broadsheet.

The image is a prime example of vernacular photography’s spontaneous creativity, breaking from traditional portraiture to offer something more whimsical and absurdist. Likely created in a dormitory or casual social setting, the composition carries the unmistakable mark of late 19th-century collegiate humor or amateur studio experimentation.

Surface wear and typical edge abrasions are present, but the image remains sharp, the faces well lit and expressive, and the layered newsprint background is wonderfully legible in parts—adding an extra element of documentary charm.

Perfect for collectors of folk portraiture, eccentric photographic setups, or 19th-century student ephemera. A one-of-a-kind image where humor, youth, and oddball inventiveness intersect.