Outstanding mid-19th century gem tintype album featuring 20 miniature tintypes, many of which are captioned in period pencil with first names, dates, and relationship notations. These images appear to document an extended family or close social circle, capturing both individual portraits and intimate groupings of women, children, and young men. Particularly notable are several playful or affectionate compositions—some showing friends or siblings posed cheek-to-cheek or reading together—underscoring the deeply personal nature of the contents.

Nearly all of the photographs are preserved within ornate, gold-bordered oval windows on thick printed album leaves. The inscriptions are contemporary to the album and include names such as Grace, Minnie, Charles, Nellie, Lottie, Lucy, and Frankie, with some pages even noting marriage dates, death dates, and poignant details such as “died Sept 1871.” An especially touching leaf features a light handwritten poem in pencil on the back flyleaf.