Crittenden County, KY Historical Society - Tintypes
The Tintypes
The images on this page are from loose tintypes at the Crittenden County, KY Historical Society. Scans of them were graciously supplied by Steve Eskew, the same person who supplied scans of the Cochran family photos. This album is the first of two that reside in the Crittenden Co., KY Historical Society collection. I was kindly allowed to use a laptop and a scanner to copy the photos.
Tintypes of this era are often rather dark, as are their scans. The images were adjusted for contrast and brightness to facilitate the identifications.
Numbering
These photographs comprise part of
five
collections of photographs from Crittenden Co., KY, displayed on five separate
web pages as follows:
1) FPY
Loose Photos - a collection of loose
photographs originally belonging to Florence (Pierce) Yandell (1861-1938), which
were found in the attic of the house she formerly occupied. These are
numbered FPY 001 through FPY 192.
2) Crittenden County
Historical Society (CCHS) Album No. 1, an album in the collection of the Crittenden Co., KY Historical
Society. These are numbered CCHS 197 through CCHS 248.
3) Crittenden County Historical Society
(CCHS) Album No. 2, another album at the Crittenden
Co., KY Historical Society. These are numbered CCHS 249 through CCHS 279.
4) Cochran family photos. These are
numbered C001 through C062.
5)
Crittenden County Historical Society
loose tintypes. These are numbered CT0005 through CT0025.
Order of the Photographs
The order of numbering of the CCHS photographs in the two albums was as they appeared front to back in the album. In this case, some photos might have been mounted adjacent to each other, e.g., a husband and wife facing each other in sequential pages. or children next to parents. Therefore, the order of CCHS photographs may have significance, and should be kept in mind during identification. Photographs in the other three collections are assumed to have no specific order, and are presented in more or less arbitary order.
Identification
Most of the photos are not identified, but a few were either marked on the back or by inscriptions on the album page.
The filename of each photograph is given to the right in order to keep the notes associated with the correct photo. These filenames may have names and appear to identify the subject, but they were tentative guesses made at the time of scanning and may be completely wrong. Please pay attention to the notes below the filenames, which represent the most recent identification and reason/logic for the identification.
Where such a back or album inscriptions was present, it is described in the notes to the right of the thumbnail. Since a photograph is not generally removed from its place in the album (which tends to rip the album), such back inscriptions are assumed to have been written by the original album owner and written contemporaneously with the photography. Therefore, back inscriptions are assumed to be correct unless overwhelming evidence shows them not to be.
Where there is an inscription on the album page, it was usually added by a member of the historical society. Such an inscription would have been added much later than the year when the photograph was taken. The inscribing person might be basing the identification on knowing the person during their lifetime and recognizing them at a younger age, or basing the identification on having seen a copy of the same photograph or other photographs of the subject that had been already identified. Album inscription are therefore dependent on the memory of a local person, and tend to be correct, but not necessarily so.
When a photographer's logo or name is present on the photo mount, it is also quoted in the notes; the location in which a photo was taken often provides an important clue as to the identity of the subject, as well as a probable important location in the life of the subject, such as a school location.
The firmest identifications of unmarked photographs are those involving the James Perry Pierce extended family, for which there exist a large number of other photographs that were identified and mounted by a member of the family shortly after the photographs were taken. The Cochran family also has several photos containing a large number of identified persons, allowing other photos of them to be firmly identified.
When the identity of the subject of a photograph is uncertain based on other photographs that are already identified, a primitive facial recognition method is used, in which the photo to be identified is 1) cropped so that the eyes are exactly horizontal, 2) sized so that the head top to chin distance is the same as an identified photograph to which it is to be compared, 3) copied and pasted to a photoshop file containing the identified photograph, and finally, 4) comparing the width of the eyes, the width of the cheekbones, the position of the nose, the position of the mouth, and the presence of any other facial features, such as a cleft chin, freckles, moles, etc.
Leaps of logic, tenuous connections, and similar guess have been liberally used. All identifications are to used with a grain of salt.
If I have made errors, and you have correct or additional identification/information, please contact me (mathew_brady@msn.com and allow me to correct the errors.
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James Perry Pierce images from Crittenden Tintypes (CT) only:
James Perry Pierce images from other Crittenden pages:
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CT0005:
Tintype, (~2¼x3¾"), unmarked as to subject or date.
Lower Images:
Comparison of images known or suspected to be of
Jacob Ahart Pierce (see also
MISC 21). Also, two strips of James Perry
Pierce images, one from Crittenden Tintypes (see also
MISC 012B) images only, and a long one below of images from all other
pages (see also
MISC 012A). Image CT0005 is nearly identical to image FPY 053,
only reversed due to it being a tintype.
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CT0006Images known or suspected to be of Darius B. Carnahan -1000.jpg) |
CT0006:
Tintype, (~2x3¾"), unmarked as to subject or date.
Lower Image:
Comparison of images known or suspected to be of
Darius B. Carnahan (see also
MISC
055).
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CT0007Images known or suspected to be of Thomas H. Cochran -1000.jpg) |
CT0007:
Tintype, (~1½x2¼"), unmarked as to subject or date.
Lower Image:
Comparison of images known or suspected to be of
Thomas H. Cochran (see also
MISC
052).
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CT0008Images known or suspected to be of Thomas H. Cochran |
CT0008:
Tintype, (~1½x2"), unmarked as to subject or date.
Subject:
Thomas Henry Cochran (1862-1962).
Lower Image:
Comparison of images known or suspected to be of
Thomas H. Cochran (see also
MISC
052).
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CT0009Images known or suspected to be of Thomas H. Cochran |
CT0009:
Tintype, (~1½x2¼"), unmarked as to subject or date.
Subject:
Thomas Henry Cochran (1862-1962).
Lower Image:
Comparison of images known or suspected to be of
Thomas H. Cochran (see also
MISC
052).
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CT0010Images known or suspected to be of Thomas H. Cochran mages known or suspected to be of Sarah Elizabeth Cochran -1000.jpg) Images known or suspected to be of Mary Cochran %20Miller%20(1858-1940),%20wife%20of%20Luther%20Miller-1000.jpg) |
CT0010:
Tintype, (~2x3¼"), unmarked as to subject or date. Top: Thomas Henry Cochran (1862-1962), Left: Sarah Elizabeth Cochran (1859-1926), Right: Mary Cochran (1858-1940). The identification of Thomas Henry Cochran is the most solid, in that he looks identical to C 062, a photograph that was contemporaneously captioned as to identity. As he is photographed with two of his four sisters, it makes sense that they two closest in age to him, that is the two sisters from the first marriage of their father. But not so easy to decide which sister, Mary or Sarah, is left or right, and it is pretty much a guess. In the end, I went for the wider-faced woman to be Sarah, the the narrower-faced woman to be Mary, but there are features that could have made the choice the other way around.
Lower Images:
Comparison of
images known or suspected to be of Thomas H. Cochran (see
MISC
052), Mary Cochran
(see
MISC 69), and Sarah Elizabeth Cochran
(see
MISC 73).
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CT0011Images known or suspected to be of Dora Ann Cochran %20Rodgers%20(1867-1951)-1000.jpg) Images known or suspected to be of Mary Cochran Images known or suspected to be of Anna Cochran %20Rochester%20(1870-1960)-1000.jpg) Images known or suspected to be of Sarah Elizabeth Cochran Images known or suspected to be of John Watts Cochran -1000.jpg) |
CT0011:
Tintype, (~2¼x3¼"), unmarked as to subject or date. Standing: 1st L-R: Dora Ann Cochran (1867-1951), 2nd L-R: Mary Cochran (1858-1940), 3rd L-R: Anna Cochran (1870-1960), 4th L-R: Sarah Elizabeth Cochran (1859-1926).
Sitting: John
Watts Cochran (1877-1927).
Lower Images:
Comparison of images known or suspected to be of
Dora Ann (see
MISC
74 ), Mary
(see
MISC 69), Anna
(see
MISC 066), Sarah Elizabeth
(see
MISC 73), and John Watts Cochran (see
MISC
54).
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CT0012Images known or suspected to be of Samuel George Cochran -1000.jpg) |
CT0012:
Tintype, (~2½x3½"), unmarked as to subject or date.
Lower Image:
Comparison of images known or suspected to be of
Samuel George Cochran (1875-1950) (see also
MISC
64).
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CT0013James Perry Pierce images from Crittenden Tintypes (CT) only:
James Perry Pierce images from other Crittenden pages:
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CT0013:
Tintype, (~2¼x3¼"), unmarked as to subject or date.
Lower Images:
Two comparison strips of images known or suspected to be of James Perry
Pierce images - a short one of CT images (Crittenden Tintypes;see also
MISC 012B), and a long one of images from all other
pages (see also
MISC 012A).
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-right-John%20Watts%20Cochran%20(1877-1927-2000.jpg)
CT0014Images known or suspected to be of Samuel George Cochran Images known or suspected to be of John Watts Cochran |
CT0014:
Tintype, (~2¼x3¾"), unmarked as to subject or date.
Lower Images:
Top: Comparison of images known or suspected to be of
Samuel George Cochran (1875-1950) (see also
MISC
64). Bottom:
Comparison of images known or suspected to be of
John Watts Cochran (1877-1927) (see also
MISC
54).
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CT0015Images known or suspected to be of Anna Cochran Images known or suspected to be of Dora Ann Cochran Images known or suspected to be of Sarah Elizabeth Cochran Images known or suspected to be of Mary Cochran |
CT0015:
Tintype, (~2½x3¾"), unmarked as to subject or date. Back Left: Anna Cochran (1870-1960), Back Right: Dora Ann Cochran (1867-1951), Front Left: Sarah Elizabeth Cochran (1859-1926),
Front Right:
Mary Cochran (1858-1940).
Lower Images:
Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Anna (see
MISC 066),
Dora Ann (see
MISC
74 ), Sarah Elizabeth (see
MISC 73), and Mary (see
MISC 69).
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CT0016James Perry Pierce images from Crittenden Tintypes (CT) only:
James Perry Pierce images from other Crittenden pages:
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CT0016:
Tintype, (~2¼x3¼"), unmarked as to subject or date.
Lower Images:
Two comparison strips of images known or suspected to be of James Perry
Pierce images - a short one of CT images (Crittenden Tintypes;see also
MISC 012B), and a long one of images from all other
pages (see also
MISC 012A).
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CT0017Images known or suspected to be of Anna Cochran Images known or suspected to be of Samuel George Cochran Images known or suspected to be of Mary Cochran Images known or suspected to be of Dora Ann Cochran |
CT0017:
Tintype, (~2½x3¾"), unmarked as to subject or date. 1st R-L: Anna Cochran (1870-1960), 2nd R-L: Samuel George Cochran (1875-1950), 3rd R-L: Mary Cochran (1858-1940), 4th R-L: Dora Ann Cochran (1867-1951).
Samuel George Cochran is recognizable from his
slicked-down hairstyle (reversed in CT0017 from a similar comb-down in C
062), his slanting smile, and large ear lobes (that seem to be lobes all the
Cochrans seem to have). For some reason,
the three sisters are pudgier than they look in any other photo. Their
faces do look like other photos though, as one can see in the strips below.
It is thought that Sarah Cochran is the sister not present here, just as she
was the only sister not present in C 062,
the best image for identifying Cochrans.
Lower Images:
Comparison of images known or suspected to be of
Anna Cochran (see
MISC 66),
Samuel Cochran (see
MISC 64), Mary Cochran (see
MISC 69) and Dora Cochran (see
MISC
74).
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CT0018Images known or suspected to be of Anna Cochran |
CT0018:
Tintype, (~2½x4"), unmarked as to subject or date.
Lower Image:
Comparison of images known or suspected to be of
Anna Cochran (see
MISC 66).
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CT0019-1000.jpg) |
CT0019:
Tintype, (~2½x4"), unmarked as to subject or date.
Lower Image:
Comparison of images known or suspected to be of
Luther Miller (see also
MISC
68).
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CT0020Images known or suspected to be of Anna Cochran |
CT0020:
Tintype, (~2¼x4"), unmarked as to subject or date.
Anna Cochran (1870-1960).
Lower Image:
Comparison of images known or suspected to be of
Anna Cochran (see
MISC 66).
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CT0021Images known or suspected to be of Anna Cochran Images known or suspected to be of Dora Ann Cochran |
CT0021:
Tintype, (~2½x3¾"), unmarked as to subject or date. Left: Anna Cochran (1870-1960),
Right: Dora
Ann Cochran (1867-1951).
Lower Images:
Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Anna Cochran (see
MISC 66) and Dora
Ann Cochran (see
MISC
74).
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CT0022 |
CT0022:
Tintype, (~2½x4"), unmarked as to subject or date.
Lower Image:
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CT0023James Perry Pierce images from Crittenden Tintypes (CT) only:
James Perry Pierce images from other Crittenden pages:
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CT0023:
Tintype, (~2¾x4"), unmarked as to subject or date.
Lower Images:
Two comparison strips of images known or suspected to be of James Perry
Pierce images - a short one of CT images (Crittenden Tintypes;see also
MISC 012B), and a long one of images from all other
pages (see also
MISC 012A).
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CT0024Images known or suspected to be of Mary Cochran Images known or suspected to be of Sarah Elizabeth Cochran |
CT0024:
Tintype, (~2¼x3¾"), unmarked as to subject or date. Left: Mary Cochran (1858-1940),
Right: Sarah Elizabeth Cochran (1859-1926).
Lower Images:
Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Mary Ann Cochran (see
MISC 69)and Sarah Elizabeth Cochran (see
MISC 73).
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CT0025James Perry Pierce images from Crittenden Tintypes (CT) only:
James Perry Pierce images from other Crittenden pages:
Luther Miller images from all image collections |
CT0025:
Tintype, (~2½x3¾"), unmarked as to subject or date.
James P. Pierce was a farmer in Gallatin Co., IL in
1870. In the same census, Luther Miller was a farm laborer in Enfield
TN, White Co., IL, the county north of Gallatin
Co.
Lower Images:
Two comparison strips of images known or suspected to be of James Perry
Pierce images - a short one of CT images (Crittenden Tintypes;see also
MISC 012B), and a long one of images from all other
pages (see also
MISC 012A). Also,
Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Luther Miller (see also
MISC
68).
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CT0026 |
CT0026:
Tintype, (~4¼x3¼"), unmarked as to subject or date.
Lower Image:
Comparison of images known or suspected to be of
Darius B. Carnahan (see also
MISC
55).
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