Photo type: ferrotype ("tintype"), size: 2.5" x 4" glued in paper case.

Unidentified ferrotype. Embossed on case's upper left edge: "Potter's Patent March 7, 1865".

Photo is of someone who was already old in the mid 1860s, probably born around 1800. One candidate could be James Claydon. Note that tintypes are reverse (mirror) images, as opposed to regular prints.

Photo type: Carte de Visite (CDV). Size: 2.5" x 4"

Unidentified photo, probably from before or after US Civil War.

Photo type: Carte de Visite (CDV). Size: 2.5" x 4"

Back: "Stone & Clark, Photograph Gallery, Over Co-Operative Store, 44 Remsen Street, Cohoes, NY".

Unidentified ferrotype ("tintype"). Produced from 1856 - 1930s, black varnished iron plate. 2.5" x 3.5".

Unidentified ferrotype ("tintype"). Produced from 1856 - 1930s, black varnished iron plate. 2.5" x 3.5".

Photo type: Carte de Visite (CDV). Size: 2.5" x 4"

Back: "W. Stone, Photographer, Remson St., 4 doors from factory, Cohoes, NY".

Photo type: Cabinet Card, size: 4.25" x 6.5"

Front: "J. H. New, No. 26 Remsen Street, Cohoes, NY". Back: "Instantaneous process used exclusively. J. H. New, Artistic Photography, No. 26, Remsen St., Cohoes, NY. Duplicates can be had at any time". Circa 1881 and onwards, according to the webpage Carte-de-visite - Victorian and Edwardian Photographs, www.rogerco.freeserve.co.uk/type/carte.htm.

Photo type: Cabinet Card, size: 4.25" x 6.5"

Front: "G. S. North, So. Norwalk, Conn".

Photo type: Cabinet Card, size: 4.25" x 6.5"

Front: "Meinerth Bros., Cohoes, NY".

Photo type: Cabinet Card, size: 4.25" x 6.5"

Front: "Meinerth Bros., Cohoes, NY".

Photo type: Cabinet Card, size: 4.25" x 6.5"

Front: "Meinerth Bros., Cohoes, NY".

Photo type: Cabinet Card, size: 4.25" x 6.5"

Front: "Lloyd, Troy, NY". Back: "Lloyd Art Studio, 44 Third St., Troy, NY. Instantaneous portraits of children a successful speciality. Duplicates of this picture can be had at any time". Circa 1881 and onwards.

Photo type: Cabinet Card, size: 4.25" x 6.5"

Front: "Hall's Studio, 1311 Broadway, cor 34th St., New York". Back: "Hall's Studios, 1311 Broadway, cor 34th St., New York, Instantaneous process used exclusively. Negatives Preserved. Duplicates can be had at any time." Circa 1881 and onwards.

Photo type: Cabinet Card, size: 4.25" x 6.5"

Front: "Sterry, Cohoes, NY", Back: "Sterry, Cohoes, Saratoga Springs, and Albany NY".

Photo type: Cabinet Card, size: 4.25" x 6.5"

Front: "J. H. New, Photographer, Cohoes, NY".

Photo type: Cabinet Card, size: 4.25" x 6.5"

Back: handwritten "Katie Bronn, March 29th, 1884". "H. M. Vaupel, Instantaneous Portraits, 989 Third Avenue, S. E. Cor. 59th St., New York (City), NY".

Photo type: Photo Post Card, size: 5.5" x 3.5"

Unidentified photo post card. The stamp box on back, AZO with four upward pointing triangles in the corners dates the photo to 1904-1918, according to Real Photo Postcards, www.payle.com/realphoto/photoall.htm

Photo type: Cabinet Card, size: 5.25" x 7.25"

Front: "Hardy & Van Arnam, 32 Fourth St., Troy, NY".

Photo type: Carte de Visite (CDV). Size: 2.5" x 4"

Back: "Stone & Clark, Photograph Gallery, Over Co-Operative Store, 44 Remsen Street, Cohoes, NY".

Photo type: Carte de Visite (CDV). Size: 2.5" x 4"

Back: handwritten in pencil: "Irving Blakely" - either the name of the photographer or the subject.

Photo type: Carte de Visite (CDV). Size: 2.5" x 4"

Unidentified photo.

Photo type: Carte de Visite (CDV). Size: 2.5" x 4"

Front: impressed into cardboard, "SHELDON PHOTOGRAPHER, KINGSTON, 0-W".

Photo type: Carte de Visite (CDV). Size: 2.5" x 4"

Back: C. R. Clark, Photographer, At M. B. King's, Marble Building, 338 River Street, Troy.

Photo type: Carte De Visite (CDV), size: 2.5" x 4"

Back: "Photographed by Pine & Bell, (Marble Place,) 336 & 338 River Street, Troy, NY. Duplicates of this picture can be had at any time."

Photo type: Cabinet Card, size: 4.25" x 6.5"

This appears to be a 2nd-generation copy and enlargement of another photo. Front: "Meinerth Brothers, Cohoes, NY". Size: 4.25" x 6.5"