Three Men, One Reading Newspaper, Unusual Antique Sixth Plate Tintype handmade puch Wonderful things to put to

Wonderful things to put to use again as spools for holding a collection of special ribbons now

Martha Arquero (1944-) is a well known Cochiti pueblo artist best known for her "frog storytellers" like this one

it's amazing

which allows the longer lid below it to pull back from the wooden pin that holds it snugly in place and swing out itself

I've found a close match of this bottle that describes it as 19th century

Three Men, One Reading Newspaper, Unusual Antique Sixth Plate Tintype handmade puch Wonderful things to put toPretty rare to come across a tintype with a newspaper in it, and this one is in such crisp focus one can almost read the headlines! Not quite sure what all is going on between these three, but the uniform of the man standing at center suggests a train conductor or captain which seems logical, perhaps with the two seated men assuming their typical postures on board. And seems perhaps there is some pertinent news in the paper to which our man in uniform