Karl Apin (Blind) and Robert Leclais, Latvian Immigrants in Cleveland, Ohio, 1904 Tintype H.E. Chamberlain 2 9/16" tall x 2

2 9/16" tall x 2 11/16" in diameter

bellflowers I believe

Altogether quite a special thing I think

5" long x 1 3/4" wide and deep

Karl Apin (Blind) and Robert Leclais, Latvian Immigrants in Cleveland, Ohio, 1904 Tintype H.E. Chamberlain 2 9/16" tall x 2At first I took these two for brothers, but the note on the reverse of the tintype identifies them by name as Karl Apin, left, and Robert Leclais, at right, described (in Latvian) as the owner of Riga's in Cleveland, this photo dated 1904. I've found a definitive record for Karl Apin, born in Riga, Livonia (Latvia) in 1864 and died in Cleveland 1918. In the later part of the 19th century and early 20th Cleveland saw a significant influx of Latvian