Rare Photo Missouri Silver Mining Town Newspaper Reporters Occupational Worker 1850s of a little boy wearing

of a little boy wearing a dress and holding a toy hammer

Makes it a bit hard to photograph but none of the image is damaged or missing

and the image is in very good antique with light edge wear

The mount has some corner and edge wear

and is not on the original photo

Rare Photo Missouri Silver Mining Town Newspaper Reporters Occupational Worker 1850s of a little boy wearingOriginal c. 1890 cabinet card of two Aurora, Missouri newspapermen or editors at work with Lawrence County and Aurora, Missouri papers spread on a table. in 1885 galena ore was discovered when digging a well on the farm of Thomas D. Liles, marking the beginning of Aurora as a mining town. Cabinet card is 6. 5" x 4. 25" with blank back and is in very good or better antique condition overall. Boxed Priority Mail.