Doctor & Skeleton Patient Medical Antique 1800s Unusual Rare CDV Photo Oddities architecture Light crease upper-left

Light crease upper-left

many of which had Virginia City

home of the infamous James-Younger gang bank robbery attempt there in 1876

the one across the middle isn't too heavy

Clinch or Cuthbert Rifles

Doctor & Skeleton Patient Medical Antique 1800s Unusual Rare CDV Photo Oddities architecture Light crease upper-leftOriginal c. 1870 CDV showing a man.. probably a doctor sitting next to a real human skeleton. The man is holding an open (medical) book and has his other hand on the skeleton's forehead, as if taking his temperature. If you look closely, both are smoking cigars. 4" x 2. 5" with blank back, so location is not known. Light moisture stains, soiling and a scuff near the top.