1860s CDV Boston Street Peddler - Convicted of Murder Crime Rare Unusual tattoo One has a blank back

One has a blank back with some foxing

5" and in overall very good antique condition

Mat stamped POLLOCK and BALTo

and room to hold 60 photographs

family moved to Wisconsin when he was still a child

1860s CDV Boston Street Peddler - Convicted of Murder Crime Rare Unusual tattoo One has a blank backOriginal 1869 CDV of Isaac Sawtell, known as the "Yankee Doodle Whistler" in Boston at that time. He was a street person a seller of shoes, leather, clothing and anything he could make a buck on. His whistle signaled that he was in the area and had goods on him. He was convicted of r^pe in 1876 and in 1880 he killed his own brother in Maine. While awaiting the gallows in 1891 he suffered an opium induced stroke and died. CDV is 4" x 2. 5" and in very