This is a 1/9th plate tintype of the 1870-1880 period, cased. Under the cushion on the inside of the case top is a small contemporary slip of paper reading "Property of Fred Towers - John Ringo- Cochise AZ 1880". The back of the image is scratch signed (not printed) John Ringo. Images of Johnny Ringo are controversial but this one has contemporary identification and compares well with other images suppose to be of him. He was known to have been educated, well dressed, and brash.
