Outlaws Jesse & Frank James 1870s Tintype

This is one of the only known photographs of Jesse and Frank James sitting side by side, captured in the 1870s at the height of their notoriety. The James brothers were the most wanted outlaws in post-Civil War America, leading a gang responsible for a string of bank and train robberies across the Midwest that made them folk legends in their own lifetime. Here they pose in full frontier attire, gazing at the camera with a composed intensity that makes the image as unsettling as it is compelling. The tin format places it firmly in the era, and the condition, for something 150 years old, is remarkable. One of a kind, in every sense.