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He was born in 1864 in the Netherlands. He lived in Wisconsin at least through 1880, although I know he lived a short time in Chicago in the late 1880s. And then back to Wisconsin.

Thank you everyone. This is very helpful. My picture is a true tintype, so the reversed image makes sense. I joined this forum because I know nothing about this stuff so I appreciate all the info I can get. "ebeeby", you asked about the helmet, yes it has the spike on the top. I was unaware...

Can anyone help me with this photo? Where is this uniform from? What time period? What rank could he be? It is obviously a posed shot with an interesting background, does anyone have information on that? Anything you would know would help me greatly! It is a tintype given to me by my aunt who...