Toledo is known as the Glass City because of its long association with aspects of the glass industry - from prosaic windows and bottles to glass art now proudly displayed in the Toledo Museum of Art. Perhaps our man today was an expert glass-blower, although his impressive moustache might have made such an occupation a distinct impossibility...
Cabinet photographs with a dark background like this are much rarer than those with the normal light background and are particularly striking.
Cabinet photograph by Hassell of Toleda, Iowa, USA.

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