African American Man 1/4 Ambrotype Black 1800s Unusual Photo Creepy Antique leather contrast is a shade weak

contrast is a shade weak but all details visible

Also included are three pages

and a previous owner wrote a small inventory number on the spine

He studied English and became a Christian convert before moving to New York and working at Morning Star Mission there

I don't see any other issues

African American Man 1/4 Ambrotype Black 1800s Unusual Photo Creepy Antique leather contrast is a shade weak1 4 plate, 1850s ambrotype of a menacing looking man.. wearing dark makeup? And smoking a tinted pipe. Ambrotype is behind mat and cover glass. It's in good antique condition with some crazing craquelure in emulsion. The case cover are separated and the right rail on the image side is completely detached from the case. It looks partially attached in my scan, but it fell off.