It is likely that these two men were born around the time of the early years of the United States. Daguerreotypes were very expensive, so only the wealthy could afford to have their portrait taken in this form
Nick Hedges’ Photographs for Shelter Children sleeping in the middle of winter, on two sodden seat cushions covered by a couple of old ‘macs’. There was no heating in the room, the snow lay thick outside and the windows were broken.