Sixth plate hand-tinted ambrotype. (Some crackling to lacquered back plate, spotting to image plate; unsealed.) Housed in a patriotic pressed paper case with inscription in back reading, "JT Whitman[?] / Taken in / Boston 1861." Subjects' cheeks lightly tinted pink.

Three somewhat mischievous-looking subjects pose close together holding tools, some of their arms intertwining. It is unclear exactly what tools the men hold, though the handles are lightly tinted red/brown. One subject wears an apron.