Are these two pics of the same person

[lithicacid326]

wng.jpg Hi all,

I have a two-part question here. First of all, do these two pics appear to show the same person at ages roughly 5 and 25? I believe that they both are of my great-great-grandfather, William Newman Glasgow. Secondly, is there any way to fix the picture of him (or whoever) at a young age? The dots on the tintype make it hard to see him. Thanks!wng3.JPG

[JoReam]

Hi lithicacid326
If you have photoshop I would suggest trying the dust and scratches filter as a starting point. You will have to play with the settings and these will very much depend on the resolution of the original scanned image. Another option might be to consider using the FFT pattern suppressor but working on this little image I had the best success with dust and scratches. Then try use healing/clone stamp brushes to clean up the remaining damage.