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Victorian Hidden Mother Photos

Often, mothers would want a photo of their child, or children, that did not include themselves. They would then drape themselves to help the children hold…
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an old photo of a woman holding a baby in her lap and looking at the camera
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Can You Spot the Hidden Woman in These 19th Century Photographs?
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an old fashioned photo of a woman holding a baby in her arms and looking at the camera
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Hidden Mother : Tintypes and Cabinets
an old black and white photo of a baby wrapped in a blanket
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ca. 1870-80s, [‘hidden mother’ tintype portrait of a smiling baby]
margaret gunning's house of dreams: "I see dead people": Victorian post-mortem photography Retro, The Dead, Death, Post Mortem Photography
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"I see dead people": Victorian post-mortem photography
margaret gunning's house of dreams: "I see dead people": Victorian post-mortem photography
an old photo of a little boy sitting on a chair
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More hidden mothers in Victorian photography
Hidden mother in unsettling Victorian photograph, via ridiculouslyinteresting.com
an old black and white photo of two people sitting on a chair with a baby in their lap
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an old black and white photo of a baby in a dress with long sleeves on
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Strange Vintage Photos of Kids and Hidden Mothers
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an old black and white photo of a baby
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Bizarre Victorian Era Portraits (23 pics)
Moms used to drape themselves to calm their children during the the process of sitting for a photo. You can see that this mom was not entirely successful because the child's hands are blurred from movement.
an old black and white photo of a baby sitting on a chair
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Death and the Daguerreotype: The Strange and Unsettling World of Victorian Photography
Hidden mothers: Mother and baby portrait Kids And Parenting, Kinder, Photo Memories
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Invisible women: can you spot the mothers in these photographs?
Hidden mothers: Mother and baby portrait
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an old fashioned photo of a baby wrapped in a blanket, sitting on a chair
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“Hidden Mother Carte de visite by Deck & Happersett of Kenton, Ohio. A child sits in a high chair supported by a woman hidden by a decorative cloth backdrop, her dress just visible behind the lower legs of the chair.” Halloween, A Child, Mother Images
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Hidden Mother
“Hidden Mother Carte de visite by Deck & Happersett of Kenton, Ohio. A child sits in a high chair supported by a woman hidden by a decorative cloth backdrop, her dress just visible behind the lower legs of the chair.”
an old black and white photo of a baby sitting in a chair
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