If you zoom in on the foot area of the boy you can see a stand going between his legs his feet are resting on the edges of the bottom circle.directly above his head is a black cross bar..I think it pm photo also
On January 16, 2015, at 5:01 PM, Marjorie Wilser <the3t...@gmail.com> wrote: No. Odd pose is probably natural for a little guy who couldn’t stand still. Belt not all that odd for the era. Dunno about the shoes (or the lack). I’d guess if they weren’t rich he might have to wait for an older sibling’s pair?? In my experience postmortem photos were universally shot with the subject laid out as if sleeping peacefully, not standing up with siblings. ==Marjorie Wilser On Jan 14, 2015, at 10:07 PM, Penny Ladnier <pe...@costumegallery.com> wrote: > I'll open a can of worms. I have a photo of my Dad and his siblings from > 1912 http://www.costumegallery.com/kids2.jpg . The little boy in this front > is he postmortem or handicapped. He passed away in 1912. I have always > thought the belt around him was odd and being shoeless. My Dad told me once > that his mother was very strict and would not allow them to go around > barefooted. Last week I was dusting the photo's frame and gave it a hard > look and thought it might be postmortem. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
