Father holds her daughter who sits on his leg for their portrait, circa 1870s. tintype.

    by Electrical-Aspect-13

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    1. ddmageetheohgee on

      It really intrigues me how people didn’t tend to really smile in photos, even candid ones, in the late 1800s/1900s – I wonder if that’s how people really were and whether the absence of cameras contributed to that/the presence of cameras now is making us more performative/smiling now?

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