These are some of my grandfathers brothers and sisters taken around 1900. What is interesting about this shot is - that it is called a 'hidden mother' shot. Why...because if you look at the little girl in the center - my great-grandmother is actually holding the youngster while being hidden underneath that tablecloth looking thing.
See what I mean...by the way you can see her keeping the child in place. I love 'hidden mother' shots because there are many different ways photographers tried to hide the mothers.
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Why wouldn't they want the mother in the picture?
Why wouldn't they want the mother in the picture?
I don't know for sure if cost had to do with it or not. My guess is that parents just wanted shots of their kids.
Lisa
I remember hearing once that the cost of photographs was dependent on the number of faces along with other factors.
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