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Post Mortem photography Is General Robert E. Lee dead in this 1865 photo?
And women reenacting the Civil War American Civil War a Photographic History
Post Morten photography is explained to us as economics.
Photography was expensive and often the death photo was only one a family had.
If that was the case, how do we explain these Victorians?
Are these people getting dressed up in their best for the special occasion of being photographed?
Or are these well off people of means taking comical photos?
These Vintage Photos of Victorian Era Drag Queens Will Knock Your Corsets Off!
And subjecting their children to this.
Adorable Tintypes Show What Teenage Girls Often Wore From Between the 1850s and 1870s ~ vintage everyday
I used to attribute of lot of old photos to people having different standards of beauty prior to the era of photography.
But I am not so sure anymore. Even the poorest of people would have access to idealized images of beauty at church.
Disclaimer, parts of this post were inspired by a youtuber with a very low view count TheTruthSeeker69
Post Mortem photography Is General Robert E. Lee dead in this 1865 photo?
And women reenacting the Civil War American Civil War a Photographic History
Post Morten photography is explained to us as economics.
Photography was expensive and often the death photo was only one a family had.
If that was the case, how do we explain these Victorians?
Are these people getting dressed up in their best for the special occasion of being photographed?
Or are these well off people of means taking comical photos?
These Vintage Photos of Victorian Era Drag Queens Will Knock Your Corsets Off!
And subjecting their children to this.
Adorable Tintypes Show What Teenage Girls Often Wore From Between the 1850s and 1870s ~ vintage everyday
I used to attribute of lot of old photos to people having different standards of beauty prior to the era of photography.
But I am not so sure anymore. Even the poorest of people would have access to idealized images of beauty at church.
Disclaimer, parts of this post were inspired by a youtuber with a very low view count TheTruthSeeker69
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