Three Vintage Postmortem Silver Gelatin Photographs of Children

Item Details

Three original silver gelatin postmortem photographs of little children from the early to mid-20th century. The photographs are each mounted on thick card stock substrate. One depicts a boy lying in his coffin, wearing a white sailor playsuit, surrounded by flowers; the next depicts a toddler lying in his or her cradle, wearing a white gown, on a bed of fluffy white fur; the last depicts a three or four-year-old girl lying in her small coffin, wearing a white dress, a large bouquet of flowers at her feet. These pieces are all unframed.

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Condition

- normal discoloration and wear to each piece.

Dimensions

- measured stacked for shipping.

Item #

17CIN188-259