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Vintage Photos: Can You Spot the Mom?

Mothers will do almost anything for a good family portrait. Even in the 1820s, when the first photographic images had to be exposed for hours in order to capture them on film, women would keep children still while trying to disappear in the background. Can you spot them?

By Alison Caporimo
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The Tent

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The Subtle Sheet-Hold

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The Mom-Chair

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The "Wish You Had Wite-Out"

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The Swaddle

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The Saving Face

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