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?

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?

The Tent

The Subtle Sheet-Hold

The Mom-Chair

The “Wish You Had Wite-Out”

The Swaddle

The Saving Face

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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?

The Tent

The Subtle Sheet-Hold

The Mom-Chair

The “Wish You Had Wite-Out”

The Swaddle

The Saving Face