Hidden Mother Cabinet Card Photograph with Visible Hand She is highly detailed and

She is highly detailed and well crafted

The light would illuminate the wall behind it

with some wear and tear typical of frames of this era

These punches would likely be used for stamping metal and other materials

Hidden Mother Cabinet Card Photograph with Visible Hand She is highly detailed andHere is an incredible example of a hidden mother photograph. To help babies sit still for the long exposure times of antique photography, the mother would often hold the baby in her lap and be hidden by a sheet so that baby alone is in the photo. In this case, the mother's hand is clearly, and someone eerily, visible propping up baby's head. This CDV sized cabinet card is in a page out of an old photo album, which acts as a stiffener to preserve the