Post Mortem Tintype Photograph of Abraham Lincoln??

[GARY POPOLO]

(12-18-2013 10:19 AM)BettyO Wrote:  I'm not too sure that all these folk are deceased. I see what appears to be movement of some sort of this child's right arm in the photo of the little boy presented here.

The one of the mother in mourning clothing hiding behind her deceased child's chair is creepy as is the little boy on the rocking horse. I'm not too sure he's dead either - just startled by something....
Hello All, I have to say that to me all these pictures to me are strange to say the least. I have never seen anything like them before. I don't think I could stand or sit by someone I knew or loved and have a picture taken with them. I guess back then this was a common practice but not one I could wrap my head around. Could things have been that different back then? This really freaks me out!! Best always Gary