6″ celluloid over tin button (“medallion”) produced by the Columbia Medallion Co in the early-1900s. This medallion was intentionally darkened by Columbia in order to hide the baby’s father who was crouched down to the left. A second photo in our collection clearly showing the father can be viewed [ here ]. If you are logged into your Archive account you will be taken directly to the image *** If you are not yet a member and would like access to our entire collection [ please subscribe here ].
Tag Archives: memorial
Sisters / View of Locket (Archive Image #3280)
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Triplets, Covered Face – Close View (Archive Image #3272)
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Close View of Girl (Archive Image #3238)
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Sexton House (Archive Image #3200 / Memorial Photography)
For those interested in houses, here is the Sexton’s home in East Windsor, Connecticut, built c.1820, as it looks today.
A circa 1846 half-plate daguerreotype of the family posed with their daughter’s memorial painting can be viewed HERE
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Ghostly PM on Back of Archive Image #3193
Ghostly post mortem photo appearing on the back of a tintype. Archive members can view the front side post mortem [ here ].
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Second PM Photo of Girl (Archive Image #3189)
Circa 1862 tintype. Thanatos Archive subscribers can see a second photo of this child with her mourning parents [ here ].
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Close View of African American Woman (Archive Image #3180)
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Protected: Murder (Archive Image #3181)
Disturbing Close View of Boy (Archive Image #3170)
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