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Beloved Son, 1/6th-Plate Daguerreotype, Circa 1855

Here, the mother is restraining her son's head movement with her hand rather than the clamping device commonly used on both children and adults during the long exposure.

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Uploaded on October 20, 2010
Taken on October 20, 2010