Sepia Saturday

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Every week Sepia Saturday inspires bloggers with a visual prompt like the one above. I went looking for drawings of babies. 

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Our Baby., ca. 1873. December 31. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003654252/.

What?!

Oh Baby!. , ca. 1875. October 11. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003688613/.


Crawford, Will, Artist. Such a sad case! / Will Crawford. , 1912. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, Puck Building. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2011649368/.

Comments

  1. Mike BrubakerOctober 16, 2021 at 8:26 PM

    Keeping baby entertained is a parent's chore that has always raised a laugh, but that second illustration is too scary to be funny. What was the artist thinking?

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  2. DawnTreaderOctober 17, 2021 at 8:42 AM

    "What?!" indeed (about the 2nd one). Love the first one, though! :)

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  3. La NightingailOctober 18, 2021 at 12:17 PM

    The first picture was cute, and third was accurate in portraying a poor parent's trial in trying to keep a baby happy and occupied. But I'm afraid, for me, the second one was a little too much.

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