Historical Indulgences

ca. 1850, [daguerreotype portrait of a young, giggling girl]

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs

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    Aw, cute!!!

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    SO adorable!!!

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    are we sure it’s a girl? all toddlers wore dresses.

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    What a smile!

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    ca. 1850, [daguerreotype portrait of a young, giggling girl]

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