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Hidden Gem

Hidden Gem
Uploaded for the Vintage Photos Theme Park theme of: TATTERED & TORN (or otherwise damaged)
This Cabinet Card is showing all the wear and tear created by me when I separated it from a photo pasted on top of it.
(See below.)
I think a corner had come up and I had seen enough to want to see what was clearly another photo beneath the top one. I pulled it off very slowly by steaming the back of the card and the white spots are the imperfect result. The first photo ended up getting destroyed though (although it was already scanned and saved) - but I wasn't that attached to it as the girl's face was strangely overexposed as well as the baby's dress. I much preferred the (imperfect) one I ended up with in real life.
Found photo in South Burlington, Vt.

Nouchetdu38, kiiti, RicksPics, Alan Mays have particularly liked this photo


6 comments - The latest ones
 Deborah Lundbech
 Alan Mays
Alan Mays club
I like how the kids in the hidden photo are both looking at something off camera, and it's interesting to see that both photos have the same backdrop from the same studio.
3 years ago.
 RicksPics
RicksPics club
I like the older child's expression that to me signifies her recognition that she is but a prop in a photo of the baby. Oops! I now see that I commented on the second photo and not the primary submission. I am expecting a stern letter of reproach from the VPTP Comite' de Pratique. I also find the primary submission more appealing, with cherubic infant and beautifully bowed and puffy-sleeved luxury clothing. Still, that annoyed sister is also a winner.
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
 Deborah Lundbech
Deborah Lundbech club
Alan and Rick, yes, I think someone at the Fillmore Studio just slapped the puffy sleeved girl over the first photo saving the cost of a new card. And maybe another reason?
My description of the girl's face that I described as "strangely overexposed" is a little misleading and weirder. Her mouth almost looks like it was deliberately erased/altered - sort of horribly reminiscent of Neo in The Matrix when his mouth is erased. At first, not really examining it, I couldn't figure out why the photo was unsettling to me, but I think that that detail - plus her thin, unhealthy looking frailty made me a little bolder, and less stressed, about the possible destruction of the photo.
At least it was first immortalized virtually!
3 years ago.
 Deborah Lundbech
Deborah Lundbech club
On another note - yesterday was my last day of work. I'm officially retired!!
3 years ago.
Alan Mays club has replied to Deborah Lundbech club
Whoa, congratulations!
3 years ago.

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