Very interesting photographs. I always wonder if some of the items in them aren’t just photographer’s props. I remember a photograph of my grandfather’s family where he and his siblings had a variety of toys around them and in their hands. When I asked him if he knew what happened to the toys, I was a little sad after he told me they belonged to the guy taking the photographs. He said there were always tears when they weren’t allowed to keep the toys. The picture would have been taken around 1915.
