Blind or Deceased? Opinions Sought Please

[Treetotal]

According to Wiki it was the late 1900th century Jan.. but continued for some time after that:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-mortem_photography

Carol

[lizdb]

I would imagine it faded out as photography became more widely available.
More people losing a loved one would already have a photo of them, and thus the idea of a pm photo would not have entered their head, it had no place, was unnecessary, and then in time became a strange idea as we see it today.

[Redroger]

After a very careful look of the original photo I can now see that there is a type of support behind the smaller child. Fully convinced as already said,but it is obvious standards have moved on from that time.

[Treetotal]

Can you Roger...I had a real good look but I can't see any evidence of a support as such 
Carol

[Redroger]

Underneath, looks like a square block or shadow bigger than the other girl's shadow.

[Treetotal]

Ah....That's a tassel hanging from a cord around the child's waist Roger which I thought might be helping to secure her to some kind of support at the back.
Carol

[lizdb]

I'm not seeing it!

There is the tassle, which when you home in on it seems to be from a tie around her dress.
I thought for a moment maybe it was actually the tie back from the curtain that had been tied around her to stabilise her. But is it only loosely around her, so would not have that effect. If it isn't a pm photo, merely an unco-operative child with her eyes closed, then maybe the curtain cord was tied loosely around her to stop her running off!

(red writing - posts crossed)

[bitzar]

The curtain looks like there is a shoe coming out from under it... Just where the material goes inward! 

I can't look at that photo anymore.  She doesn't even look like she's got eyes...

[Ruskie]

I keep coming back to this and noticing different things ... I see what you mean about a 'shoe' on the floor where the curtain folds in, but it may just be  another fold of the curtain.

I did notice a pale area just below the elbow of the older chld (the arm which goes behind the young child's neck) - it is probably just the wall peeking through, but the shape looks a little different to me. (I'm probably just seeing things  ) I only notice it when I zoom in, but it looks a bit curved at the bottom and doesn't seem to fit the line of the girl's skirt.

I wonder if that could be part of a support.