Home made dresses were not that unusual, even when I was a child...of course, now-a-days fabric has become so expensive, it's actually cheaper to buy off the rack.....
I'm inclined to agree....although all the girls in my family have reached an age where they don't care for home made...at least as far as clothing goes...haha
I've seen a lot of post mortem photos and this does not look like those at all. Remember photography required holding a pose for about three minutes.. (long time!) that is why the younger one is on the chair.
I think it's a post Morton photo, the girl sittings dress is dragged at the neck by the one standing, whom I think is the dead girl, also the girl sitting looks terrified xx
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