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[Woman and 2 girls crying over dead bird; boy holding cat by scruff of neck] – Antique Wall Art

[Woman and 2 girls crying over dead bird; boy holding cat by scruff of neck], [ca. 1900-10] — historic photograph
[Woman and 2 girls crying over dead bird; boy holding cat by scruff of neck], [ca. 1900-10]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A grieving woman and two girls bend over a dead bird while a boy holds a cat by the scruff of its neck, a scene that reads like a staged moral tableau rather than a snapshot. Photographs of this kind were popular around 1900 to 1910, when studio and amateur photographers often arranged children, pets, and small domestic dramas for sentimental or humorous effect. The print is credited to Fritz W. Guerin, though the record notes that this attribution comes from an unverified caption card. The caption tags, including "Pets," "Cats," and "Death," show how the scene was catalogued by subject.

Created / published[ca. 1900-10]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint by Fritz W. Guerin. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pets; Birds; Cats; Children; Death.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,223 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-149842

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