Original antique mounted photograph showing a babybeside a decorated Christmas tree on Christmas Day, 1899.Theinterior scene includes a large Christmas tree decorated withornaments and various hanging decorations, along with toys and dollsarranged around the base. A small cat or other household pet alsoappears near the tree.The reverse is handwritten:
\"Baby[surname unclear] first Christmas tree
December 25th \'99
AuntTillie\"A wonderful late Victorian Christmas imagewith a precisely dated holiday inscription.Overall mountmeasures approximately 7\" x 9\". The photographic imagemeasures approximately 4.5\" x 6.5\".Conditionshows significant age-related toning and discoloration to the mount,scattered spotting/foxing, edge and corner wear, rounded and bumpedcorners, and general surface wear. The photograph itself shows fadingand uneven toning consistent with age. Handwritten notation ispresent on the reverse.Please see pictures for moredetails.
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