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Early Photography processes required longer exposure times and therefore required subjects to remain very still as the photographer worked his magic. What we get is images of often solemn looking ancestors as smiling was often discouraged (because it was harder to hold a smile over a prolonged period). For the same reason, photos of fidgety youngins would come out blurry. This is what also lead to Photographers of the period to employ posing devices which are often misidentified as devices used to keep the dead propped up for postmortem photos. GIN will include one of 3 Tintys seen in the last picture, winner's choice