Strange Antique Photo with Child in White antique cat needlepoint are not great--it is brighter

are not great--it is brighter and clearer than appears here

I'd think late 1960s or early 70s

Animals range from 2 1/4" to 3" long

and the text on some pages (not the alphabets) is somewhat light

The drawing was done on an semi-translucent onion skin type paper in graphite

Strange Antique Photo with Child in White antique cat needlepoint are not great--it is brighterI had not made the association when I purchased this photo, but many of you responded to it by suggesting it was a post mortem photo, with deceased child at center. An expert who deals in mourning and funerary antiques tells me that posing a deceased child in this manner would be exceedingly rare; rather, children in post mortem photos would be posed in a very reverent manner. In any case, this child's layers of all white, setting her (I assume) in