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The mystery deepens. Another National Photo Company glass negative from 1920 of a kid carrying schoolbooks labeled "Boy Crying." View full size.
They both look like stock photos for back to school ads.
This was America's lesser-known answer to Mexico's supernatural character "The Crying Woman" (La Llorona). Obviously, this was not as successful as the south-of-the-border inspiration.
"How do I get to the Susquehanna Hat Company?"
You read my mind...except for the "lacrimopedaphotography" part.
this photog had a fetish, one not cataloged in annals of fetish-land-lacrimopedaphotography
I thinks he's upset because he smudged the polish on his back-to-school manicure
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