Before flash photography, candles and lamplight couldn’t provide sufficient illumination to take a photograph of a large group indoors. Families often chose to be photographed outdoors, with the family home as a backdrop. Photo Detective Maureen A. Taylor analyzes two such images on FamilyTreeMagazine.com. Solve your family photo mysteries with these books by Maureen A. Taylor: Preserving Your Family Photographs Fashionable Folks: Hairstyles 1840-1900 Finding the Civil War in Your Family Album Photos Author Allison Dolan
