In this era, subjects of photographs typically were asked not to smile, since the speed of film then was slow, and a wavering smile would likely result in a blurred photograph.
References:
- Christina Kotchemidova. Why We Say “Cheese”: Producing the Smile in Snapshot Photography, in Critical Studies in Media Communications, 1 March 2005
- Merrell Fabry, Now You Know: Why Do People Always Look So Serious in Old Photos?, in Time magazine, 28 November 2016
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Three women and one man sitting at a small table with a dark cloth, playing tiddledywinks.
Photographed by D. Cramer, Vance Street, Carey, Ohio
Source: Tucker Tiddlywinks Collection
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Three women playing tiddledy winks at a small table plus two standing
Photographed by Hyatt & Tooke of Cortland N.Y.
Source: Tucker Tiddlywinks Collection, id DSC07632
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Two men and a woman playing tiddledy winks with a gas light on a small round table
Pnotographed by W. P. Cornell, Ideal Photo Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Source: Tucker Tiddlywinks Collection