Curious Antique Photograph with Man in Wheelchair, Man on Crutches and Sickly Child photo of portrait painting I've developed quite a weakness

I've developed quite a weakness for old handmade needle books

but this one may just be my new favorite object

3rd quarter 19th c

I believe likely German made and classifiable as "putz" (composition)

25ʺD × 4

Curious Antique Photograph with Man in Wheelchair, Man on Crutches and Sickly Child photo of portrait painting I've developed quite a weaknessA curious and I think quite compelling old photograph, late 19th early 20th c. I believe hard to know if the younger women here are the wives of the wounded, or their nurses or perhaps both. The child shadowed in the doorway with hand laid on the skirt of the older woman appears rather sickly, so I do wonder if perhaps a facility for individuals with polio? Whatever the case, a striking and moving image I think, with this cast of characters feeling