Looks like baby is posing for a baby studio portrait. I don't think I'd be too happy as being portrayed as a floating baby lost at sea. Maybe it was the thing in the late 1800s. For more information about this photograph, click here [7]. For more unusual images, see our Digital Collections [8].
Links:
[1] http://history.denverlibrary.org/blog/category/western-history/photographs
[2] http://history.denverlibrary.org/blog/category/free-tagging/baby
[3] http://history.denverlibrary.org/blog/category/free-tagging/shell
[4] http://history.denverlibrary.org/blog/category/free-tagging/weird-photo-wednesday
[5] http://history.denverlibrary.org/blog/category/free-tagging/western-history-collection
[6] http://history.denverlibrary.org/blog/files/Baby_shell.jpeg
[7] http://cdm16079.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15330coll21/id/7027
[8] http://digital.denverlibrary.org
