Boy Grabbing His Foot on a Picnic Blanket, 1950s

Someone aimed a flashbulb at a toddler on a lawn at dusk and got exactly what flashbulbs of the era were built to get: a face lit like a headlight and a background gone to black-green mush. The boy has hold of his own sneaker with both hands, mid-toddler-yoga, entirely unbothered by the blast of light that would have made an adult flinch for a week.