The Headless Woman
Another example of trick photography during this era, this photo would have been very trendy at the time. There are huge archives of similar headless photographs, achieved by exposing the same photo twice.
While most such photos involve people holding their own heads, this one takes on a disturbing double meaning when we remember that women at the time who displeased their husbands could be ridiculed for their actions. This man literally and figuratively holds his wife’s mental health in his hands.