Villisca Barn

can't see any reason for a reflection. The head seems large, so out of context, whch also leads to it not being a reflection since the subject would have to closer, thus in shot. Also the height of the person would put them standing in the ground so for me it's a good one that i can't see an explanation for

Going on to look at the image itself. Excellent find, it appears to be a female and the hair style and dress looks to be a 19th century style. Perhaps 1860-1880 era. I've highlighted the area, and also increased the contrast and brightness on it.

First I have to comment about the house itself. When I first saw this I was a bout to make a comment about how the photograph was snapped while moving because the entire top of the house looks skewed to the right.

But then as I was going over the evidence I noticed that there is a stick or pole to the left which is perfectly straight. That told me that it was not the photograph but the entire house which had a skew in it. Then I started noticing the stress marks in the pillars at the front, exactly where the skew is. Wow, I guess this little house has seen some heavy winds or something as it really seems to be almost pushed over at the top.

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