Portrait of a Father and Smiling Child, USA, ca. 1855.
Source: Getty Museum

Portrait of a Father and Smiling Child, USA, ca. 1855.

Source: Getty Museum

Arnold Genthe, A Proud Father, San Francisco, California, 1895-1906.

Arnold Genthe, A Proud Father, San Francisco, California, 1895-1906.

Southworth & Hawes, J. J. Hawes Holding Marion, ca. 1852.
Source: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Southworth & Hawes, J. J. Hawes Holding Marion, ca. 1852.

Source: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

John Dominis, Silhouette of bare-chested ballet dancer Jacques d’Amboise with his sons Christopher, 3, and George, 6, each respectively clinging to one of his hands as he swings them out around his body like a windmill on shore overlooking a lake while on vacation, Washington, USA, 1962.

John Dominis, Silhouette of bare-chested ballet dancer Jacques d’Amboise with his sons Christopher, 3, and George, 6, each respectively clinging to one of his hands as he swings them out around his body like a windmill on shore overlooking a lake while on vacation, Washington, USA, 1962.

Father sitting on the floor of Grand Central Station with his two sleeping sons during a snowstorm. Photograph by Michael Rougier. New York City, December 1947.

Father sitting on the floor of Grand Central Station with his two sleeping sons during a snowstorm. Photograph by Michael Rougier. New York City, December 1947.

British actor Michael Redgrave holding his daughter Lynn. Photograph by Ian Smith. United Kingdom, June 1946.

British actor Michael Redgrave holding his daughter Lynn. Photograph by Ian Smith. United Kingdom, June 1946.

Photograph by Dmitri Kessel. Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 1947.

Photograph by Dmitri Kessel. Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 1947.

A father and son reading by the Volga River. Photograph by Howard Sochurek. Russia, July 1958.

A father and son reading by the Volga River. Photograph by Howard Sochurek. Russia, July 1958.

Photograph by Robert W. Kelley. USA, 1960.

Photograph by Robert W. Kelley. USA, 1960.

 Eliot Elisofon, A father singing to his children, Leslie County, Kentucky, USA, December 1949.

Eliot Elisofon, A father singing to his children, Leslie County, Kentucky, USA, December 1949.