Father with a daughter

[UK Cousin]

Looks like a doll or teddy bear hiding under there. Someone told her to put the doll away for the picture?

[Wagriff]

Or is it, say, an open back hospital type of gown and the man has his non-visible arm around his brave little daughter?

[UK Cousin]

Ahhhhh I like that answer more than mine, wagriff.. Probably so.

[Mehti Safarov]

I don't think her belly is bulged due to famine.
It is not uniform. Yes, maybe a bandage.
Maybe she is playing a mum, but that would not be during photografying.

I assume no inscription on the back, right?

The inscription on the backside as follows:

"To my dear brother Petya from your brother Vitya and your niece Anya to remember. 1947".

[stuka f]

Looks like a doll or teddy bear hiding under there. Someone told her to put the doll away for the picture?

+1