Comunidade da Primeira Comunhão

Photography by H. Raffaelli, Sao Paulo, late 1930ies
Size 17,5 x 23,0 cm, hand tinted lips and background
Collection Heinz-Werner Lawo

This image gives the idea of the First Holy Communion an interesting twist. What about the first communion with yourself as an other?
She is trying hard not to look at her mirror images by looking into that book which will fix her identity.

There is a photographers blind stamp in the lower right corner:

I read: "H Raffaelli / S PAULO". But I could not find any information about this photographer. Perhaps the name is Roffaells, or Poffaelli, or Taffaelli or the town is not Sao Paulo in Brazil. If you have any information or other photos like this please contact me.