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Cherokee Woman

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Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Mrs. Robert W. Hamilton, a Cherokee woman.
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Cherokee Woman

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Miss Nana Reynolds, a Cherokee Indian.
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Cherokee Woman

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Miss Emma Coleman, a Cherokee Indian. She is facing right in a semi-profile.
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Jane Cunningham Croly

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Description: Quarter-length vignetted portrait of Jane Cunningham Croly ("Jennie June"), founder of the first national woman's club, Sorosis.
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World War I Soldier and Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a woman seated in a chair, and a soldier dressed in a First World War uniform sitting on the arm of the chair. They are posi...
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Woman with Rolled Paper

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Description: A young woman with short hair sits in a chair and poses for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. She holds a rolled piece of paper, perhaps a ...
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Elizabeth Blair Comstock

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Description: Hand-colored head and shoulders portrait of Elizabeth Comtock, who is wearing a blue heart pendant.
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Abigail "Abbie" Spooner

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Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Abigail Spooner, a teacher at Odanah.
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Clara Middleton

Date: 1905
Description: Oval portrait of Clara Middleton sitting on a settee with a book, wearing a fine skirt and blouse.
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Dousman and Sturgis Studio Portrait

Date: 1873
Description: Nina Lynn Sturgis and Hercules Louis Dousman pose together in a studio in front of a painted backdrop. Hercules is wearing a suit and is seated with his ar...
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Amelia Bright Williams Studio Portrait

Date: 1880
Description: Cabinet studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Amelia Bright Williams, second wife of Chauncey Williams.
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Moss-haired Girl

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Description: Woman coiffed as a "moss-haired girl" or a "Circassian beauty." A literary tradition exists for the Circassian beauties, but in the United States they achi...
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Jessie Jack Hooper

Date: 1885
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Jessie Jack Hooper.
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Nina Dousman

Date: 1893
Description: Nina Dousman, age 13, relaxes in a chair for a full-length, cabinet card sized, studio portrait. She has her fingers interlaced and is wearing a light-colo...
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Elmina D. Slenker

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Elmina Drake Slenker. She is wearing a dark dress with a high, lace collar.
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Emma Curtiss Bascom

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Emma Bascom. She is standing and posing with her arms folded on a cloth-covered table or chair, and is wearing a collar pin shaped lik...
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Portrait of George S. Parker

Date: 1886
Description: Quarter-length, formal studio portrait of George S. Parker of Janesville, Wisconsin.
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Portrait of Edgar Allen Poe

Date: 1893
Description: Cabinet card of a pastel drawing, formal portrait, waist-up, of Edgar Allen Poe. The drawing was created by Oscar Halling, a little known Baltimore artist ...
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Ojibwa Chief Hole-in-the Day

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Description: Cabinet card of Ojibwa Chief Hole-in-the Day. He is seated on a decorative stone wall in front of a painted backdrop. At his feet is dried grass. He is wea...
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Studio Portrait of Girl and Dog

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a dark haired girl and her pug dog. She is sitting and wearing a long, light-colored dress, a...

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