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Elsie Stevens in Wedding Gown
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Formal portrait of Elsie Stevens, the daughter of Breese Stevens of Madison, in the princess gown of white lace over satin she wore for her wedding to Dr. Reginald Jackson, Sr. She wore a coronet of lilies of the valley in her hair and carried a shower bouquet of the same flower.
June 4, 1908
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