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Weary Woman

Date: 1873
Description: Engraving of a woman sitting in a chair with light from an attic window shining on her face. Next to her is a rumpled bed and a pull-toy overturned on the ...
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Portrait of the Petersons

Date: 1899
Description: Indoor view of an elderly man posing sitting in a chair, and an elderly woman standing. They are probably in a bedroom. Perhaps the Peterson family.
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Ma Sitting in Chair

Date: 1898
Description: Low angle view of "Ma" sitting in a large chair near a window wearing a long white dress or nightgown in a bedroom with a fur rug over another rug. There a...
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You'll Catch It When Mother Wakes Up!

Date: 1860
Description: A mother, Miss Columbia, sleeps in a four poster bed. She is wearing a liberty cap. The canopy on the bed is made of Union flags. A girl, representing the ...
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Mrs. Cadle

Date: 1889
Description: Mrs. Cadle seated in a bedroom, looking out a window. On the table in front of her is a cup and saucer.
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Self-Portrait in Mirror

Date: 1880
Description: A female photographer takes a self-portrait in a mirror. The left and bottom frame of the mirror are in the foreground. Her camera is an Eastman Kodak Comp...

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