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Woodbury & Page Full length carte de visite view of Javanese girl brushing her hair

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00241.29 Author/Creator: Woodbury & Page Place Written: Java, Indonesia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1877 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 10 cm, Width: 6 cm Order a Copy

Imprint of Woodbury & Page, Java, on both recto and verso. Pencil and ink inscription on verso reads: "A Porto Rico Belle."

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