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"Helen Lameau, Aged 8 years, 1891."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04509.45 Author/Creator: Place Written: Göttingen Type: Photograph Date: 1891 Pagination: carte de visite Height: 10.5 cm, Width: 6.6 cm Order a Copy

Imprint of Noelle on recto and verso. Pencil inscription on verso: "Helen Lameau, Aged 8 years, 1891." Full length standing portrait with tinted cheeks, lips, hair, hair ribbon, and flowers. A trellis with climbing vine has been added at the left. Possibly the same girl in image #44.

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