Carte De Visite Vignette Portrait of a Woman Sewing With a Cat On Her Lap and a Man by James G. Stacy of Dover, Maine (1860′s)

Carte de visite vignette portrait of a woman sewing with a cat on her lap and a man by James G. Stacy of Dover, Maine, c. 1860′s.

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Portrait of a Group Posing on the Porch of C. C. Merrill’s House in Galesburg, Illinois

Portrait of a group posing on the porch of C. C. Merrill’s house in Galesburg, Illinois.

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Daguerreotype Portrait of Women of the Ladies Benevolent Sewing Society Posing Around a Table With a Quilt on it in Strongsville, Ohio (1849)

Daguerreotype portrait of women of the Ladies Benevolent Sewing Society posing around a table with a quilt on it in Strongsville, Ohio, March 29, 1849.

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Hand-Colored Daguerreotype Portrait of a Seamstress Posing With a Sewing Machine (1853)

Hand-colored daguerreotype portrait of a seamstress posing with a sewing machine, c. 1853.

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