Sarah Forbes Bonetta at 19, a Nigerian princess who was captured and later adopted by Queen Victoria (1862)

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Young lady (teen?) with long hair posing with a very piercing gaze, circa 1880s. Thanks for the correction friends

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John and Mary Jones (Alton, Illinois, 1840s)

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Young woman posing for a studio portrait in Kentucky, wearing a beautiful outfit, early 1900s ✨

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Woman in knee-length dress and pants, ca. 1860s. Any ideas if the clothing and hairstyle indicate a religious or social community? From a bound photo album I bought years ago. Subject and photographer unknown. [1457 x 2361]

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Going to the hair dresser, 1905

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Amanda America Dickson, born to a 13-year-old enslaved girl and her 40-year-old slave master. She would become one of the wealthiest women in Georgia after her father left her his entire estate at his death.

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My Great, Great Grandmother as a young girl (1890-1895)

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Helen Hyde, my maternal grandmother, circa 1900

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Restored this 1839 image of the first woman ever photographed

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Immigrants arriving in the US through Ellis Island from 1906 to 1914 captured by photographer Augustus Frederick Sherman

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Young lady posing for her photo, sharp glass negative. 1900s.

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Mugshots of Victorian Era Child Criminals, 1870s