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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 9577475, member: 36"]It's entirely possible that the photo was taken there to show to a prospective bridegroom in California. Also possible it was taken in SanFrancisco. By the 1850s goods were flying out there from both around the Horn and from Asia. </p><p><br /></p><p>BTW - has anyone else noticed that all of those ladies look like they were around 14 years old? Maybe 16 at most? That makes it even more likely that the picture was taken there and shipped here, soon followed by the lady herself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 9577475, member: 36"]It's entirely possible that the photo was taken there to show to a prospective bridegroom in California. Also possible it was taken in SanFrancisco. By the 1850s goods were flying out there from both around the Horn and from Asia. BTW - has anyone else noticed that all of those ladies look like they were around 14 years old? Maybe 16 at most? That makes it even more likely that the picture was taken there and shipped here, soon followed by the lady herself.[/QUOTE]
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