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Unidentified photographer
Banner lady for Dexheimer's Studio in Marion, Indiana
1892 (ca)
Digital positive, from glass negative
Indiana Historical Society
P379 H. P. Dexheimer / Lawrence H. Beitler Collectio
LL/43599
She likely participated in this event mentioned in the Souvenir of Marion," 1892 p. 48
"On Feb. 13 and 14, there was given at Sweetser's Opera House, this city, a Merchants' Carnival, under auspices of Episcopalian church. It was by far t...he most elaborate affair of the kind ever attempted in the part of the state. Almost 100 business houses were represented and they vied with each other in the gorgeousness of the display made by the young ladies who represented them, respectively."
[Information posted by Heritage Photo & Research Services's Photos to their Facebook page, November 17, 2010.]
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