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254 - Photographs of a young girl of African descent adopted by a Belgian family. c. 1908–1930. 23 silver and carbon prints, various sizes, dated, handwritten credits on the reverse (worn). Collection of rare photographs of a young girl of African descent adopted by a couple from Brussels in the 1910s. Portraits taken at the Stern and Samson & Cie photography studios in Brussels, including 3 portraits with her adoptive parents, 8 in various original costumes (fairy, street urchin, bullfighter, half-girl half-boy, etc.), and a First Communion portrait. Prints of the teenage girl playing the harp and posing in theater costumes, including 5 carbon prints signed by Samuel Polak (1881–1957); a wedding photo and a portrait with her Belgian in-laws. One photograph shows an unidentified African mother with her baby.
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Photographs of a young girl of African descent adopted by a Belgian family. c. 1908–1930. 23 silver and carbon prints, various sizes, dated, handwritten credits on the reverse (worn). Collection of rare photographs of a young girl of African descent adopted by a couple from Brussels in the 1910s. Portraits taken at the Stern and Samson & Cie photography studios in Brussels, including 3 portraits with her adoptive parents, 8 in various original costumes (fairy, street urchin, bullfighter, half-girl half-boy, etc.), and a First Communion portrait. Prints of the teenage girl playing the harp and posing in theater costumes, including 5 carbon prints signed by Samuel Polak (1881–1957); a wedding photo and a portrait with her Belgian in-laws. One photograph shows an unidentified African mother with her baby.
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