This is one of those on the diagonal photos. A very nice individual by the name of Brett left a comment for me one day. He dated these diagonal photos to the years 1895 to 1905.
This photo is from the Antique Mall in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.
I did a preliminary search for Laura Mosher and found so many that it discouraged me. If we only had some clue where she was from. I think she is a fairly young gal..16 or 17 and she has no jewelry on, perhaps the plaid was enough of a decoration..the sleeves of this blouse or dress are fairly full, stuffed with paper they would have been quite large sleeves.
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The US census of 1900 lists 179 Laura Mosher's born between 1875 and 1885. No wonder you were discouraged. Unless there is some sort of clue we don't know about - like were the diagonal photos (or is what she is wearing) popularity limited to a certain regions? this could well be a case of we know a name but still have no idea who it is.
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I have one of those diagonal photos somewhere - glad to know the approximate date. It will help when I someday write up that blog post. :-)
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