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Leonie Helen Holmes, Richmond, 1911

Leonie Helen Holmes, Richmond, 1911
(Accession number: 2003.298.29.A)

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1. Describe the picture.
2. List 3-5 questions you have about this picture.
3. How do you think Leonie Helen Holmes feels? Why do you say that?
4. Where do you think this picture was taken? Why do you say that?
5. Why do you think the photographer took this picture?
6. Why do you think this picture is included in the education section?

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