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Girls

Images

  • Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: a girl. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • A girl looking through a window on a rainy day, disappointed that her walk outside will be cancelled. Photoengraving, 1857, after S. Anderson.
  • Two children are brought to the nurses of the Asylum for Female Orphans, Lambeth, London. Etching.
  • Swatow (Shantou), Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: a girl. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • To house-keepers! : Beware of peddlers who are trying to sell washing powders in place of Soapine ... / Kendall Manufacturing Company.
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Catalogue

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    The care of the adolescent girl : a book for teachers, parents, and guardians / by Phyllis Blanchard, with prefaces by Mary Scharlieb and G. Stanley Hall.

    Blanchard, Phyllis (Phyllis Mary), 1895- | Date: 1921
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    Royal Freemasons' school for Female Children, Wandsworth, London. Wood engraving by C.D. Laing, 1851.

    | Date: 1851 | Reference: 24476i
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    A girl holding a pet bird and a schoolbook. Line engraving by J.G. Wille, 1771, after J.E. Schenau.

    Schenau, Johann Eleazar, 1737-1806. | Date: 1771 | Reference: 676596i
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    A girl's eyes. Drawing, c. 1794.

    | Date: 1794? | Reference: 30710i
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    Hygiene for girls / by Margery M. Berry.

    Berry, Margery M. | Date: 1951
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