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Driving A Cow Before Her, Laura Secord Passed The American Sentries, c1909, (c1920). Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton

Driving A Cow Before Her, Laura Secord Passed The American Sentries, c1909, (c1920). Laura Secord (1775-1868) Canadian heroine of the War of 1812. She is known for having walked 20 miles out of American occupied territory in 1813 to warn British forces of an impending American attack. From Our Empire Story, by H. E. Marshall. [Thomas Nelson And Sons, London, c1920]

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Lady Napier and her sons, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown

Lady Napier and her sons, between 1855 and 1865. [Wife and sons of Lord Francis Napier, British Minister to the United States: Anne Jane Charlotte Lockwood Napier, William John George Napier, and John Scott Napier]

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Member of the congregation of Wheeley's church... near Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Member of the congregation of Wheeley's church who is called "Queen." She is wearing the old fashioned type of sunbonnet. Her dress and apron were made at home. Near Gordonton, North Carolina

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