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[Young woman modeling: Half lgth., wearing nun's white habit and praying] – Antique Print

[Young woman modeling: Half lgth., wearing nun's white habit and praying], [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
[Young woman modeling: Half lgth., wearing nun's white habit and praying], [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Family Life collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Young woman modeling: Half lgth., wearing nun's white habit and praying]

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A young woman poses from the waist up in a white nun's habit, shown in a prayerful gesture.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhoto by Fritz W. Guerin. #47. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Women--Occupation; Religion--Prayer; Relig. orders--Nuns; Glamour.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,228 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-147485

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