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January 14, 1920. Washington, D.C "Margaret Bell Saunders." Be a good boy and Mama won't have you turned into a coat! National Photo Co. glass negative. View full size.
I was poking about the US Census revisiting this old line of mine, and Margaret Sanders (my Margaret Bell Sanders) shows as a resident of 1444 W Street NW, Washington, listed as an office typist. By 1930 she had moved back to Philadelphia, listed as a government typist.
I'm guessing somebody transcribed the caption and confused the n for a u in her name.
Here's her obituary, from 1982.
As soon as I saw her name, it tripped a dusty memory of mine from my years of doing genealogy.
Further research might be needed, but she could (could being key) be the daughter of Lucy Swett and George Thomas Sanders.
If so, she would have been around 25 years old when this photo was taken, and would have been deaf. Her father, George would have been one of Alexander Grahm Bell's fist students (and George's father would have also been one of the primary sponsors for Bell's invention of the telephone).
It's a tenuous link, and I don't have my subscription active to where I could narrow this down, but it certainly would fit - provided George and Lucy gave two daughters the same middle name. My Margaret Sanders has a sister named Lucy Bell Sanders.
[This lady's name is Saunders, not Sanders. - Dave]
This is probably what used to be known as a Boston Bull, now known as a Boston terrier. Their looks have changed a bit over the past century. Their great personality has NOT!
Now that's a loving peck going on there.
Head warmer, gloves, a fur for the neck and good 'ol dog to keep you warm on a cold day.
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