Letter from America, Ireland c. 1902
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Library of Congress (public domain)
Library of Congress (public domain)
A letter from Pat in America, black-and-white stereograph, c. 1902, unknown photographer, Keystone View Company, Meadville, Pa.; source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Washington, Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-123754 (b&w film copy neg.) LC-USZ62-67980 (b&w film copy neg. of half stereo), http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c23754.
This photograph dating from the early-20th century not only shows two women with a letter from a relative in America in front of a thatch-roofed stone cottage, but also illustrates the living conditions that emigrants from rural Ireland left behind.
A letter from Pat in America, black-and-white stereograph, c. 1902, unknown photographer, Keystone View Company, Meadville, Pa.; source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Washington, Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-123754 (b&w film copy neg.) LC-USZ62-67980 (b&w film copy neg. of half stereo), http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c23754.