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![[Woman in coiffed hair with comb, and boy, possibly her son]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvd29tYW4taW4tY29pZmZlZC1oYWlyLXdpdGgtY29tYi1hbmQtYm95LXBvc3NpYmx5LWhlci1zb24tMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/434/jpg "[Woman in coiffed hair with comb, and boy, possibly her son]")
![[Title page of The Western Boy, or, The Road to Success, by Horatio Alger, Jr.; illus. of boy shining man's shoes]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzgvMDEvMDEvdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1vZi10aGUtd2VzdGVybi1ib3ktb3ItdGhlLXJvYWQtdG8tc3VjY2Vzcy1ieS1ob3JhdGlvLWFsZ2VyLWpyLWlsbHVzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/71/webp "[Title page of The Western Boy, or, The Road to Success, by Horatio Alger, Jr.; illus. of boy shining man's shoes]")
![[Unidentified girl and boy, probably siblings, in ring]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLWdpcmwtYW5kLWJveS1wcm9iYWJseS1zaWJsaW5ncy1pbi1yaW5nLTcwYzhhNi02NDAuanBn/40/46/webp "[Unidentified girl and boy, probably siblings, in ring]")
![[Woman with baby girl, possibly mother and daughter]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvd29tYW4td2l0aC1iYWJ5LWdpcmwtcG9zc2libHktbW90aGVyLWFuZC1kYXVnaHRlci02NDAuanBn/40/56/webp "[Woman with baby girl, possibly mother and daughter]")
![[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and unidentified young girl, probably his daughter]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTcvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXNvbGRpZXItaW4tdW5pb24tdW5pZm9ybS1hbmQtdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXlvdW5nLWdpcmwtcHJvYmFibHktMDY2MjhlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/36/webp "[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and unidentified young girl, probably his daughter]")
