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Unknown Child

Child Remember the saying, 'Every picture tells a story.'? Well, this one has to be a whopper. The first time I saw this photo my reaction was, "How can anybody be so cruel to a little boy?" Then I took a closer look and realized this was a little girl with her head shaved. It still looks pretty cruel. I tried to come up with a reason for someone to cut all of her hair off, and I remembered another little girl in our daughter's class at school who had her head shaved just like that. Why? Head lice. No wonder she looks so unhappy.
Back of Photo of Child This is the reverse of the above photograph. It seems to have both 1904 and 1905 on it, but I'm not sure if that would be dates or part of the addresses.

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