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Portrait of two young women, cabinet card studio photograph, c. 1895–1905. The sitters are posed closely together in a softly vignetted composition, suggesting a familial or intimate social relationship. Both wear light-colored blouses with high collars; one features decorative embroidered floral motifs, while the other is more plainly styled, reflecting late Victorian to early Edwardian fashion. Their hair is arranged in softly waved updos with ribbon bows, a popular turn-of-the-century style. The photograph exhibits light fading, foxing, and minor surface wear consistent with late 19th-century photographic materials.