#51 Elsie Shaw, a 6 year old cartoner during the summer. [her father] asked me to take some photos of her, as he has her do a singing act in vaudeville in the winter, “and she’s old enough now to go through the audience and sell her own photos.” Location: Eastport, Maine

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#51 Elsie Shaw, a 6 year old cartoner during the summer. [her father] asked me to take some photos of her, as he has her do a singing act in vaudeville in the winter, “and she’s old enough now to go through the audience and sell her own photos.” Location: Eastport, Maine

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