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Your personal choice of "most tragic" character in the assassination story
09-09-2012, 09:57 AM
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RE: Your personal choice of "most tragic" character in the assassination story
(09-09-2012 09:51 AM)Rob Wick Wrote:  MaddieM,

Carte-de-visite, which is a thin photograph put on a thicker backing. They were the size of a visiting card and became very popular in the 19th century. They were inexpensive and were popular during the Civil War as soldiers could carry them easily in a pocket.

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I've never heard of that. You live and learn. Kind of makes it all the more vile a thing to do, send photos of someone you love being executed. What torture that must have been.
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