Portrait of Bertia, Alva, and Christine Holmes

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A black and white photograph of Bertia Mae Irvin Holmes with her daughters Alva, and Christine Holmes. Alva on the left and Christine is in the back while Bertia sits in a chair in the background. Alva wears a plaid dress and Christine wears a light colored dress and bonnet. Bertia sits in a row of folding chairs. Other rows are in front and behind Bertia's row. There are bleachers visible in the background. The photograph is mounted to a paper frame with clear photograph corners. [Martha Olson] is handwritten in ink on the interior frame below the photograph. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.

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