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PEDRICK

This is a "GEM" Stick pin. Help us to decide if the is the same person as the Pedrick girl. standing. I'll call her "Mary" too. Description: Photographers introduced tiny portraits in 1863. The very small portraits 7/8 by 1 inch (about the size of a small postage stamp) debuted with the invention of the Wing multiplying camera. They were popularized under the trade name Gem. These tiny images were popular because they provie an inexpensive way of sending phitographs to large numbers of friends and families. They were also just the right sizes for lockets or similar jewelry items holding small photographs. The Gem Galleries flourished until about 1890, The Gems were cut to fit lockets, cufflinks, tiepins, rings and even garter clasps

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