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   margueritem said, 3 months ago

   Say ‘Hello’ to the nice people, Bitsy.
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   jukeofurl said, 3 months ago

   Bitsy trying to drink beer makes me laugh. Every time!.
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   Radish said, 3 months ago

   Just before they were drowned for witchcraft.
   Was reincarnated as Baby Snooks.
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   orinoco womble said, 3 months ago

   In those days they would strap the baby to a board under its clothes, to make it lie straight. I imagine they were easier to carry as well.
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   calvins brother said, 3 months ago

   I think I saw her lips move.
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   Coyoty said, 3 months ago

   @Radish

   Unfortunately for van Hoogstraaten, she floated at the dunking and Bitsy sank, so they set Bitsy free.
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   Number Six said, 3 months ago

   Which is which?
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   Dogsniff said, 3 months ago

   Hecho a mano.
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   finale said, 3 months ago

   @orinoco womble

   Doubled as a carseat in the oxcart also.
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    J. Short said, 3 months ago

    She looks like she’s wearing a fraun.
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    mabrndt said, 3 months ago

    Click-to-enlarge image can be found here. Enlarged image can be found at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry.
    
    Elizabeth Clarke Freake (Mrs. John Freake) and Baby Mary is shown, with a different coloration image, and described by its current-location, which provides a second webpage with another different coloration image.
    
    While I could find no Wikipedia page, the current-location describes the family here, and this has a family tree.
    
    Ninth, of the at least 16 works, with no attribution, that have, so far, appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to also appear here.
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    mabrndt said, 3 months ago

    @Radish

    If you mentioned witchcraft because of the actual title, she wasn’t that Elizabeth Clarke.
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    Grildobkin said, 3 months ago

    I’m just wondering what the Dick Tracy two way wrist radio is for?
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    Puddlesplatt said, 3 months ago

    if that had been captured by a camera… it would have broken!
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    orinoco womble said, 3 months ago

    @mabrndt

    Yes, she looks like one of the Freakes.
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