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    "title": "Sampler",
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            "inscription": "top center: \"Clara Krogsgaard\"; upper left: \"Andreas./ Eduard./ Oswald./ Waldemar.\"; upper right: \"Wilhelmme./ Bertha./ Anna./ Ida.\"; center, rows of alphabet and numerals, below: \"Emilie Boltsch./ Lehrerin\"; on either side and below center alphabet and numerals, another set of alphabet."
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