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The Prat Sisters: Free Spirits of the 1890s

"Exhibition and sale of decorative leather work at the Elephant Bindery"

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Exhibition included works by May Rosina and Minnie Prat. Minnie, May and other former pupils of Nordhoff kept the Elephant Bindery, New York City, going after Nordhoff's death in November 1898. By 1900, Minnie and May Rosina had opened their own bookbinding and leather working studio, the Primrose Bindery, at 37 West 22nd Street.

Date: March 1899

Credit: Esther Clark Wright Archives, Acadia University

Reference:  Esther Clark Wright Archives, Acadia University  Harry Starr accession no. 1990-006

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