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Miss Dorcas Snodgrass (LOC)

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Miss Dorcas Snodgrass

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1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

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Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

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Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.11968

Call Number: LC-B2- 2566-2 

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peckhamryecrow  Pro User  says:

May relate to disappearance see: Oakland Tribune
Tuesday, July 23, 1912

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captainslack  Pro User  says:

What an unfortunate name!
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DPoem  Pro User  says:

Bad name, but she's really pretty.
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wangreen  Pro User  says:

Really, I had to click on the thumbnail after reading that name! It's like something from a Marx Brothers movie.
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whyaduck says:

Free New York Times articles on Dorcas Iyams Snodgrass, a 26 year old nurse from Mount Vernon, New York, who dropped out of site on July 17, 1912:

July 23, 1912: "YOUNG WOMAN GONE LIKE DOROTHY ARNOLD; Miss Dorcas Snodgrass of Mount Vernon Has Been Missing Since Last Wednesday."

Her body was found in a creek near the village of Catskill, New York, on Sunday, July 28, 1912.

Sunday, July 30, 1912: "SUSPECT FOUL PLAY IN SNODGRASS CASE; Officials at Catskill, Where Body Was Found, Say Nurse Was Not a Suicide."

July 31, 1912: "CAN'T PROVE MURDER OF MISS SNODGRASS; Tests with a Dummy in the Creek Leave Authorities Still Uncertain."

August 1, 1912: "NURSE'S BODY SENT SOUTH.; Relatives Think Miss Snodgrass Fell Into Creek While Ill."

August 3, 1912: "FINDS NURSE KILLED HERSELF; Physician's Report on Autopsy Shows Miss Snodgrass Committed Suicide."

A final, brief article, and then there's no more about Miss Snodgrass in the Times Archives: August 6, 1912: "CLUE IN SNODGRASS CASE.; Handkerchief with Star Picked Up Near Where Body Was Found."

An interesting sidelight is that a friend of Dorcas Snodgrass, 16 year old Amelia Danby, went missing on July 13, 1912, but she returned safely home on August 4, 1912. August 6, 1912: "MISS DANBY COMES HOME.; Missing Mount Vernon Girl Says She Was Afraid to Return Sooner."
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robbed  Pro User  says:

Good job on the research whyaduck.
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mchenrythemovie  Pro User  says:

Wow, wonderful research. That last Miss Danby article is a little confusing though. "She was persuaded to remain away overnight, and then after her experience she was afraid to return home"?

Poor Dorcas.
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Noël Zia Lee  Pro User  says:

that nyt article on danby sure leaves a lot unsaid
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Sorriso Bella  Pro User  says:

indeed..... a great deal...
Although the second to last article makes me wonder if Mr. poland didn't have something to do with it all.
Or perhaps her sister was caught in a triste with Dorcas' Fiance which is why neither of them attended the funeral or accompanied the body. It would also explain how the sister seemed convinced that Dorcas killed herself before the body was even found. Then later recants and says it was because her sister had a headache when she left home and fell into the creek. hmm.....
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mountainSeb  Pro User  says:

Fascinating read!
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