Ellen and Barbara Douglas in Front of Brucemore Mansion, 1910

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Courtesy of Brucemore Mansion, 1910

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Ellen (left) and Barbara Douglas (right) are pictured in front of their family's mansion, Brucemore, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. George and Irene Douglas had three daughters. Margaret, the eldest, was born in 1896. Nine years later, her sister Ellen was born. Barbara, the youngest, followed in 1908.   

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1910. Courtesy of Brucemore Mansion