This photo, circa 1893, was taken in St. Paul, Minnesota and shows Pauline Kruger-Hamilton with her Arion zither. A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, she performed as a zither soloist and was a well known artist. For a number of years, she was designated as the official photographer for the court of Franz Josef, former Emperor of Austria.

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