Photograph of Frances Shimer, founder of Shimer College, with a cat on her desk, published in the 1893 Oread of the Mount Carroll Seminary. Mrs. Shimer was very fond of pets, and cats in particular, but this is the only known photograph showing her with one.

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• Original datetime: 1893
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