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Valerie Harris
Apr 16, 2024
3 min read
Found! A Long-lost Painting By Laura Wheeler Waring
“Dear Ms. Harris, My mother moved to a senior facility prior to passing away in 2016. In downsizing, some of her pictures were moved into...
Valerie Harris
Apr 2, 2024
4 min read
"Darn This War!" The dream summer in Paris ends abruptly
Settling into her summer sojourn, Laura began plotting her version of the grand tour. “From Paris I intended to go to Geneva and then to...
Valerie Harris
Mar 26, 2024
3 min read
Sisters Abroad: Laura Wheeler Waring and Jessie Fauset, Paris, 1914
Although Laura was now in Paris independent of her Academy classmates, she was not alone for long. Visiting Paris at the time were two...
Valerie Harris
Mar 19, 2024
3 min read
The First Time She Saw Paris... Laura Wheeler Waring, 1914
“Miss Laura Wheeler, a colored girl of Hartford, Conn., has been awarded a European Traveling Scholarship by the Pennsylvania Academy of...
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