Emma Stark as a young woman (1875)
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Image 989024010 Courtesy of Salt Spring Archives. Professional Photographer.
The photo is believed to have been taken at a portrait studio in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, B.C. Emma was teaching in the nearby community of Cedar.