On verso of photograph: Mrs. Thomas Burke (left) and her mother (?), Mrs. John J. McGilvra (?) (right)<br><br>PH Coll 727.822
<ul><li>Subjects (LCSH): Burke, Caroline; McGilvra, John J., Mrs.; Women--Washington (State)--Seattle; Ethnic costume--Washington (State)--Seattle</li></ul>
Caroline Burke was the wife of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Burke_(Seattle)" class="extiw" title="w:Thomas Burke (Seattle)">Thomas Burke</a> after whom the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_Museum_of_Natural_History_and_Culture" class="extiw" title="w:Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture">Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture</a> is named. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._McGilvra" class="extiw" title="w:John J. McGilvra">John J. McGilvra</a>, whose wife Elizabeth is at right, was (like Thomas Burke) a prominent Seattle lawyer and businessman important in bringing railroads to Seattle.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Frank_Hamilton_Nowell" class="extiw" title="w:en:Frank Hamilton Nowell"><span title="American photographer and postcard publisher">Frank H. Nowell</span></a>
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