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LEAK, Ann E. (b. 1839). Two Signed Photographs of Ann E. Leak, Born without Arms. New York: Eisenmann, et al. Two full length images show Leak on a table, holding scissors and utensils between her toes. Both INSCRIBED AND SIGNED on their versos by Leak with her feet, the writing on the cabinet card reading: “Expect not to pass through life without a mixture of good and evil. Ann E. Leak Thomson. Born without arms. Dec. 23, 1839. Georgia. Chicago, Ill, July 4, 1885.”