A phrenology journal papered a remote frontier cabin’s walls

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The cabin was papered with the Phrenological Journal, and in the morning I opened my eyes on the very best portrait of Dr. Candlish I ever saw, and grieved truly that I should never see that massive brow and fantastic face again. Mrs. Link was an educated and very intelligent young woman. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 189

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