Two blue silk ribbons with the number 9 printed on them, two white silk ribbons, and one small piece of cotton with typed text, which came to St. Louis with Cecelia Kimmick, who arrived on the orphan train in 1910 and was adopted by the Krumrey family. All pieces were identification pieces for Emma Rider, the child that the Krumreys were expecting to adopt. It is believed that Cecelia and Emma switched jackets, and therefore identification tags and numbers, while on the train. The case of mistaken identity was discovered when the Krumreys found not Emma's name, but Cecelia's, written inside he
Two blue silk ribbons with the number 9 printed on them, two white silk ribbons, and one small piece of cotton with typed text, which came to St. Louis with Cecelia Kimmick, who arrived on the orphan train in 1910 and was adopted by the Krumrey family. All pieces were identification pieces for Emma Rider, the child that the Krumreys were expecting to adopt. It is believed that Cecelia and Emma switched jackets, and therefore identification tags and numbers, while on the train. The case of mistaken identity was discovered when the Krumreys found not Emma's name, but Cecelia's, written inside her boots. They later learned that Emma was adopted by a family in Illinois. Title: Identification Ribbons of Cecelia Kimmick . 1910.
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