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Joseph Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle, photographed by Napoleon Sarony, 1896

Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library.

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Illustration for Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle,” Newell Convers Wyeth, 1921

The caption reads: “A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing, and if so, Rip Van Winkle was thrice blessed.”

 

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