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Color Painting Of Maria Alves -- A Woman With Short Black Hair Wearing A Light Green-blue Dress, Black Shawl, And Jeweled Brooch And Earrings.

Maria Alves

Feelings of “saudade,” love, loss and longing, were created when Maria Fernandes Alves (1924-2008) sang fado, traditional Portuguese folk music, throughout the South Coast and beyond.
Photo Of Actress Laura Keene

Laura Keene

Acushnet’s Laura Keene (1826-1873) is best known as an actress who starred in Our American Cousin at Ford's Theater the night President Lincoln was assassinated.
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