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| | Born in Rhode Island in 1873 of Canadian parents. By 1880 Hamel had settled in Oakland. From 1895-1903 she ferried to San Francisco where she was a retoucher for photographers. By 1904 she was a nurse. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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