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In 1899, she started to produce enamel jewelry and cufflinks embedded with photographs using direct positives produced with a four-lensed multiplicator camera. She had made special arrangements for the equipment to be imported from the United States to facilitate the work. The jewelry was shown at a
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were among the first women to become members of the Danish
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to learn photography. Living with her uncle, Poul
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After completing her apprenticeship in 1876, Frederikke
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Frederikke set up a photographic studio on the top floor. There were already two photographers in
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Christmas exhibition at
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