In the studio’s waiting room they read “The Last Days of Pompeii”

This is the chapter of their archaeology.

The C. M

This is their artifact. The event occurred at some time between February 1894 and February 1901. The woman’s name was apparently Emmons.

06681v
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016694120/

This is they.

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/bellcm.06681a