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Also Known As Lizzie Andrew Borden
Born July 19, 1860 • Fall River • Massachusetts
Died June 1, 1927 (aged 66) • Fall River • Massachusetts

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Portrait of Lizzie Andrew Borden wearing a high-collared, dark lace dress with a flower at her neck, facing slightly to the side with a neutral expression.
Black and white waist-up portrait of Lizzie Andrew Borden wearing a high-collared dark dress with puffed sleeves, standing with her hands resting on the back of a chair.
Black and white photo of the Borden House at 92 Second Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, a two-story wooden home with shutters and a bare tree in front.
Ambrotype portrait of Andrew Borden, an older man with receding gray hair, wearing a dark suit, vest, and bow tie, framed by an ornate oval mat.
Portrait of Abby Borden in a high-collared, buttoned dress, facing slightly to the side with short, curly hair.
Tight headshot of Lizzie Andrew Borden with light eyes, wavy hair pinned up, and wearing a high-necked dress with lace trim.
Portrait of actress Nance O'Neil circa 1904, seated and wearing a high-necked, long-sleeved lace dress, looking directly at the camera with a serious expression.
Infographic titled Lizzie Borden rhyme featuring the famous rhyme about Lizzie Borden taking an ax, highlighted in yellow on a parchment background, with surrounding fact boxes about the Borden murders, trial, and details of the victims' injuries. Rhyme. Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her mother forty whacks, And when she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one.
Lizzie Borden
Lizzie Borden, 1890
A sepia-toned image of Lizzie Borden's face is overlaid with a bright white axe shape, containing blue text reading really a monster? Blurred text and stains appear in the background.
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