personal effects

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They spent about five years digging through their brother’s artworks and personal effects — paintings and drawings, but also clothing, notebooks, dinner china, travel souvenirs — to produce the exhibition.

From Los Angeles Times

In what should be the living room, housemates lie or sit among mattresses, bedding, mosquito nets and half-packed bags with personal effects strewn all over the floor.

From BBC

As she combs through the rubble, she said, she tries not to focus on the personal effects that she comes across, especially photographs of the victims who could be buried underneath.

From New York Times

The broader collection, meanwhile, holds some 1,000 items ranging from inaugural gowns and other dresses to personal effects and other White House memorabilia.

From Seattle Times

Johnson also conjured Monroe by studying auction catalogs of her personal effects and clothes, which were photographed in exacting detail.

From Los Angeles Times