[Photograph album of the Grove family of Ferne House] | Collections | The Huntington

[Photograph album of the Grove family of Ferne House] | Collections | The Huntington

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[Photograph album of the Percy Florence Shelley family and the Boscombe estate]
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Colonel John E. Parker photograph album of a family trip to California
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