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Description

Includes 21 tintypes and a postmortem photograph of a little boy with flowers in his hands.

Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date
approximately 1860-1910.
Call number
photCL 581
Creator
Mautz, Carl(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased for the Huntington from Carl Mautz by the Library Collectors' Council, January 2016.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Taber, I. W. (1830-1912,)
Watkins, Carleton E., (1829-1916,)
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