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Two portraits in one case, of a man and a boy [Lathrop family]
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Two portraits in one case, of a man and a boy [Lathrop family]
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photDAG 76 ; photDAG 77
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Portrait of a woman [Lathrop family]
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Items photDAG 71-79 identified by donor only as "Lathrop family photos." The donor's father was Luther R. Lathrop, born in Maine about 1855. Dated based on content and photograph format.
(photDAG 71)
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Portrait of a young man with cigar [Sproston family?]
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Same man in photDAG 87. Date based on years of major usage of ambrotypes.
(photDAG 86)
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Portrait of a boy holding a book [Lathrop family]
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Handwriting inside case under image: "Feb. 24, 1858."
(photDAG 78)
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Portrait of a young man [Sproston family?]
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Same man in photDAG 86. Small piece of paper behind photograph reads: "With respect of S. P. Allen, Clerk [of the] Senate, Albany, N.Y." Allen held this position in 1859; it is unclear if he is the sitter.
(photDAG 87)
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Portrait of a young boy holding a baby [Lathrop family]
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Date based on years of major usage of ambrotypes.
(photDAG 72)