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circa 1902

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Title: [Where the Daisies Grow the Thickest]

GLC05139.03.43

circa 1860-1902

Photograph

Title: [Little Red Riding Hood]

GLC05139.03.44

circa 1860-1902

Photograph

Title: [The Last Prayer]

GLC05139.03.45

circa 1860-1902

Photograph

Title: [Wedding]

GLC05139.03.46

circa 1860-1902

Photograph

Title: [Abbotsford The Garden Front]

GLC05139.03.47

circa 1860-1902

Photograph

Title: [Our Tom]

GLC05139.03.48

circa 1860-1902

Photograph

Title: [Little Bo Peep]

GLC05139.03.49

circa 1860-1902

Photograph

Title: [Knickerbooker Archers]

GLC05139.03.50

circa 1860-1902

London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, fl. 1860-1902

Photograph

Title: [Haddon Hall, Derbyshire]

GLC05139.03.51

circa 1860-1902

Photograph

Title: [Embarrassment]

GLC05139.03.52

circa 1860-1902

Photograph

Title: [Thrush's Nest]

GLC05139.03.53

circa 1860-1902

Photograph

Title: [The Derby Day]

GLC05139.03.54

circa 1860-1902

Photograph

Title: [Sir Walter Scott's Monument]

GLC05139.03.55

circa 1860-1902

Photograph

Title: [Windsor Castle]

GLC05139.03.56

circa 1860-1902

Photograph

Title: [Expectation]

GLC05139.03.57

circa 1860-1902

Photograph

Title: [For Thine is the Kingdom, The Powe, and The Glory]

GLC05139.03.58

circa 1860-1902

Photograph

Title: [The Irish Jig]

GLC05139.03.59

circa 1860-1902

London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, fl. 1860-1902

Photograph

Title: [Tong Church]

GLC05139.03.60

circa 1860-1902

Photograph

Title: [Waiting For The Third]

GLC05139.03.61

1 September 1854

unknown, fl. 1855

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Franklin Butler Van Valkenburgh Esquire

A letter written to Franklin Butler Van Valkenburgh. In this letter, the author writes about farming and how the lack of rain will effect the crops if the weather persists. The author goes on to write about the prices that his crops, including wheat, are likely to bring in, and the construction of a brick house that his father is overseeing. The author also mentions the death of a woman in the community as a result of dysentery. This letter is signed, but the signature appears illegible. There is a postscript written across the top of the last page of the letter. The author has written the…

GLC06253.05