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[Albumen of Archer family]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01896.200 Author/Creator: Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 albumen : sepia Height: 28 cm, Width: 37 cm Order a Copy

Large family photograph, Archer's, Jeffery's, etc. Thirty-nine people posed on lawn with trees in front of house with porch. Edward R. Archer is seated on the left-center of the image. Photograph split in two.

Archer, Edward Richard, 1834-1918

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