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unidentified woman in dress

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.276 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 7 cm, Width: 11 cm Order a Copy

Most likely Adeline Burpee.

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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