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Unknown [Photograph of Etta Sarsons]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03953.24 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1865-1890 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 11.5 cm. Order a Copy

Oval portrait of the wife of Eleazer L. Sarsons, Etta (as reported by the Civil War pensions index).

Sarsons, Etta, fl. 1865-1890

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