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Churchill & Dennison Holland Booth Groupe, At Army Relief Fair, Albany, N.Y.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0066 Author/Creator: Churchill & Dennison Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Photograph Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 albumen : b&w Height: 25.2 cm, Width: 30.5 cm Order a Copy

One photograph entitled, "Holland Booth Groupe, At Army Relief Fair, Albany, N.Y.," dated 1864. Published by Churchill & Dennison. Image is of nine people dressed up in Dutch costumes. The people are identified by numeric notations written in graphite around the image. The numbers correspond to graphite inscription on verso: "1 [blank] 2 [blank] 3 [blank] 4 Miss Catharine Pruyer 5 Miss van Yaudt 6 [blank] 7 [blank] 8 [blank] 9 Charles Van Yaudt."

Churchill & Dennison
Pruyer, Catharine, fl. 1864
Van Yaudt, fl. 1864
Van Yaudt, Charles, fl. 1864

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