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Carpenter & Mullen Magnolia Gallery Carte de visite [Gibson family]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04501.078 Author/Creator: Carpenter & Mullen Magnolia Gallery Place Written: Lexington, Kentucky Type: Photograph Date: September 1866 Pagination: 1 albumen Height: 10.5 cm, Width: 6.5 cm Order a Copy

Image of McKinley Gibson, Louisiana Hart Gibson, Maria (Ridie) Tevis, and Margaret Howard Preston playing backgammon. The circular pattern on Ms. Preston's dress has been drawn with ink.

Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sports and Games
Women's History
Children and Family
Clothing and Accessories
Reconstruction

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