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Churchill & Dennison Scotch Booth Groupe, At Army Relief Fair, Albany, NY.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0063 Author/Creator: Churchill & Dennison Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Photograph Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 albumen : b&w ; 25.4 x 30.2 cm. Order a Copy

One photograph entitled, "Scotch Booth Groupe, At Army Relief Fair, Albany, NY.," dated 1864. Published by Churchill & Dennison. Image is of eleven people dressed up in Scottish costume. The people are identified by numeric notations written in graphite around the image. The numbers correspond to graphite inscription on verso: "1 Earl Stimson 2 Miss Potts 3 Miss Stimsom 4 [blank] 5 [blank] 6 [blank] 7 Miss Jennie McNaughton 8 [blank] 9 Miss Wilson 10 [blank] 11 Miss Maggie McNaughton (Mrs. Dit Thomson."

Stimson, Earl, fl. 1864
Potts, fl. 1864
Stimsom, fl. 1864
McNaughton, Jennie, fl. 1864
McNaughton, Maggie, fl. 1864
Wilson, fl. 1864

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