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Churchill & Dennison Schenectady Booth, [Army Relief Bazaar, Albany, NY].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0065 Author/Creator: Churchill & Dennison Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Photograph Date: February - March 1864 Pagination: 1 albumen print ; 20 x 25.1 cm. Order a Copy

A print of a photograph taken at the Army Relief Bazaar held in Albany, NY from February 22nd, 1864 until that March. Title written in graphite on recto. Image of thirteen people. The people are identified by numeric notations written in graphite around the image. The numbers correspond to graphite inscription on verso: "1 Benjamin Potter 2 Mrs. B. F. Potter 3 Miss Sarah Cady 4 Miss Stuyvesant 5 Mrs. John Keyes Paige 6 Miss Canley 7 Miss Jammie Frauchot 8 Miss Clara Paige 9 Alonzo Paige 10 Miss Mary Stuyvesant 11 Miss Friske 12 [blank] 13 [blank]." Ink inscription on verso: "No. 15 John Kingsbury, Albany, NY."

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