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Unknown [Cabinet card of William Meade Archer and Deas Archer Lamb]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01896.170 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: [Wytheville, Virginia] Type: Photograph Date: 1 February 1910 Pagination: 1 albumen : sepia ; 17 x 11 cm. Order a Copy

William Meade Archer and Deas Archer Lamb [grandson], group portrait: Archer sitting with Lamb standing to his left. Gelatin print [Richmond, Virginia: Campbell & Co.], mounted on textured black cabinet card with decorative blind stamped border. Damaged upper right corner.

Archer, William Meade, 1836-1924
Lamb, Deas Archer, fl. 1910

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