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Unknown [Kelly family photographs, four in one case]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04197.40 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1860s Pagination: 4 photographs ; 9.8 x 15.2 cm. Order a Copy

Four family member portraits in a single thermo-plastic case. Tintype of Mary Kelly and tintype of Sissy Kelly. Ambrotype of James Kelly and ambrotype of their son.
Case closed dimensions 9.8 x 15.2 cm. Case open dimensions (with images showing) 19.6 x 15.2 cm.

Kelly, James R., 1839-1862
Kelly, Mary Moore, 1819-1899

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