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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0060 Author/Creator: Churchill & Dennison Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Photograph Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 albumen : b&w ; 29.9 x 24.9 cm. Order a Copy

One photograph entitled, "Gipsy Booth Groupe, At Army Relief Fair, Albany, NY," dated 1864. Published by Churchill & Dennison. Image is of seven people dressed as gypsies. The people are identified by numeric notations written in graphite around the image. The numbers correspond to graphite inscription on verso: "1 Miss Annie Van Nechten. 2 Miss Telinghast. 3 William Worth (Brig. Gen. USA) 4 Dudley Olcott 5 Miss Cynthia R. Dexter. 6 [blank] 7 Capt. Hilot USA." Additional ink inscription on verso: "13 John Kingsbury, Albany, NY."

The various booths of the 1864 Albany relief fair represented local communities and foreign countries. Money raised from the fair went to providing relief for sick and wounded Union Army soldiers.

Church & Dennison
Van Nechten, Annie, fl. 1864
Telinghast, fl. 1864
Olcott, Dudley, fl. 1864
Dexter, Cynthia R., fl. 1864
Hilot (captain), fl. 1864
Kingsbury, John, fl. 1864
Worth, W. J. (William Jenkins), 1794-1849

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