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Anthony, Edward (1819-1888) Stowe, Harriet Beecher, Lyman Beecher, and Henry Ward Beecher.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06391.32 Author/Creator: Anthony, Edward (1819-1888) Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: [n.d.] Pagination: carte de visite, 10.1 x 6.2 cm. Order a Copy

From negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Anthony imprint on verso. Identified in pencil on verso. Full length seated portrait of all three. White mount with red border.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Beecher, Lyman, fl. 1861-1865
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887

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