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Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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view all| Title | Date | Object Number | |
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Soap dish w/cork and insert | ca. 1900 | 1942.649jkl |
| Brooch with photograph | 1840-1910 | 1939.593 | |
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Panel: | 1876 | 1944.215 |
| Oil lamp base | 1840-1880 | 1965.920a | |
| Decanter | 1825-1840 | 1937.1013 | |
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Fragment of a Sampler | 1846 | 1937.345 |
| Textile fragments | 1875-1900 | Z.1171.28-31 | |
| Pocket watch | ca. 1874 | Z.1732.3 | |
| Earrings (pair) | 1850-1900 | Z.2300.6ab | |
| Candlestick | 17th century base, 20th century shaft | 1967.69 |
