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Image of an American Revolutionary War minuteman in a tricorne hat being handed a powder horn and rifle by a woman standing under a lattice archway in front of a building (captioned "the girl of 1776"); a house in flames is visible in the background; lion holding flag with "N" for Nashawannuck Manufacturing Company with motto, "Trade mark. Labor omnia vincit." in small circular frame at bottom center.
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Brooch and earrings are hand-colored gold. Photographer: Marcellus Kertson, New York. Stamped on mat: "Kertson 421 Broadway. Cor. Canal St. N.Y." Date based on years photographer operated at this address. A paper illustration of Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad had been placed in the frame over the image; the ambrotype was found underneath.
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Beecher family portrait (ambrotype)
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An ambrotype of ten members of the Beecher family in a group portrait originally taken by Mathew Brady in New York, in March 1859. This ambrotype was copied by photographer George M. Howe from one of the original salted paper prints. The image is in the bottom half of a leather case and has a gold mat with the stamp of G. M. Howe of Portland and Upton, Maine. Lyman Beecher is seated at center, flanked by his four daughters (from left to right, Isabella, Catharine, Mary, and Harriet). Behind them stand five of the seven brothers (from left to right, Thomas, William, Edward, Charles, and Henry Ward - George died in 1843, and James was in Hong Kong serving as a missionary). This was the last time they came together before Lyman died in 1863. The portrait was reproduced in several photographic formats over the years, including the print in Box 4.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe portrait
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A cabinet photograph of an older Harriet Beecher Stowe, showing her in profile, taken approximately 1880s by photographer George H. Hastings, Boston, Massachusetts. Signed by Stowe on the lower front mount, below the image.
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