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Lawrence (cased ambrotype), 1862

 File — Box: 64, Folder: 1

Dates

  • Creation: 1862

General

Photographer: unidentified; Subject: deceased 11 month old girl, Freddy Rockwell Read. A year after her death, in 1863, her mother Mrs. F. W. Read, lost the child's bracelets to the Quantrill Raiders. Included in the folder is the original obituary printed in the newspaper and also the purchase receipt of the ambrotype by Leonard Hollmann from the estate of Pat Read.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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Lawrence KS 66045-7616 United States
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