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Pratt family photograph collection, 1799-1990

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Pratt family.
Title
Pratt family photograph collection
Dates
1799-1990 (inclusive)
1850-1865 (bulk)
Quantity
2 boxes, (1.5 linear ft. )
Collection Number
UUS_P0280
Summary
Box 1 contains three framed daguerreotype portraits of Benjamin F. Grouard, Louisa B. Pratt, and Lois Pratt Hunt, and three framed tintype portraits of Addison Pratt, Ann Louise Pratt, and John Hunt, Lois Barnes Pratt Hunt, and Ida Hunt. Also included is a gold necklace. The connection between these portraits and the gold necklace is unknown. All of the images were probably taken in California between 1850 and 1865. Box 2 of the Pratt Family Collection consists of copies of the portraits in Box 1, as well as additional copy photographs of Pratt family relatives and friends, including: Jonathan Crosby, Caroline Barnes Crosby, Alma Crosby, Benjamin F. Grouard, Frank Grouard (Ephraim Pratt), James S. Brown, Philip B. Lewis, and Jane Amanda Stevens Lewis.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions
Restrictions

Open to public research.

Languages
English.
Sponsor
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
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Biographical Note

Addison Pratt (1802-1872) was raised in New Hampshire, but in 1821 he left his family to work on a whaling ship. He spent the next ten years as a sailor before marrying Louisa Pratt (1802-1880) in 1831. Louisa was a successful seamstress and school teacher in Winchester, Massachusetts when the two met in 1827. The couple moved to northern New York and raised four daughters (Ellen, Frances, Lois, and Ann). In 1838 they converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and moved to Pleasant Grove, Indiana in 1839, and to Nauvoo, Illinois in 1841. Addison was called to serve a mission in the Sandwich Islands and left Nauvoo in 1843. In 1847 Louisa and her daughters made the overland trek to Salt Lake City from Nauvoo and Addison rejoined them in September, 1848. He was, however, called to another mission in the Pacific Islands and he left in late 1849. In early 1851 Louisa and the four daughters joined him in Tahiti. They returned to California and settled in San Bernardino in December, 1852. Addison left for yet another mission to Tahiti in 1856, but conditions were not favorable for missionary work and he returned that same year. When the call was issued for all Latter Day Saints to return to the Salt Lake Valley in October, 1857, Louisa returned to Utah. Addison remained in San Bernardino in part due to his dislike for cold weather and in part due to disagreements with LDS doctrines. Louisa settled with two daughters in Beaver, Utah. Addison would eventually move to Utah in 1863, but he returned to California due to failing health in December, 1864. He spent his remaining years in San Bernardino living with his daughter Frances and her husband James Dyer. Louisa continued to live in Beaver until her death in 1880. Further information about Addison and Louisa Barnes Pratt are available in the Addison Pratt Family Papers MS 228b, Addison Pratt Research Collection MS 228e, and Louisa Barnes Pratt Research Collection MS 228f.

Caroline Barnes Crosby was the sister of Louisa Barnes Pratt. Jonathan and Alma Crosby were her husband and son, respectively. The Crosby family also served a mission in the Sandwich Islands with the Pratt family, and lived in San Bernardino, California, and Beaver, Utah. Further information about Crosby Family is available in the Caroline Barnes Crosby Papers Collection MS 229a.

Benjamin Grouard was a close friend and fellow missionary of Addison Pratt. James S. Brown, Philip B. Lewis, and Jane Amanda Stevens Lewis were also missionaries in the Sandwich Island Mission.

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Content Description

Box 1 of the Pratt Family Photograph Collection consists of three framed daguerreotype portraits of Benjamin F. Grouard, Louisa B. Pratt and Lois Pratt Hunt, and three framed tintype portraits of Addison Pratt, Ann Louise Pratt, and John Hunt, Lois Barnes Pratt Hunt, and Ida Hunt. Also included is a gold necklace. The connection between these portraits and the gold necklace is unknown. All of the images were probably taken in California between 1850 and 1865.

Box 2 of the Pratt Family Collection consists of copies of the portraits in Box 1, as well as additional copy photographs of Pratt family relatives and friends, including: Jonathan Crosby, Caroline Barnes Crosby, Alma Crosby, Benjamin F. Grouard, Frank Grouard (Ephraim Pratt), James S. Brown, Philip B. Lewis, and Jane Amanda Stevens Lewis.

No reproductions are allowed from the original images. All reproductions must be made from the copies in Box 2. The original images are stored in the vault. Box 2 of this collection was removed from the Ellsworth Collection. Information enclosed in quotation marks is taken directly from the photograph. Researchers may wish to examine S. George Ellsworth Collection (P0025) and Ellsworth Family Photographs (P0142)

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright

Reproductions not allowed from originals, must use copies in P0025, box 10.

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Permission to publish material from the Pratt family photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Pratt family photograph collection, 1799-1990. (P0280). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arrangement: Topical.

Acquisition Information

These images were donated to Utah State University by George and Maria Ellsworth. Maria was a great, great granddaughter of Louisa and Addison Pratt.

Processing Note

Register completed by Daniel Davis, June 2001, and revised by Elizabeth B. Woolcott, March 2004.

Related Materials

Addison Pratt Family papers (COLL MS 228b)

Addison Pratt research collection (COLL MS 228e)

Louisa Barnes Pratt research collection (COLL MS 228f)

Caroline Barnes Crosby papers (COLL MS 229a)

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List
  • Description: 1: Tintype of Addison Pratt, taken by William Shew in San Francisco
    Dates: 1861
    Container: Box 1
  • Description: 2: Tintype of Ann Louise Pratt
    Dates: 1855
    Container: Box 1
  • Description: 3: Daguerreotype of Benjamin F. Grouard
    Dates: 1860
    Container: Box 1
  • Description: 4: Daguerreotype of Louisa Barnes Pratt
    Dates: 1855
    Container: Box 1
  • Description: 5: Small gold necklace
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 1
  • Description: 6: Tintype of John, Lois and Ida Hunt, San Bernardino, CA
    Dates: 1860
    Container: Box 1
  • Description: 7: Daguerreotype of Lois Barnes Pratt Hunt, taken by J.M. Ford
    Dates: 1855
    Container: Box 1
  • Addison Pratt, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 1

    • Description: 02:01:01: Addison Pratt

      duplicate of photograph 1 in Box 1. Photograph by William Shew, 423 Montgomery St., San Francisco.

      Dates: 1861
  • Addison Pratt, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 2

    • Description: 02:02:01: S. George Ellsworth photo
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 02:02:02: 2 copies of pages from the Addison Pratt 1845 journal
      Dates: undated
  • Addison Pratt, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 3

    • Description: 02:03:01: Addison Pratt, full frame photograph

      duplicate of photograph 1 in Box 1. "Final portrait in frame (as sent to Tahiti), Feb 11, 1976. Retouched by Charley at Bailey & Montague."

      Dates: 1861
    • Description: 02:03:02: Addison Pratt, full frame photograph

      duplicate of photograph 1 in Box 1.

      Dates: 1861
    • Description: 02:03:03: Addison Pratt, head shot photograph

      cropped duplicate of photograph 1 in Box 1. (1 copy.)

      Dates: 1861
    • Description: 02:03:04: Addison Pratt, head shot photograph

      cropped duplicate of photograph 1 in Box 1. (1 copy.)

      Dates: 1861
    • Description: 02:03:05: Addison Pratt

      duplicate of photograph 1 in Box 1. "Final portrait in Frame, (as sent to Tahiti). Black and white copy neg made by Ted Hansen." (1 copy.)

      Dates: 1861
    • Description: 02:03:06: Addison Pratt

      duplicate of photograph 1 in Box 1. "Black and white negative of retouching job (Charlie at Bailey & Montague) before framing and sending to Tahiti." (1 copy.)

      Dates: 1861
  • Addison Pratt, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 4

    • Description: 02:04:01: "Addison Pratt from an Old File C.H.O."

      (2 copies.)

      Dates: undated
    • Description: 02:04:02: Photocopy of letter sent to Addison Pratt by Brigham Young from Nauvoo, dated

      (1 copy.)

      Dates: May 23, 1843
    • Description: 02:04:03: Addison Pratt photocopy

      taken from "Journal of Louisa Barnes Pratt," Heart Throbs of the West, vol. 8, pages 189-400, page 206. (1 copy.)

      Dates: undated
  • Addison and Louisa Barnes Pratt, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 5

    • Description: 02:05:01: Addison and Louisa Barnes Pratt photocopy

      taken from The Stevens Genealogy, by Elvira Stevens, Skelton Publishing Co., Salt Lake City, 1907, p. 123. (4 photocopies and 1 black and white negative)

      Dates: undated
    • Description: 02:05:02: Addison Pratt

      taken from The Stevens Genealogy, by Elvira Stevens, Skelton Publishing Co., Salt Lake City, 1907, p. 123. (1 copy.)

      Dates: undated
    • Description: 02:05:03: Louisa Barnes Pratt

      taken from The Stevens Genealogy, by Elvira Stevens, Skelton Publishing Co., Salt Lake City, 1907, p. 123. (1 copy.)

      Dates: undated
  • Louisa Barnes Pratt, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 6

    • Description: 02:06:01: Louisa Barnes Pratt

      color print of Ted Hanson negative from original; duplicate of photograph 4 in Box 1. (4 color copies and 2 color negatives.)

      Dates: undated
    • Description: 02:06:02: Louisa Barnes Pratt

      (2 copies and 2 negatives.)

      Dates: undated
    • Description: 02:06:03: Louisa Barnes Pratt

      black and white print of Ted Hanson negative from original; duplicate of photograph 4 in Box 1. (4 black and white copies and 2 black and white negatives.)

      Dates: undated
    • Description: 02:06:04: Louisa Barnes Pratt

      black and white print of Ted Hanson negative from original; cropped and enlarged duplicate of photograph 4 in Box 1. (5 black and white copies.)

      Dates: undated
    • Description: 02:06:05: Louisa Barnes Pratt and granddaughter Ida Frances Hunt Udall, Salt Lake City, Utah

      (1 copy and 2 negatives.)

      Dates: 1866
  • Ellen Sophronia Pratt McGary, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 7

    • Description: 02:07:01: Ellen Sophronia Pratt McGary

      taken from "Journal of Louisa Barnes Pratt," Heart Throbs of the West, vol. 8, pages 189-400, page 258. (1 print and 2 negatives.)

      Dates: undated
  • Frances Pratt Dyer, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 8

    • Description: 02:08:01: Frances Pratt Dyer

      taken from The Stevens Genealogy, by Elvira Stevens, Skelton Publishing Co., Salt Lake City, 1907, p. 127. (5 copies and 1 negative)

      Dates: undated
    • Description: 02:08:02: Frances Pratt Dyer

      taken from "Journal of Louisa Barnes Pratt," Heart Throbs of the West, vol. 8, pages 189-400, page 260. (1 copy.)

      Dates: undated
    • Description: 02:08:03: Frances Pratt Dyer's son Frank Dyer with his wife Eula and daughter Lois Dyer

      (1 copy)

      Dates: undated
    • Description: 02:08:04: Frances Pratt Dyer with her three sons Frank, Harry, and Addison Pratt Dyer, her daughter-in-law Eula Perry Dyer, and baby granddaughter Lois Dyer

      (4 copies and 2 negatives.)

      Dates: undated
  • Frances Pratt Dyer home and farm in California, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 9

  • Lois Pratt Hunt (Mrs. John Hunt), undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 10

    • Description: 02:10:01: Lois Barnes Pratt Hunt, taken by J.M. Ford

      duplicate of photograph 7 in Box 1. (4 color copies and 2 color negatives.)

      Dates: 1855
    • Description: 02:10:02: Lois Barnes Pratt Hunt, taken by J.M. Ford

      duplicate of photograph 7 in Box 1. (3 black and white copies and 2 black and white negatives.)

      Dates: 1855
    • Description: 02:10:03: Lois Barnes Pratt Hunt, age 15, San Francisco

      (6 copies and 2 negatives.)

      Dates: 1852
    • Description: 02:10:04: Lois Barnes Pratt Hunt

      taken from "Journal of Louisa Barnes Pratt," Heart Throbs of the West, vol. 8, pages 189-400, page 258. (1 copy.)

      Dates: undated
  • John Hunt, Lois B. Pratt Hunt, and baby Ida Frances, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 11

  • Ann Louisa Pratt Willis, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 12

    • Description: 02:12:01: Ann Louise Pratt Willis

      duplicate of photograph 2 in Box 1. (3 color copies and 2 color negatives.)

      Dates: 1855
    • Description: 02:12:02: Ann Louise Pratt Willis

      duplicate of photograph 2 in Box 1. (1 copy and 1 negative)

      Dates: 1855
    • Description: 02:12:03: Ann Louise Pratt Willis

      taken from "Journal of Louisa Barnes Pratt," Heart Throbs of the West, vol. 8, pages 189-400, page 260. (5 copies and 1 negative)

      Dates: undated
  • Addison Pratt Family Documents, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 13

    • Description: 02:13:01: "Permis de Sejour,"

      Pratt's Permit to live in Tahiti. (2 copies and 1 negative)

      Dates: 1850 November 13
    • Description: 02:13:02: "Permis de Sejour,"

      Pratt's permit to live in Tahiti. (4 copies and 4 negatives.)

      Dates: 1850 May 25
    • Description: 02:13:03: 4x5 transparency of a letter from Haametua to Louisa Barnes Pratt and a journal

      (2 color copies.)

      Dates: undated
    • Description: 02:13:04: 4x5 transparency of "Permis de Sejour,"

      "E Faaite No Te Sabiti I Te Mau Avae Atoa Mai Te Matahiti", 1847-1880. (2 copies.)

      Dates: 1850 November 13
    • Description: 02:13:05: Copy of document entitled "Establissement des Missionaires Mormons a Sabiti,"

      from the Archives Nationale in Paris. (2 copies and 1 negative)

      Dates: undated
    • Description: 02:13:06: Letter written in French, from Haametua to Louis Barnes Pratt, Huuau, Tahiti

      (2 copies and 1 negative)

      Dates: 1851 January 8
    • Description: 02:13:07: Photocopy of the title page of a book entitled "E Bue Raa Himene, Oia Hoi Te Parau Haamaitai I Te Atua"

      (1 copy)

      Dates: undated
  • Photographs of Addison Pratt journal entries and documents, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 14

  • Photographs of Pratt family heirlooms, artifacts, and mementos, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 15

  • Jonathon Crosby, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 16

    • Description: 02:16:01: Jonathon Crosby

      taken from The Stevens Genealogy, by Elvira Stevens, Skelton Publishing Co., Salt Lake City, 1907, p. 71. (3 copies and 1 negative)

      Dates: undated
  • Jonathon Crosby family, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 17

    • Description: 02:17:01: Jonathon Crosby family, probably Jonathan, Alma, and Caroline Barnes Crosby with Lois Barnes Pratt Hunt

      Photograph also featured in Seasons of Faith and Courage, by S. George Ellsworth, Yves R. Perrin, Sandy, Utah, 1994, p. 25. (6 copies and 1 negative)

      Dates: undated
  • Alma Crosby, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 18

    • Description: 02:18:01: Alma Crosby

      taken from The Stevens Genealogy, by Elvira Stevens, Skelton Publishing Co., Salt Lake City, 1907, p. 75. (4 copies and 1 negative)

      Dates: undated
  • James S. Brown, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 19

    • Description: 02:19:01: James S. Brown

      also featured in Seasons of Faith and Courage, by S. George Ellsworth, Yves R. Perrin, Sandy, Utah, 1994, p. 39. (1 negative)

      Dates: undated
    • Description: 02:19:02: James S. Brown, entitled "Fire prepared to roast the missionary - sentenced to death"

      Photograph also featured in Seasons of Faith and Courage, by S. George Ellsworth, Yves R. Perrin, Sandy, Utah, 1994, p. 27. (1 negative)

      Dates: undated
  • Benjamin F. Grouard, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 20

    • Description: 02:20:01: Benjamin F. Grouard

      duplicate of photograph 3 in Box 1. (4 color copies and 2 color negatives.)

      Dates: 1860
    • Description: 02:20:02: Benjamin F. Grouard

      duplicate of photograph 3 in Box 1. (7 black and white copies and 1 black and white negative)

      Dates: 1860
  • Benjamin F. Grouard, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 21

    • Description: 02:21:01: Benjamin F. Grouard

      duplicate of photograph 3 in Box 1. (4 black and white copies and 2 black and white negatives.)

      Dates: 1860
  • Benjamin F. Grouard, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 22

    • Description: 02:22:01: Benjamin F. Grouard

      duplicate of photograph 3 in Box 1. Final portrait in frame (as sent to Tahiti). (1 black and white copy and 2 black and white negatives. Negative made by Ted Hansen.)

      Dates: 1860
    • Description: 02:22:02: Benjamin F. Grouard

      duplicate of photograph 3 in Box 1. (3 black and white copies and 1 black and white negative. Negative made by Ted Hansen.)

      Dates: 1860
    • Description: 02:22:03: Benjamin F. Grouard

      duplicate of photograph 3 in Box 1. (1 black and white copy and 1 black and white negative. Negative made by Replicolor Laboratories, Inc. 236 Edison St., Salt Lake City, Utah, 84111, on December 18, 1975.)

      Dates: 1860
    • Description: 02:22:04: Benjamin F. Grouard

      duplicate of photograph 3 in Box 1. Final portrait in frame (as sent to Tahiti). (3 color copies and 2 color negatives.)

      Dates: 1860
    • Description: 02:22:05: Benjamin F. Grouard

      duplicate of photograph 3 in Box 1. Final portrait in frame (as sent to Tahiti). (1 black and white negative of 02:22:04.)

      Dates: 1860
    • Description: 02:22:06: Benjamin F. Grouard

      duplicate of photograph 3 in Box 1. Final portrait in frame (as sent to Tahiti). (4 color copies and 3 color negatives.)

      Dates: 1860
    • Description: 02:22:07: Benjamin F. Grouard

      duplicate of photograph 3 in Box 1. From original without case or glass. (2 color negatives.)

      Dates: 1860
    • Description: 02:22:08: Benjamin F. Grouard

      duplicate of photograph 3 in Box 1. From original without case or glass. (2 black and white negatives.)

      Dates: 1860
  • Benjamin F. Grouard, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 23

    • Description: 02:23:01: Benjamin F. Grouard

      cabinet card portrait taken in Santa Ana, California. (2 black and white copies and 1 black and white negative.)

      Dates: undated
    • Description: 02:23:02: Benjamin F. Grouard

      cabinet card portrait taken in Santa Ana, California. (1 black and white copy.)

      Dates: undated
  • Benjamin F. Grouard family group, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 24

  • Photos related to Henry Pratt, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 25

  • From Bishop Museum, Honolulu, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 26

    • Description: 02:26:01: "Palace of Kamiahamah," Honolulu

      (Photocopy)

      Dates: 1826 May
    • Description: 02:26:02: Sketches by Ludwig Choris

      (Photocopy)

      Dates: undated
    • Description: 02:26:03: "Great marai of Oberea," from Wilson's "A missionary voyage to the South Pacific Ocean . . . ship Duff. Facing page 207, London, 1799 edition"

      (Photocopy)

      Dates: undated
    • Description: 02:26:04: "View of part of Lahaina, Maui. Engraved from an original drawing by Robert Dampier"

      (Photocopy)

      Dates: undated
    • Description: 02:26:05: "View of town of Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, 1826. Drawn by R. Beechey"

      (Photocopy)

      Dates: 1826
    • Description: 02:26:06: "Palace of Kamahaman"

      (Photocopy)

      Dates: 1826 May
    • Description: 02:26:07: "Houses of Prime Minister. Engraved from an original drawing by Pellion"

      (Photocopy)

      Dates: undated
    • Description: 02:26:08: "View near Honolulu, Oahu"

      (Photocopy.)

      Dates: undated
    • Description: 02:26:09: "Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, 1826, drawn by R. Beechey. Addison was a sailor on a whaler, jumped ship at Honolulu in 1822, there 6 mos., later related experience to Joseph Smith who asked if he would like to serve a mission there. View taken from north part of Honolulu, February 1827, Sandwich Islands, Capt William Beechey, H.M.S. Blossom."

      (1 copy)

      Dates: undated
  • Ephraim Pratt, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 27

    • Description: 02:27:01: Frank Grouard, (also called Ephraim Pratt), son of Benjamin F. Grouard and adopted son of Louis Barnes Pratt

      (4 black and white copies and 1 black and white negative)

      Dates: undated
    • Description: 02:27:02: "Ephraim Pratt, a.k.a. Frank Grouard,"

      taken from "Journal of Louisa Barnes Pratt," Heart Throbs of the West, vol. 8, pages 189-400, page 258. (1 copy.)

      Dates: undated
  • Philip B. Lewis, undated

    Container: Box 2, Folder 28

    • Description: 02:28:01: Philip B. Lewis, husband of Jane Amanda Stevens

      taken from The Stevens Genealogy, by Elvira Stevens, Skelton Publishing Co., Salt Lake City, 1907, p. 225. (2 copies.)

      Dates: undated
  • Jane Amanda Stevens, undaetd

    Container: Box 2, Folder 29

    • Description: 02:29:01: Jane Amanda Stevens, wife of Philip B. Lewis

      taken from The Stevens Genealogy, by Elvira Stevens, Skelton Publishing Co., Salt Lake City, 1907, p. 229 (1 copy.)

      Dates: undated

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Personal Names

  • Crosby, Jonathon, 1807-1892--Portraits.
  • Dyer, Frances Pratt, 1834-1921--Portraits.
  • Ellsworth, S. George (Samuel George), 1916- former owner.
  • Grouard, Benjamin F., b. 1819--Portraits.
  • Grouard, Frank, 1850-1905--Portraits.
  • Hunt, Ida, 1837-1885--Portraits.
  • Hunt, John, 1833-1917--Portraits.
  • Hunt, Lois Barnes Pratt, 1837-1885--Portraits.
  • Pratt, Addison, d. 1872--Portraits.
  • Pratt, Louisa Barnes, 1802-1880--Portraits.
  • Pratt, Ann Louise, 1840-1924--Portraits.

Corporate Names

  • Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.

Family Names

  • Pratt family--Portraits. (creator)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Daguerreotypes.
  • Tintypes.
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