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Description
Fred Burrill of Auburn, Maine, was photographed with his first wife and their children to produce these four ambrotypes that are housed in a decorative Union case. An accompanying note reads, "Fred Burrill of Auburn, first wife and children. 2nd wife was Lucy Clark Patterson." The front of the case is decorated with a bas-relief of three children playing with toys in a pastoral landscape.
About This Item
- Title: Fred Burrill family, Auburn, ca. 1859
- Creation Date: circa 1859
- Subject Date: circa 1859
- Location: Auburn, Androscoggin County, ME
- Media: Ambrotype
- Dimensions: 6.3 cm x 5.1 cm
- Local Code: 2017.067.003
- Collection: Vickery-Shettleworth collection of early Maine photography
- Object Type: Image
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