Ebenezer Mitchell and grandaughter

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Koti Slade

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10/03/2003

Ebenezer Mitchell and grandaughter

Ebenezer Mitchell & granddaughter. Ebenezer, died in, 1852, before ambrotypes were made in the U.S., so this has to be a later ambrotype copy of a Daguerreoytpe. The grandaughter, Ida, also died a short time after the image was made. Ebenezer's son, Eben, had two daughters he named, Ida, both of whom died in childhood.

Date & Place: in Haverford, MA

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