Old Woman

Early to mid 1850s

  • Titles Old Woman (Descriptive)
  • Medium ambrotype
  • Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Rud Yeates Jr., 1990.242.36
  • Work Type ambrotype
  • Classification Photographs

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