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Black and white photograph of the Duncan family. The man is identified as James H. Duncan (1793-1869) and his wife, Mary (Willis) Duncan (1805-1888). There are three young girls and one young boy all unidentified.
photographs
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
Print, Photographic
"FROM WILLIAM H. GARDNER, / ARTISTIC PICTURE FRAMING, 163 ESSEX ST., SALEM, MASS. / James H. Duncan & family / from an old daguerreotype / S.W. Phillips, 1904" (Printed framer's label with handwritten note.)
Duncan, James Henry, 1793-1869
Duncan, Mary Willis, 1805-1888
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P328
Gardner, William H. (Framer)
Salem, Massachusetts, United States
10 4/16 x 12 4/16 x 10/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.751
Massachusetts (United States)
Salem (Essex county, Massachusetts)
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