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Costumed portrait of Jane Adams Patterson and Henry W. Patterson, II

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GUSN-284005

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Description

A costumed portrait of Jane Adams Patterson and her husband Henry W. Patterson, II dressed in his father's Civil War uniform. Identification of this item came from Michael Burr Patterson (b. 1936 in Wayland), grandson of the subjects of the photograph.

Details

Descriptive Terms

military uniforms
group portraits
black-and-white photographs

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

MS026

Collection Name

Sears and Cutting families papers

Reference Code

MS026.TMP.AWC.006.081

Places

Wayland (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Cutting, Alfred Wayland (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white photographs

Other People

Patterson, Jane Adams, ca. 1870-
Patterson, Henry W., II

Descriptive Terms

Civil War (1861-1865)

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Component

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