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Albert Sands Southworth|Josiah Johnson Hawes|Southworth and Hawes

[Woman in Black Taffeta Dress and Lace Shawl]

ca. 1850
Daguerreotype with applied color
21.6 × 16.5 cm (8.5 × 6.5 in)

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