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![[Emlen Cresson, his mother Sarah Emlen Cresson, his wife Priscilla Prichett Cresson, and his mother-in-law Mrs. Edith Hatten Prichett in a group family portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjkvZW1sZW4tY3Jlc3Nvbi1oaXMtbW90aGVyLXNhcmFoLWVtbGVuLWNyZXNzb24taGlzLXdpZmUtcHJpc2NpbGxhLXByaWNoZXR0LWNyZXNzb24tMGJiODJhLTEwMjQuanBn/320/397/jpg "[Emlen Cresson, his mother Sarah Emlen Cresson, his wife Priscilla Prichett Cresson, and his mother-in-law Mrs. Edith Hatten Prichett in a group family portrait]")
![[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDkvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXdvbWFuLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1mcm9udC1mN2NiMTctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing front]")
![[L.T. Wigfall, Brig. General CSA], American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvbHQtd2lnZmFsbC1icmlnLWdlbi1jc2EtMS02NDAuanBn/40/59/webp "[L.T. Wigfall, Brig. General CSA], American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.")
![Grove Palace, West Haven, [Connecticut] - stereocsopic card](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvZ3JvdmUtcGFsYWNlLXdlc3QtaGF2ZW4tY29ubmVjdGljdXQtYjQxZGEyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/20/webp "Grove Palace, West Haven, [Connecticut] - stereocsopic card")
![[Unidentified African American woman]. American Civil War 1861-1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDEvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLWFmcmljYW4tYW1lcmljYW4td29tYW4tMDZiZjg0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/44/webp "[Unidentified African American woman]. American Civil War 1861-1865.")
![[Harry Houdini, with his wife Beatrice and mother Cecilia Steiner Weiss, full-length portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvaGFycnktaG91ZGluaS13aXRoLWhpcy13aWZlLWJlYXRyaWNlLWFuZC1tb3RoZXItY2VjaWxpYS1zdGVpbmVyLXdlaXNzLWZ1bGwtYjUwMjdkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Harry Houdini, with his wife Beatrice and mother Cecilia Steiner Weiss, full-length portrait]")
![[Members of the Cresson and Prichett families, with three seated women in front and two men and a boy in the back, standing in front of a framed picture or mirror]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvbWVtYmVycy1vZi10aGUtY3Jlc3Nvbi1hbmQtcHJpY2hldHQtZmFtaWxpZXMtd2l0aC10aHJlZS1zZWF0ZWQtd29tZW4taW4tZnJvbnQtMGJlODE5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Members of the Cresson and Prichett families, with three seated women in front and two men and a boy in the back, standing in front of a framed picture or mirror]")
