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[Photo Album #26 Coon Chapin] Civil War Era Coon Chapin Family Photo Album Surnames: Coon, Chapin, Stickney, Austin, Harvey, Yates, Streeter, Hutchins, Young, Hall, Palmer, Smith, Elias, Tenney. Locations: Ohio, Illinois, New Hampshire, Wisconsin.	CDVs (Cartes de Visites), circa 1860 & 1870s.
[Photo Album #27 Clapsaddle] Civil War Era Clapsaddle Family Photo Album Surnames: Clapsaddle, Gilbert, Socks, Slegel, Schlegel, Switzer, Foekler, Tawney, Gemperlen, Gemperling, Wilson, Gemberling, Locations: Pennsylvania, Gettysburg PA, Green Castle Indiana, York Pennsylvania, Hanover Pennsylvania, Selinsgrove Pennsylvania	CDVs (Cartes de Visites), circa 1860 & 1870s
[Photo Album #28 Els Family] Civil War Era Els Family Photo Album Surnames: Ells, Smith, Turner, Harley, Stanley, Ennis, Knowlton, Phelps, Comstock, Gaylord, Watrus, Rush, Rust, Rogers, Heath, Andress, davis, Boughton, Palmer, Spratt, Morse Locations: Ohio, New York, Michigan, Ontario, Indiana	Album stamped "W M DEPOSE" 40 identified CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes, circa 1860 & 1870s.
[Photo Album #29 Kelley Family] Civil War Era Kelley Family Photo Album Surnames: Kelley, Barton, Ellison, Spitter, Harman, Payne, Hayes, Moore Locations: Germany, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas	46 photos, 14 identified CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes, circa 1860 & 1870s.
[Photo Album #30 Hayes Wenty Family] Civil War Era Hayes Wenty Family Photo Album Surnames: Casper, Bevier, Wenty, Hays, Hayes, McCerary, Curlhair, Concklin, Osborn, Osborne, Wood, Gage, Finch Locations: Binghampton New York	40 CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes, circa 1860 & 1870s. 28 identified photos
[Photo Album #31 Hutton Family] Civil War Era Hutton Family Photo Album Surnames: Hutton, Tennis, Patters, Roberts, Conner, Couner, Brown, Vickers, Walker, Gans, Matthews, Ballard, Dare, Hadley, Downing, Stephens, Hibbard, Nixon, WIlcox, Tullige, Tullidge Locations: Indiana, New York, Pennsylvania	30 CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes, circa 1860 to 1870. 29 photos identifed by name. Civil War Soldier
[Photo Album #32 Cardiff Harrold Family] Civil War Era Cardiff Harrold Family Photo Album Surnames: Cardiff, Harrold, Griffith, Ransomer, Tuggie, Smalley, Stoops, Robison, Williams, Hammer, Nixon, Harrold, Drue, Carnes, Reed, Hall, Shere Locations: Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Italy, Connecticut	35 CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes, circa 1860 & 1870s. 30 identified by name. Civil War Soldier
[Photo Album #33 The Alexander Boomhauer Family] Alexander Boomhauer Family Photo Album Surnames: Boomhower, Boomhauer, Alexander, Simpson, Lawton, Stewart, Babcock, Dobbs, Leaman Locations: Iowa, New York, Wisconsin	25 Cabinet Cards 1870 and later. 21 photos identified by name
[Photo Album #34 Brooks Family]	Not Available at this time
[Photo Album #35 Pennington Family] Pennington Family Photo Album Surnames: Foss, Pennington, Lancaster, Smith, Price, Anderson, Kennedy, Tuck, Parker, Merril, Tracey, Dow, Frye, Pray, Forbis, Forbes, Butterfield Locations: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Canada, Maine, Minnesota, Washington, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts	27 cabinet cards, post 1870, 26 identified by name, 1 calling card with name
[Photo Album #36 Amanda Pike Family] Amanda Pike Family Photo Album Surnames: Pike, Smith, James, Johnes, Haycock, Gros, Gross Locations: New Jersey, Pennsylvania	7 identified CDVs, 2 funeral cards
[Photo Album #37 Pratt Morse Family] Two Civil War Era Pratt Morse Family Photo Albums Surnames: Pratt, Morse, Morgan, Wilcox, Johnson, Pond, Stephen, Brach, Andrews, Steele, Lisdale, Wooster, Blakesly, Stevens Locations: Connecticut, New York	Album 1 has 28 cabinet cards, 12 CDV photos (total of 40 identified photos) including Civil War Soldier, all taken circa 1865-1902. Album 2 has 14 photos (7 CDVs, 4 tintypes, 3 turn-of-the-century) circa 1863-1900. 13 identified photos. Also 3 identified ambrotypes & 2 identified daguerreotypes all circa 1850s
[Photo Album #38 Bliss Family] Civil War Era Bliss Family Photo Album Surnames: Bliss, Olds, Hitchcock, Sherman, Stockwell, Foster Locations: Massachusetts, Monona, Iowa, Madison, Wisconsin, Kingston, New York, Connecticut, Charles City, Iowa, Port Huron, Michigan, Northampton, Massachusetts, New Haven, Athol, Troy, Waterbury, Keeseville, Thompsonville, Worcester	27 identified CDVs (Cartes de Visites) circa 1860 & 1870s plus addressed envelope and stamp 1865
[Photo Album #39 Pinkney, Sturtevant & Philetus Sawyer Family] Civil War Era Pinkney, Sturtevant & Philetus Sawye Family Photo Album Surnames: Sawyer, Sturtevant, Pinkney, Hadley, Ellwsworth, Perkins, Flynn, Marden, Perkins, Falder, McDonald, Johnson Locations: Wisconsin, Washington DC, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont	50 CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & intypes, circa 1860 & 1870s. 44 identified by name including Civil War Soldier, US Senators
[Photo Album #40 Snyder Family] Snyder Family Photo Album Surnames: Snyder, Johnson, Gotroals Locations: Dublin Pennsylvania	34 identified CDVs (Cartes de Visites) tintypes and photos circa 1860-1960
[Photo Album #41 Burtch Family] Civil War Era Burtch Family Photo Album Surnames: Burtch, Gransake Zeir, Zeirt, Blanchard, Morehouse, Stetson, Hooper Locations: Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Illinois, Nebraska, Michigan, Ohio, England	49 CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes, circa 1860 & 1870 plus filler card. 14 identified by name
[Photo Album #42 Fowler Merchant Family] Civil War Era Fowler Merchant Family Photo Album Surnames: Fowler, Merchant, Keach, Houghton, Lovejoy, Hewitt, Maloney, Tanner, Whitcomb, Sladden, Frazier, Comstock, Gray, Moseley, Center, Lee, Alexander, Fisher, Williams, Cottrell, Burgess Locations: Cambridge New York, Connecticut, Washington DC	22 identified CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes, circa 1860 & 1870s
[Photo Album #43 The Chase Batchellor Family] Civil War Era Chase Batchellor Family Photo Album Surnames: Day, Batchellor, Rixford, Adams, Morse, Chase, Ross Locations: Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri	“S [Sidney]. F. Chase” engraved on brass clasp. 16 identified CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes, circa 1860 & 1870s.
[Photo Album #44 The Lane Family] Civil War Era Lane Family Photo Album Surnames: Lane, Smith, Stinson, Dunca, Morey, Webb, Noyer, Fifield, Rabbidge, Greenlaw, Ludkin, Staples, Pierce, Babbidge, Brown, Pierce, Tibbets, Morey, Adams Locations: New York	45 CDVs, 5 tintypes circa 1860s. 34 photos identified by name
[Photo Album #45 The Stone Miller Family] Civil War Era Stone Miller Family Photo Album Surnames: Stone, Sanager, Schaffer, White, Sisonme, Curtis, Miller, Covey, Coney, Jagger, Jugger, Chamberlain, Spangenberg, Reed, Cartes Locations: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Indiana, Ohio	42 CDVs, 8 tintypes. circa 1860s . 2 Civil War soldiers. 26 photos identified by name
[Photo Album #46 The Leonard Hoar Family] Civil War Era Leonard Hoar Family Photo Album Surnames: Leonard, Hoar, Phelps, Woolson, Miner, Livermore, Thumb Locations: Chester, Vermont, Brattleboke, Springfield, Rutland, San francisco, California	23 CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes, circa 1860 & 1870s identified by name. 1 filler card. Civil War Soldier
[Photo Album #47 The Wilson Family] Civil War Era Wilson Family Photo Album Surnames: Wilson, Miller, Coulter, Osborne, Henderson, Camp, Blackledge, Harris, McConald, Byres, Beaty, Smith, Dent Locations: Ohio, Iowa,	36 identified CDVs (Cartes de Visites) & tintypes, circa 1860 & 1870s. Newspaper clipping dated May 9, 1890
[Photo Album #48 The Webster Family] Civil War Era Webster Family Photo Album Surnames: Edwards, Converse, Coleman, Tenney, Tenny, Webster, Smith, Dickie, Clark, Cushing, Reed, Everson, Bates, Wadley, Peterson, Shaw, Spellman Locations: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut	30 identified CDVs (Cartes de Visites) , circa 1860 & 1870s.
[Photo Album #49 Kostenbader] Kostendbader Photo Album Surnames: Kostenbader, Heinley, Seibert, Heinley, Smith, Young, Spitler, Taylor, Romig, Franz, Farley, Gamber, Cox, Ranck, Corson, Meixel, Meixell, Miller, Pease, Hummel, Winkelblech, Winkelbach, Wood, Taylor, Farley, Steininger, Gaimon, Weaver, Keller, Lloyd, Sherk, Dieffenderfer, Dennis, Baker, Kling, Twining, Kerns, Dietrich, Haggy Locations: Pennsylvania	35 identified Cabinet Cards, CDVs & tintypes 1860s-1900
[Photo Album #50 THOMAS] THOMAS Photo Album Surnames: Thomas, Thom, Gibbons, Hysong, Hissong, Robson Locations: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York	Patent date on buckle 1882. 12 identified Cabinet Cards, CDVs.
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