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Unidentified photographer 
A young boy with his beach toys 
n.d. 
  
Tintype, 1/6 plate 
Stereographica - Antique Photographica 
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 156) 
  
 
LL/17457 
  
It is a studio image with a beach scene backdrop. The velvet pad holds a lock of his hair in a blue ribbon. It also has an obituary announcement, "Died - In Brookfield Vt., November 4th of Diphtheria, Alvia, son of S. and S. P. Major, aged 10 years and 11 months." 
 
 
  
 
  
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