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The Sandys - Nelson family photograph albums were purchased with the John M. Presson Estate Fund.
The material is arranged by item.
The Sandys-Nelson family are from the Richmond, Henrico County Virginia area.
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Sandys-Nelson family photograph albums, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
The collection contains two photograph albums containing images of the Sandys-Nelson family. Images contain those of two formerly enslaved women including Grace Frances and her mother Alice, as well as the family's Irish wet nurse, Maggie Shehee. The leather bound photograph album contains 36 carte-de-visite and tintype photographs. The red padded cloth bound photograph album contains 18 cabinet cards, 23 carte-de-visite photographs, and three tintype photographs.
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