Miss Araminta Doolittle's school in 1854

One of the earliest group daguerreotypes made in Rochester. Taken in L. V. Griffin's Gallery, by E. T. Whitney, in 1854. The children in the picture were scholars of the Primary Department of Miss Araminta Doolittle's school. Reading from left to right they are as follows:

• Top row: Carrie Lee, Lily Reeve, Marion Hills, Emma Young, Anna Cole, Emily Hill, Helen Bristol, Louis L. Chapin, Hattie Chappell, Becky Backus
  
• Middle row: Carrie Hawks, Eddie Bardwell, Charlie Mumford, Susie Mather, Becky Talman, Louise Smith, Emma Wanzer, Milly Alling, Henry Falkner, Charlie Reeve, Henry Mathews
  
• Bottom row: Julia Church, Henry Selden, Alice Ely, Nelly Ward, Lilla Bardwell, Sophy McAlpine, Louise Mumford, Libbie Mathews, Belle Eastman, Maria Bennett

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