No matter how humble or small, every home had a parlor (sometimes just a corner of a larger room with a table in one corner, a piano along a wall, and a chair or two for visits). With the advent and availability of photography from the 1840's on photos of treasures, points of pride, or loved ones meant images could be taken and mailed to Aunt Sue back in New York or to Cousin Richard out in California... [image copyright mah 2009].
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