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Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Vignette bust portrait of Lincoln, O-96

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0024 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: Washington; Philadelphia Type: Photograph Date: 1864/02-03 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

O-96. Graphite inscription on verso "O-96," "N.80," "R.N.1." Photographers imprint on verso: "Wenderoth & Taylor late Broadbent & Co. 912, 914 & 916 Chestnut St. Philadelphia. No. ______ N.B. Negatives will not be preserved longer than one year from the date of sitting, unless they are purchased, in which case a deduction will be made in the cost of pictures printed from them. In ordering duplicates please send the No. as above, with the name."

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