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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Abraham Lincoln cartes-de-visite (2)

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00732 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: New York Type: Header Record Date: 1860 ca. Pagination: 2 carte de visites Height: 10 cm, Width: 6 cm Order a Copy

.1= Portrait: "Abe Lincoln/Honest Long Cut Chewing and Smoking/ W. Duke Son & co., NY. .2= President and Cabinet (ca. 1862, not after 1863).

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