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Unknown [E. W. Beach, carte de visite]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00919.24.05 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Williamsville, New York Type: Photograph signed Date: 16 April 1868 Pagination: 11.1 x 7.3 cm. Order a Copy

White mount with gold border. Vignette bust portrait with beard. Same image as #4.

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