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Charles D. Fredricks & Co. [H. M. Browley, carte de visite]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00919.24.10 Author/Creator: Charles D. Fredricks & Co. Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph signed Date: circa 1861-1867 Pagination: Height: 11.6 cm, Width: 7.4 cm Order a Copy

White mount with purple border. Imprint of C.D. Fredericks on verso. Inscriptions on recto: "Yours truly, H. M. Browley" (in ink); "Died May 1867" (in pencil). Vingette bust portrait in civilian dress with beard.

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