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[carte de visite, oval half length portrait of a young woman]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00919.24.43 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: no date Pagination: 11 x 6.9 cm. Order a Copy

White mount with gold border. Pencil inscription "Nora" on both recto and verso. Romanticized oval half length portrait of a young woman. Photo from engraving.

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