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Rockwood, George C., 1832-1911 [Carte de visite portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01493 Author/Creator: Rockwood, George C., 1832-1911 Place Written: New York Type: Photograph signed Date: 1870 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 11.2 x 7 cm. Order a Copy

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872
Rockwood, George C., 1832-1911

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