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Washburn, W.W., fl. 1882 [Cabinet photograph of Jefferson Davis]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02126 Author/Creator: Washburn, W.W., fl. 1882 Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Photograph signed Date: 1882 Pagination: 1 cabinet card Height: 17 cm, Width: 11 cm Order a Copy

Bust photograph. Signed on photograph image and also inscribed on verso, in purple ink.

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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