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Bradley, James, fl. 1783 [Cabinet photograph of Joshua Abraham Norton]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02729.01 Author/Creator: Bradley, James, fl. 1783 Place Written: San Francisco, Ca. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1878 Pagination: 1 cabinet card Height: 16.5 cm, Width: 10.7 cm Order a Copy

Signed "Emperor Norton." Three-quarter profile photograph of a seated Norton. He is wearing an officer's uniform.

Bradley, Henry William, 1813-1891
Rulofson, William Herman, 1826-1878
Norton, Joshua Abraham, 1819-1880

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