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Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 [Carte de visite portrait of Robert Todd Lincoln]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02911.02 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1864 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 11 cm, Width: 7 cm Order a Copy

Brady imprint on verso with 3 cent tax stamp; Ostendorf p. 302 dates to ca. 1864 and shows a larger version of which this is a vignetted variant. Inscription on verso reads: Robert Todd Lincoln (son of Pres. Lincoln).

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