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Wenderoth, & Taylor, fl. 1861-1864 [Carte de visite of Abraham Lincoln]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04091 Author/Creator: Wenderoth, & Taylor, fl. 1861-1864 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Photograph Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.1 cm, Width: 6.4 cm Order a Copy

With three-cent cancelled tax stamp on the back. Possibly a contemporary copy?

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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