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Leidloff's Studio Bust portrait of a young girl

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04509.48 Author/Creator: Leidloff's Studio Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Photograph Date: [n.d.] Pagination: carte de visite, Dark brown mount with gray back. Height: 10 cm, Width: 6.3 cm Order a Copy

Leidloff imprint on recto. Bust portrait of a young girl [in a traveling costume?] with hat.

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