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Charles D. Fredricks & Co., fl. 1865 Carte de visite portrait by C.D. Fredericks & Co. [O-55]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04584 Author/Creator: Charles D. Fredricks & Co., fl. 1865 Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1861 March Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 9.8 cm, Width: 6 cm Order a Copy

Ostendorf pp. 88-89 dates this somewhat unattractive portrait March-June 1861. This image, published by Fredericks, appears to be a variant of O-55. (See also GLB 477, a retouched variant of this same negative.)

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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