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Portrait vignette of Zebulon B. Vance CSA [cabinet card]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1377 Author/Creator: Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 16.5 cm, Width: 10.8 cm Order a Copy

The image shows a close-up vignette of Zebulon B. Vance. He is wearing a civilian suit and is looking directly at the camera. Inscriptions on recto: "Hon Zebulon B. Vance N.C." and "C.M. Bell, Washington, D.C." Inscription on verso: "C.M. Bell Artist 459, 461, 463 & 465 Penn Avenue, Washington, D.C. Negatives Preserved."

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