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Portrait photo of unidentified man [John C. Fremont?] [cabinet card]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1382 Author/Creator: Place Written: [Paterson, NJ] Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 16.5 cm, Width: 10.8 cm Order a Copy

Same as #1379. The image shows an unidentified grey-haired man, possibly John C. Fremont. He wears a civilian suit and looks to his left of the camera. Inscriptions on recto: "I am truly yours John C. Fremont" and "Copyrighted, July '90. by Doremus, Paterson, N.J." Inscription on verso: "L. H. Doremus Photographer Solar Phot's Crayons etc. 240 Main Street Paterson, N.J. Negatives kept--Copies can be had."

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