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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Vignette bust portrait of Lincoln, O-85

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0017 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1864/01/08 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 6.2 cm Order a Copy

O-85. Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress by M.B. Brady & Co. in the year 1865 in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." Graphite inscription on verso "O-85A." Photographers imprint on verso: "M.B.Brady & Co National Photographic Portrait Galleries No 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington D.C. & New York." Cancelled Blue two cent tax stamp on verso.

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