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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Abraham Lincoln and George Washington on patriotic card

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0031 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph signed Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.1 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Small cameo sized albumen prints of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington appear side by side in ovals decorated with stars. The Union shield appears below the photographs. An American eagle holding a scroll perches over two American flags above the photographs. The decorations on the mount are embossed.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Washington, George, 1732-1799

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