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Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 Full standing view of the Secretary of the Treasury's wife

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0084 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1861 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 9.9 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "Miss Kate Chase." Photographers imprint on verso:" Published by E. & H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York, from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery." Cancelled orange two-cent tax stamp on verso, partially concealing photographers imprint.

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