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Speed, James S., fl. 1865 Carte de visite bust view of Lincoln's 2nd Attorney General

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0101 Author/Creator: Speed, James S., fl. 1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 vignette Height: 10 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on recto "James S. Speed." 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 "James S Speed." Photographers imprint on verso: "M.B. Brady & Co. National Photographic Portrait Galleries No 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington D.C. & New York."

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