Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 Vignette profile of Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0110 Author/Creator: Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1861 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy
Imprint on recto 'Brady & Co. Washington." Graphite inscription on verso "Wella Sect Navy" "Gideon Welles Conn." Photographers imprint on verso: "M.B.Brady & Co. National Photographic Portrait Gallery No. 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington D.C. & New York." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp.
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