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Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 Standing view of trapper who gave elk-horn chair to Lincoln

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0132 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1864/11/26 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Leaning against his rifle. Imprint on recto "California Hunter and Trapper, who presented President Lincoln with the elk-horn Chair. Entered according to Act of Congress, by Seth Kinman, in the year 1865 in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Columbia. Brady Washington." Graphite inscription on verso "Seth Kinman Eureka Humbolete, Ca. Ca" "Call" "Anna Mana Sharpless." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries No 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington D.C. & Broadway & Tenth St. New York."

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