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Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885 Vignette bust view of Indiana Representative, with medium length beard

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0144 Author/Creator: Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.4 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Ink inscription on recto "Speaker Colfax House of Republicans - Ind." Graphite inscription on verso "Speaker Colfax Ind H of Rep" "**Book." Ink inscription on verso "No 9" "Schuyler Colfax." Photographers imprint on verso: "Alex. Gardner, Photographer to the Army of the Potomac. Galleries 511 Seventh Street and 332 Pennsylvania Av. Published by Philp & Solomons, Washington D.C." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.

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