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Wade, B.F., 1800-1878 Vignette bust portrait of Senator from Ohio

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0158 Author/Creator: Wade, B.F., 1800-1878 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1860's Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "**Book" "[struck] Dr. Larbin" "Sen. Ben Wade" "Pall Bearer for Pres. Lincoln - Apr. 19, 1865." Photographers imprint on verso: "M.B. Brady & Co. National Photographic Portrait Galleries No. 352 Penna. Avenue. Washington D.C, and New York."

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