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Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Close up left profile of the 17th President

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0162 Author/Creator: Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 9.9 cm, Width: 6 cm Order a Copy

Imprint on recto "President Johnson. Entered according to Act of Congress, by M.B. Brady & Co., in the year 1865 in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Columbia." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries No. 352 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C. and Broadway & Tenth St., N.Y."

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