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Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Vignette bust view of Johnson facing left

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0182 Author/Creator: Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10 cm, Width: 6 cm Order a Copy

Ink inscription on recto "President A. Johnson 1865." Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress by M.B. Brady & Co. in the year 1865 in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." Photographers imprint on verso: "M.B. Brady & Co. National Photographic Portrait Galleries No 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington D.C. & New York."

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