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Fassett, Samuel M., fl. 1859-1865 [Abraham Lincoln]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05133.01 Author/Creator: Fassett, Samuel M., fl. 1859-1865 Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Photograph Date: 1859 October 4 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 24.9 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

Oval albumen print portrait of Lincoln. Ostendorf O-16, which provides dating. Taken while visiting Chicago.

Fassett, Samuel M., fl. 1859-1865

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