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Ward, Joseph [Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, vignette bust view]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05136.15 Author/Creator: Ward, Joseph Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Photograph Date: 6 March 1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 11.0 x 7.1cm. Order a Copy

White mount. Vignette bust view photographed on the balcony at the White House. [O-112].

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

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