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C.D. Fredericks & Co. [John Wilkes Booth, carte de visite, seated, half length view]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05136.26 Author/Creator: C.D. Fredericks & Co. Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph Date: no date Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 11.2 x 7.3 cm. Order a Copy

White mount with thin black border. Seated, half-length view of John Wilkes Booth. Lighter, vignetted version of images 24, 28, and 29.

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

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