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Gardner, Alexander [Abraham Lincoln, stereo card, seated full length view]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05136.33 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Photograph Date: 24 February 1861 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 9.7 x 18.8 cm. Order a Copy

Black mount. Inscription on verso: "Stereo made from two matching carte photos, the originals are from Sid Strober's collection. Copy made by Fred Lightfoot, 1952." Seated, full length view of Lincoln with hat on the table beside him. [O-52].

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

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