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Meinerth, Carl, fl. 1867 Carte de visite "Mezzo-Tinto photograph" bust portrait of Caleb Cushing

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05596.05 Author/Creator: Meinerth, Carl, fl. 1867 Place Written: Newburyport, Massachusetts Type: Photograph signed Date: 1867/07/16 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10 cm, Width: 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Vignette image. Cushing wears an unusual tie which appears to be speckled and tied in the "four-in-hand" method.

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