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[Carte de visite of Horace Greeley]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06391.28 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: carte de visite, : Height: 10.1 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

From negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Anthony imprint on verso. Three quarter length standing portrait of a bald, heavyset man in civilian dress. White mount with gold border

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