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Powell, George May, 1835-1905 Lawmakers who voted aye for the Thirteenth Amendment [Photographic montage]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07033.03 Author/Creator: Powell, George May, 1835-1905 Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 2 items Height: 26.6 cm, Width: 34.3 cm Order a Copy

Oval photograpic montage. The individuals are identified in accompanying wood engraving, Anti-Slavery Constitutional Amendment picture. There is slight damage to the central top edge of the photograph. There is also another copy in the Powell collection GLC 687 and separately in GLC 1230; Powell designed the photograph.

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