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Fay, Herbert Wells, fl. 1920 Cabinet card issued by Herbert Wells Fay, circa 1920 with legend on verso

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07090 Author/Creator: Fay, Herbert Wells, fl. 1920 Place Written: DeKalb, Illinois Type: Photograph Date: March 1861, 1920 Pagination: 1 cabinet card Height: 16.4 cm, Width: 10.5 cm Order a Copy

Retouced variant of Ostendorf O-41 with features strengthened. Based off of a wet plate negative negative taken by McNulta, March 1861, just prior to Lincoln's departure for Washington, D.C.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Fay, Herbert Wells, fl. 1920

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