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Various [Five cartes de visite and one miniature albumen portrait of Lincoln]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07739 Author/Creator: Various Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1865-1880's ca. Pagination: 5 carte de visites + 1 stamp Height: 10.1 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Includes photos by Alexander Gardner, Mathew Brady, and Anthony Berger. Four of the photographs are from engravings. Miniature portrait measures 2.5 x 1.8 cm.

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