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Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Seated frontal view of 17th President

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0166 Author/Creator: Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Imprint on recto "Andrew Johnson, Pres't U.S. Entered according to Act of Congress, by Alex. Gardner, in the year 1865, in the Clerk's Office of the District Cour for the District of Columbia." Photographers imprint on verso: "Alex. Gardner, Photographer to the Army of the Potomac. Galleries 511 Seventh Street and 332 Pennsylvania Av. Published by Philp & Solomons, Washington D.C." Blue two-cent tax stamp on verso

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