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Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Seated, arm resting on table, facing right

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0174 Author/Creator: Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Imprint on recto "President Johnson. Entered according to Act of Congress, by M.B. Brady & Co., in the year 1865 in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Columbia. Brady Washington." Graphite notation on verso: "(1808-1875) Brig-Gen Vols 1862 - 64 while Mil. Gov. Tenn. President 1865-68." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries No 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington D.C. & Broadway & Tenth St. New York."

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